Craftsman 315.24234, 315.21234 manual Squaring the Miter Table to the Fence, See Figures 20

ASSEMBLY

NOTE: Many of the illustrations in this manual show only portions of the compound miter saw. This is intentional so that we can clearly show points being made in the illustrations. Never operate your saw without all guards securely in place and in good operating condition.

SQUARING THE MITER TABLE TO THE FENCE

See Figures 20 - 23.

n Unplug the saw.

n Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock pin to

release the saw arm.

n Raise saw arm to its full raised position.

n Loosen the miter lock handle.

n Rotate the miter table until the pointer is positioned

at 0°.

FRAMING	FENCE	MITER TABLE
SQUARE

THROAT PLATE

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

n Retighten the miter lock handle.

n Lay a framing square flat on the miter table. Place one

leg of the square against the fence. Place the other

leg of the square beside the throat plate in the miter

table. The edge of the square and the slot in the throat

plate in the miter table should be parallel as shown in

figure 20.

n If the edge of the framing square and the throat plate

in the miter table are not parallel as shown in figures 21

and 22, adjustments are needed.

n Loosen the fence screw and remove the sliding miter

fence.

n Using the blade wrench, loosen the socket head

screws securing the fence. Adjust the fence left or right

until the framing square and throat plate are parallel.

n Retighten the screws securely and recheck the fence-

FRAMING FENCE SQUARE

Fig. 21

MITER TABLE

to-table alignment before reinstalling the sliding miter

fence.

FRAMING	FENCE
SQUARE	MITER TABLE

MITER LOCK
HANDLE	THROAT PLATE

VIEW OF MITER TABLE SQUARE WITH FENCE

CORRECTLY ADJUSTED

Fig. 20

THROAT PLATE

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH

FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 22

SOCKET HEAD		SOCKET HEAD
	SCREW(S)		SCREW(S)

FENCE

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Fig. 23

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