Craftsman 315.2696 owner manual To Check

POSITIVE 0 ° BEVEL STOP

See Figure 21.

ADJUSTMENT	BEVEL
SCREW	ADJUSTMENT
	KNOB

HEXNUT

BLADE

POSITIVE0° BEVELSTOP

T

•Turn screw and adjust base until square with saw blade.

•Tighten hex nut and bevel adjustment knob securely.

WARNING: Attempting to make cuts without bevel adjustment knob securely tightened can result in serious injury.

TO POCKET CUT

See Figure 22.

& WARNING: Always adjust bevel setting to zero before making a pocket cut. Attempting a pocket cut at any other settingcan resultin loss of control of your saw possiblycausing serious injury.

COMBINATION

SQUARE

Adjust the bevel setting to zero, set blade to correct blade depth setting, and swing the lower blade guard up using the lower blade guard handle.

Always raise the lower blade guard with the handle to avoid serious Injury.

While holding lower blade guard by the handle, firmly

_f4 rest the front of the base fiat against the workpieca with the rear of the handle raised so the blacJedoes

not touch the workpieca. See Figure 22.

Fig. 21

Your saw has a positive O° bevel stop, that has been factory adjusted to assure O° angle of your saw blade when making 90 ° cuts. However, misalignmant can occur dudng shipping.

f' LOWERBLADE

GUARDHANDLE

TO CHECK

•Remove battery pack from saw.

,_ WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from saw could result in accidental starting causing possible serious personal injury.

•Place your saw in an upside down position on workbench. See Figure 21.

•Using a combination square, check squareness of saw blade to the base of your saw.

TO ADJUST-

•Remove battery pack from saw.

AWARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from saw could result in accidental starting causing possible sedous personal injury.

•Loosen bevel adjustment knob.

•Loosen hex nut secudng adjustment screw.

LOWER

BLADEGUARD

POCKETCUT

Fig. 22

Depress the lock-off button and squeeze the switch tdgger to start your saw. Always let the blade reach full speed then slowly lower blade into the workplece until base Is flat against workplece.

After you complete your cut release the tdgger and allow the blade to come to a complete stop. After the blade has stopped, remove itfrom the workpiece. Comers may than be cleared out with a hand saw or sabre saw.

_k WARNING: Never tie the lower blade guard in a raised position. Leaving the blade exposed could lead to sedous injury.

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