Craftsman 315.21212 owner manual To Install Blade, Sea Figure, See Figures 10, 11

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_, WARNING: To prevent accidental startingthat could cause possibleserious personal injury,

assemble all parts to your saw before connecting it to power supply.Saw shouldnever be connected to power supply when you are assemblingparts, making adjustments,installing or removingblades, or when not in use.

As mentioned previouslyyour sew has been factory assembled and adjusted. The miter lock handle, dust guide, and blade are the only parts that have to be installed.

MITER LOCK HANDLE

See Figure 8.

To install the miter lock handle, place the threaded stud on the end of the miter lock handle into the threaded hole in the controlarm. Tum clockwiseto tighten.

TO

LOOSEN

 

CONTROL

MITER

MITER

ARM

TABLE

LOCKHANDLE

 

Fig. 8

DUST GUIDE

 

 

Sea Figure 9.

 

 

To installthe dust guide, place the end marked INSERT over the exhaust port in the upper blade

guard. Tum the guide so that the open end is facing down or toward the rear of the saw.

EXHAUST

PORT

DUSTGUIDE

Fig. 9

TO INSTALL BLADE

See Figures 10, 11, and 12.

WARNING: A 12 in. blade is the maximum

blade capacity of your saw. Never use a blade that is too thick to allow outer blade washer to

engage with the flats on the spindle. Larger blades will come in contact with the blade

guards, while thicker blades willprevent the blade screwfrom secudng the blade on the spindle. Either of these situationscould result in a sedous accidentand can cause serious personal injury.

Unplug your sew.

&WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could resultin accidental starting causing possible sedous personal injury.

Push down on the sew arm and pull out the lock [)in to release saw arm. Raise sew arm to its full

raised position.Be cautious, sew arm is spring loaded to raise.

Loosen the phillipsscrew on the blade bolt cover until blade boltcover can be raised.

See Figure 10.

Gently raise the lowerblade guard bracket so that the lower blade guard and blade belt cover can be rotated up and back to expose the blade belt. See

Figures 10.

LOWER

BLADEGUARD

PHILUPS

SCREW

BLADE

BOLT

ILADE

GUARDBRACKET Fig. 10

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Contents 12 in. Compound Miter SAW Double Insulated IL Warning Full ONE Year WarrantyDouble Insulation Symbol Meaning Safety Alert SymbolGuard Against Electrical Shock by Rules for Safe Operation Never Start a Tool When the Blade is Before Aking a CUT, be Sure ALL Adjustments are SecureAKE Sure the Miter Table and SAW Never USE a Length Stop on the FreeRules for Safe Operation BladeDiameter 12in TRNING/ Adverteni Sawblade BladewrenchMiterlockhandle Dustguide FramingsquareSee Figure AMP MotorSwitchpadlock Trigger LOCK-OFF Switch TriggerCarrying %% Sawhandle ARM Miterlock Handle Sawarm Miter Lock HandleSELF-RETRACTING Lower Blade Guard FenceElectrical Connection Sea Figure To Install BladeSee Figures 10, 11, Spindle Lowerarrow Bladeguard BoltcoverSquaring the Miter Table To the Fence Cutting a Slot in the Zero Clearance Throat PlateSee Figures 13 Framing Fence SquareHeadscrews Squaring the SAW Blade to the Fence Fence FramingSee Figures 17 Miter Blade Table Miter Lockplate Viewofblade LockhandleSee Figures Squaring the Blade to Miter TableMiter Lockplatemiter Lockhandle Correctviewofblade Mitermiter LockplatelockhandleTravel Pivot Adjustment Miter saw to a workbench. Never operate your Operation,clamp, bolt or nail your compoundMiter saw on the floor or in a crouched position SeeSee Figures27 To Bevel CUT with Your Miter SAWCompound Miter CUT See Figures 33Compound Mitiercut Clamp To Make a Compound CUT with Your Miter SAWLongworkpiece Workpiecesupports Cutting Compound Miters COMPOUND-ANGLE Settings for Popular StructuresPitchuber Ofsides M40.89Corner Outside Fencecorner Lfence TopedgeagainstfenceRIGHTSIDE,INSIDECORNER LEFTSIDE,OUTSIDECORNER Mitertable CROWNMOI.DIGFLATONMITERTABLEWide Board Right Clamping Wide WorkpiecesLubrication GeneralExtension Cords Brush Assemblybrush CAP Brush ReplacementPage Craftsman Compound Miter SAW Model Number Description Quan See Back page for Parts Ordering Instructions3937 KEY Part Parts List for Figure BSeenotea Description Quan Blade Bolt Outer Blade Washer MY-Home s

315.21212 specifications

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