•Ifthe tooth was too close tothe square,back the
bracketaway with theblock ofwoodand hammer.
• Tightenthe screws,raise the blade and recheck.
•Repeat untilbladeis parallelto miter gage groove.
•Ifthe blade Is not parattel,adjust the front table
bracket.Tiltthe blade to 45" with the bladelock
handleand bevel handwheel.
•Fromthe back ofthe saw, toosenthe bolts holding
thefront table bracket,as well as the reartable
bracket.
•Repositiontheblade to 90" withthe bevel hand-
wheeland blade lockhandle.
•Lowerthe blade and move the bracketsas needed.
Retightenallbracket screws.
•Raisethe blade and recheck. Repeat untilthe
bladeis parallelto the miter gage groove.
•Placethe throat plate in the opening and push it
towardthe rearof saw baseto engage the spring
clip.
Note: The keyslotinthe throat plate will drop overthe
frontscrew.
•Tightenthe screw. Do not allow the throatplate to
bowup above the table surface.
SAWTABLEVIEWFROMBELOW
REAR SAWTABLE
TABLEBRACKET /
SETTING THE BEVEL STOPS AND INDICATOR
See Figures38 and 39.
,_ WARNING: Make sure the switchis off,the
switchkey is removed, and your saw is
unplugged.Failure to do so could resultin
accidentalstarting,resultingin serious personal
injury.
The bevelscale shouldshow 0" whenthe blade isset
verticalat 90" to table, and 45"when blade isat 45" tilt.
• Raise the blade all the way up byturningthe height
handwheel.Liftthe bladeguard.
•Loosenbevel lookhandleand turn the bevel
handwheelclockwiseto tiltthe blade, Reverse it
andturn the handwheel counterclockwiseuntilit
stops.
•Checkthe blade angle witha combinationsquare.
Don'tlet the square toucha bladetooth.The blade
shouldbe at 90"and th_ scale indicatorat 0".
Note: The scaleindicator isthe plasticplate on the
scaleat the front ofthe cabinet.
•Ifthe scaleindicatordoes not pointto 0", loosenthe
scaleindicatorwith a screwdriver,adjustit within
thes_ot,and retightenthe screw.
•If the bladeangle is wrong,adjustthe 90" stop
screw(left of the blade, lookingfrom the front). Start
byturning the 90" stop screwthree orfour turns
witha 4 mm hex key.
90_STOPSCREW
45_STOPSCREW
REAR
BRACKET
SCREW(S)
FRON
FRONT BRACKET
TABLEBRACKET SCREW(S)
4mm
HEXKEY
Fig. 37 Fig.38
•Turnthe bevelhandwhee] clockwiseonce, then
backcounterclockwisetosquare blade withtable.
•Tightenthe 90" stopscrew and recheckthat the
blade issquare in a 90" position,If not, repeat,
When the blade is square, check the scale indica-
tor. If itis notat zero, resetthe scale indicatoras
before.
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