RIDGID MS1250LZ manual Adjustments are Required Sliding Miter Fence Blade

Models: MS1250LZ

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ASSEMBLY

n Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table

until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at 0°.

n Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter

lock handle.

n Remove the sliding miter fence by loosening the set screw

and the sliding miter fence knob.

n Lay a framing square flat on the miter table. Place one

leg of the square against the fence. Slide the other leg

of the square against the flat part of saw blade.

NOTE: Make sure that the square contacts the flat part

of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.

n The edge of the square and the saw blade should be

parallel as shown in figure 21.

SLIDING

MITER

FENCE

BLADE

MITER FRAMING

TABLE SQUARE

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH FENCE,

n If the front or back edge of the saw blade angles away

from the square as shown in figures 22 and 23, adjust-

ments are needed.

n Loosen the socket head screws that secure the miter

fence to the miter table. See Figure 20.

n Rotate the miter fence left or right until the saw blade is

parallel with the square.

n Retighten the screws securely and recheck the blade-to-

fence alignment.

n Insert the throat plate and secure with the screws. Tighten

firmly. See page 20 for instruction regarding “cutting a

slot in the zero clearance throat plate”.

ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

SLIDING

MITER

FENCE

Fig. 22

BLADE

Your saw has several scale indicators. After squaring adjust- ments have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indicators screws and reset them to zero. See Figure 24.

FRAMING

MITER SQUARE

TABLE

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH FENCE,

ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 23

 

INDICATOR

SCALE

POINT

 

INDICATOR

BEVEL

 

SCALE

 

MITER

INDICATOR

SCALE

 

SCREW

SCALE

 

INDICATOR

INDICATOR

 

SCREW

Fig. 24

 

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RIDGID MS1250LZ manual Adjustments are Required Sliding Miter Fence Blade