Squaring the Blade to the Miter Table | Craftsman 315.21208 specs

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER TABLE

See Figures 21 - 24.

•Unplug your saw.

AWARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing possible serious personal injury.

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

•Lift up the miter table clamp.

•Rotate the miter table until the pointer is posi- tioned at 0 °.

•Push the miter table calmp back down.

•Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0 °

bevel (blade sat 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 fiat 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 21.

FENCE

BLADE

COMBINATION MITERTABLE

SQUARE

CORRECTVIEWOF BLADE

SQUAREWIIH MITERTABLE Fig. 21

If the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away from the square as shown in figures 22 and 23, adjustments are needed.

FENCE

BLADE

COMBINATION MITERTABLE

SQUARE

VIEWOFBLADENOTSQUAREWITHMITER

TAIBL_ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED Fig. 22

FENCE

BLADE

COMBINATION MITERTABLE

SQUARE

VIEW OFBLADENOTSQUAREWiTH MITER TABLE,ADJUSTMENTSARE REQUIRED Fig. 23

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Craftsman 315.21208 Squaring the Blade to the Miter Table, See Figures 21, Fence Blade Combination Mitertable Square

Contents

OwnersManual NRTL/C Full ONE Year Warranty Remove Adjusting Keys SymbolMeaning Safety Alertsymbol Double Insulation Rules for Safe Operation Before Making a CUT, be Sure ALL Adjustments are Secure Make Sure the Miter Table and SAWNever USE a Length Stop on the Free Rules for Safe Operation Saw Restorelowerblade Securelytightenscrew Beforeuse Dustguide BladewrenchSAW Blade Philupsscrewdriver Combination Square Framingsquare See Figure AMP MotorKnow Your Compound Miter SAW Miter Mitertable Tableframe Trigger Lock Bevel Lock Knob Fence Electrical ConnectionMounting Holes Exhaust Phillipsscrew Port To Install BladeCover until blade belt cover can be raised Lower Bladeguard Lower See Figures 9, 10, 11, Cutting a Slot in the Zero Clearance Throat PlateTo Remove Blade Blade Pieceof Scrapwood Fence Framingzeroclearance Squarethroatplate Mitertable Squaring the Miter Table to the FenceSee Figures 13 Fence Framingzeroclearance Squarethroatplate Blade See Figures 17 Squaring the Blade to the Miter Table See Figures 21Fence Blade Combination Mitertable Square Pivot Adjustments Depth Stop Travel Pivot AdjustmentBevel Pivot Adjustment To Crosscut with Your Miter Cutting with Your Compound Miter SAWCrosscutting Applications See Figures 27 See Figures 33 Bevelcut Clamp Compound Miter CUTSee Figures 29 To Make a Compound CUT with Your Miter SAW Support Long Workpieces Longworkpiece WorkpiecesupportsMitercut Cutting Compound Miters Pitch Cutting Crown Molding Laying Molding Flat on the Miter TableCrownmoldingflaton Mitertable Wrong Cutting Warped MaterialRight General LubricationExtension Cords Brush Replacement Brush Assembly CAP Craftsman Compound Miter SAW Model Number KEY Part NO. Number Description QuanKEY Part Number Description Quan FigureB Parts List for Figure B FigureC Craftsman Compound Miter SAW Model Number KEY Part Description Quan Number Part