Craftsman 315.21211 owner manual Squaring the Miter Table, To the Fence

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Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show

FENCE

only portions of your compound miter saw. This is

MITER TABLE

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

13 - 16.

 

 

 

 

 

•

Unplug

your

saw.

 

 

 

 

 

_1=

WARNING:

Failure

to unplug

your

saw could

FRAMING

ZERO CLEARANCE

 

result in accidental

starting causing

possible

SQUARE

THROAT PLATE

 

serious

personal injury.

 

 

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

•

Push down

on the saw arm and

pull out the lock

 

Fig. 14

 

pin to release the saw arm.

 

 

 

 

•

Raise saw arm to its full raised

position.

FENCE

 

•

Loosen

the miter lock handle approximately one-

 

MITER TABLE

half turn.

•Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control arm is posi- tioned at 0 °.

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

•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 zero clearance

throat

plate in the

miter table.

The edge of the

 

FRAMING

 

ZERO CLEARANCE

 

square

and

the zero clearance

throat plate

in

 

SQUARE

 

THROAT PLATE

 

the miter table should

be parallel

as shown

in

 

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH

 

figure

13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

 

• If the edge

of the framing square

and the zero

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fig. 15

clearance throat plate in the miter table are not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parallel as

shown

in figures 14 and 15, adjust-

•

Using a 6 mm key, loosen the socket head

screws

ments

are

needed,

 

 

 

 

 

 

securing

the fence. See Figure

16. Adjust the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fence left or right until the framing square and

FRAMING

FENCE

//

_/_/_--

 

j

 

-

zero clearance

throat

plate are

parallel.

the

 

 

 

 

 

Retighten

the

screws

securely

and recheck

SQUARE

 

_

_

 

MITER TABLE

 

fence-to-table alignment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCREW(S)

 

 

SCREWlS)

VIEW OF MITER TABLE SQUARE WITH FENCE

 

AND CORRECTLY ADJUSTED

Fig. 13

Fig. 16

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315.21211 specifications

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