To avoid unnecessary setups and adjustments,a good practice is to check your setups carefully with a framing square and make practicecuts in scrap wood before making finish cuts in good workpieces. Do not start any adjustments until you have checked w_tha square and made test cuts to be sure adjustmentsare needed.
REPLACING THE BLADE
See Figures 32 - 34.
_1, WARNING: Make sure the switchis off, the
switch key is removed, and your saw is unplugged. Failure to do so could result in accidental starting, resulting in serious personal injury.
•Raise the blade guard and remove the throat plate. TO remove, loosen the screw at the front with a
phillipsscrewddver and I!ftthe front end. Pull it out toward the front end.
•Raise the blade to its highest positionby turning the height handwheel clockwise. Angle the blade straight up by looseningthe bevel lock handle and turning the bevel handwheet.Wedge a piece of scrap wood against the frontof the blade. See Figure 32.
•Loosen the blade nut with the bible wrench provided with your saw. Remove the blade nut and blade washer. Carefully remove the scrap wood and blade.
•To replace the blade with an accessory blade, follow the instructionsprovided with the accessory.
•To install a standard blade, place the new blade on the arbor shaft, with teeth pointing down towardthe front of the saw, Wedge a piece of scrap woodat the back of the blade. See Figure 34.
CAUTION: The teeth must point down toward the front of the saw to work properly.Otherwise,
damage to the blade, saw, or workpiece can occur.
•Place the blade washer and the blade nut over the blade arbor. Be sure the dome side of the blade washer faces out from the blade and that all items are snug againstthe arbor housing. Tightensecurely.
•Remove the scrap wood and rotate the blade by hand to make sure it turns freely.
•Slip the throat plate intothe opening and push it toward the back of the saw to engage the spring clip, Securely tighten the screw. If the throat plate is not flush with the table, adjust the setscrews with a 2 mrn hex key. [3o not allow the throat plate to bow up above the table surface.
BLADE
GUARD
T0
LOOSEN
BLADE
SCRAP WOOD
BLADE
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ARBORSHAFT
BLADE
BLADE
WASHER
BLADEHUT
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Fig. 33
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