RIDGID MS1065LZ manual Squaring the Blade to the Miter Table, See Figures 18, Combination

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ADJUSTMENTS

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER TABLE

See Figures 18 - 20.

￿Unplug your saw.

WARNING:

Failure to unplug your saw could result in acciden- tal starting causing possible serious personal in- jury.

￿Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.

￿Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-half turn.

￿Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at 0°.

￿Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter lock handle.

￿Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0° bevel (blade set 90° to miter table). Tighten bevel lock knob.

￿Place a combination square against the miter table and the flat part of saw blade.

Note: Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.

￿Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-table alignment at several points.

￿The edge of the square and the saw blade should be parallel as shown in figure 18.

￿If the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away from the square as shown in figures 19 and 20, adjustments are needed.

￿Loosen the lock nut securing positive stop adjustment screw. Also loosen bevel lock knob.

￿Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring saw blade into alignment with the square. See Figure 21.

￿Retighten bevel lock knob. Next, retighten lock nut se- curing the positive stop adjustment screw. Recheck blade- to-table alignment.

Note: The above procedure can be used to check blade squareness of the saw blade to the miter table at both 0° and 45° angles.

Your saw has several scale indicators. After squaring adjustments have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indicators screws and reset them to zero. See Figure 17.

BEVEL

LOCK KNOB

MITER

FENCE

BLADE

MITER

 

MITER

MITER

LOCK

TABLE

COMBINATION

LOCK PLATE

HANDLE

SQUARE

CORRECT VIEW OF BLADE

SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE

Fig. 18

COMBINATION

SQUARE

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER

TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 19

COMBINATION

SQUARE

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER

TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 20

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