Craftsman 315.21213 manual Miter Fence, See Figures 13

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MITER FENCE

Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show

MITER FENCE

only portions of your compound miter saw. This is

MITERTABLE

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.

_i, WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing possible

serious personal injury.

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

Raise saw arm to its full raised position.

Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one- 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 square and the zero clearance threat plate in the miter table should be parallel as shown in figure 13.

If the edge of the framing square and the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table are not

parallel as shown in figures 14 and 15, adjust- ments are needed.

FRAMING MITER

SQUARE FENCE

MITERTABLE

LOCKPLATETHROATPLATE

MITER

LOCKHANDLE

VIEW OF MITERTABLESQUAREWITH FENCE

ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED Fig. 13

FRAMINGZEROCLEARANCE

SQUARETHROATPLATE

VIEW OF MITERTABLE NOTSQUAREWITH

FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSARE REQUIRED

Fig. 14

MITER

FRAMINGZEROCLEARANCE

SQUARETHROATPLATE

VIEWOF MITERTABLENOT SQUAREWITH FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSARE REQUIRED

Fig. 15

Using a 6 mm key, loosen the socket head screws securing the fence. See Figure 16. Adjust the fence left or right until the framing square and zero clearance throat plate are parallel.

Retighten the screws securely and recheck the fence-to-table alignment.

6 mm SOCKETHEAD

6 mm SOCKETHEAD

SCREW(S)

SCREW(S)

Fig. 16

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Craftsman 315.21213 manual Miter Fence, See Figures 13