Craftsman 315.22811 To Adjust the Miter Fence, There are four slides located under the sliding

TO ADJUST THE MITER FENCE

•	Set the miter fence (H) at 0 ° as shown in figure 56.
	Miter indicator (I) should be set precisely on 0° and
	secured in place with adjusting clamp (J).
• There are four slides located under the sliding
	miter table. These slides let the miter table move
	on the base. Three slides are mounted on
	eccentric screws that can be adjusted by loosening
	the hex nuts on top of the miter table.
	See Figure 58.
•	Loosen the rear hex nuts (Q) on top of stiding
	miter table for this adjustment procedure.
	Note: The front screws (R) are only needed to
	remove excessive play in the slides due to wear
	from extended use. They are not needed for this
	procedure. The right front hex nut is a non-

HEXNUTMITER TABLE

ECCENTRIC

SCREW

UP OFBASE

SLIDE

	eccentric pivot and should never be loosened.
•	Adjust the right rear eccentric screw from the lower
	side of the miter table so that maximum play exists
	between the slide and miter base.
•	Push left rear of miter table snugly against miter
	base as shown by the arrow (S) in figure 59 and
	secure.
•	Place a framing square firmly against the miter
	fence, with the other side against the blade.
•	Adjust left rear screw from underneath miter table
	until miter fence and blade are square with each
	other.

i	Tighten hex nut securely.
•	Adjust right rear screw from underneath miter table
	to remove excessive play.
•	Tighten hex nut securely.
•	Recheck your setups carefully. Also make sure all

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S

Figure 58

R

Q

screws, hex nuts, etc. have been tightened

securely.

• If sliding miter table assembly is still not square

with the blade, repeat the above procedures as

needed.

• Make sure that slides remain square to miter base

edge to prevent "cocking" which will result in

excessive play in miter table.

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Figure 59

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