_k WARNING: To prevent accidental startingthat could cause possiblesedous personal injur/,

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

As mentioned previouslyyour saw 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 installthe miter lock handle, place the threaded stud on the end of the miter lock handle intothe threaded hole in the control arm. Turn clockwiseto tighten,

TIGHTEN

ARM

MITERMITER

LOCKHANDLETABLE

Fig. 8

DUST GUIDE

See Figure 9.

To install the dust guide, place the end marked INSERT over the exhaust port in the upper blade guard. Turn the guide so that the open end is facing down or toward the rear of the saw.

EXHAUST

PORT

DUST GUIDE

Fig. 9

TO INSTALL BLADE

See Figures 10, 11, and 12.

A WARNING: A 10 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 willcome in contact with the blade

guards, while thickerblades will prevent the blade screw from secudng the blade on the spindle. Either of these situationscould result in

asadous accident and can cause serious personal injury.

Unplug your saw.

AWARNING: Failureto unplugyour saw could result in accidental startingcausing possible sedous personal injury.

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

raised position.Be cautious, saw arm is spdng loaded to raise.

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

See Figure lO and 11.

Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket, releasinglower blade guard from notch sothat lower blade guard and blade boltcover can be rotated up and back to expose the blade boll See

Figures 10 and 11.

PHILLIPSSCREW

LOWER

BLADEGUARD

GUARDBRACKET

Fig. 10

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Craftsman 315.2121O0 owner manual See Figures 10, 11, See Figure lO