Craftsman 315.220381 owner manual Remove handwheel clean and lubricate the shaft

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PROBLEM

Handwheel is hard to turn or

column binds,

Saw burns or scores edges of wood in cut.

Bevel cuts are not true.

CAUSE

1.Sawdust has collected on the elevating shaft,

2.Column is out of alignment.

1, Column tube is too loose in the column support.

2.Blade or teeth are bent or dull.

3.Blade is out of alignment.

4.Wrong blade is being used.

5.Board is warped.

6.Arm is loose or misaligned.

7.Yoke is loose on carriage.

8.Arm is out of alignment.

9.Work is being fed too fast.

1. Bevel lock lever is loose.

2, Blade is not perpendicularto table top,

3.Column tube is too loose in the column support.

4.Table top is not parallel to the arm.

5, Yoke is loose on carriage.

6. Arm is out of alignment.

SOLUTION

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1.Remove handwheel; clean and lubricate the shaft.

2.See Adjusting the Column Tube in Assembly sectJon.

1, See Adjusting the Column Tube in Assembly section.

2.Sharpen or replace the blade. See the removal procedure in Assembly section.

3.Use blade alignment proce- dures in Adjustmentsection.

4.Change blade, See the removal procedure in Assembly section,

5.Replace the board.

6.See Setting the Arm Lock Wheel in the Assembly section,

7.See Setting the Yoke Clamp procedure in Assembly section.

8.See Aligning Arm for Cross Cuts in Adjustmentssection.

9.Feed work into blade slower.

1.See Setting the Bevel Lock Lever in Assembly section.

2, See Aligning the Blade to the Table in Adjustments section.

3.See Adjusting the Column Tube in Assembly section.

4.See Leveling Table Supports and Leveling the Front Table in the Assembly section,

5.See Setting the Yoke Clamp procedure in Assembly section.

6, See Aligning Arm for Cross Cuts in Adjustments section.

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