ASSEMBLY
SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER TABLE | BEVEL |
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See Figures 25 - 28. | LOCK |
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n Unplug your saw. |
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WARNING: | FENCE |
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Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing possible serious personal injury.
nPull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.
nLoosen the miter lock handle approximately
nDepress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at 0°.
nRelease the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter lock handle.
nLoosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0° bevel (blade set 90° to miter table). Tighten bevel lock knob.
nPlace a combination square against the miter table and the flat part of saw blade.
NOTE: Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
nRotate the blade by hand and check the
| MITER | MITER | MITER |
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COMBINATION | TABLE |
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SQUARE
CORRECT VIEW OF BLADE
SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE
Fig. 25
n The edge of the square and the saw blade should be parallel as shown in figure 25.
nIf the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away from 
the square as shown in figures 26 and 27, adjustments
are needed.
nLoosen the bevel lock knob.
nUsing the blade wrench, loosen the bevel stop adjustment screw and slide the bevel stop left or right as needed to bring the saw blade into alignment with the square. Retighten bevel stop adjustment screw. See Figure 28.
nRetighten bevel lock knob. Recheck
NOTE: The above procedure can be used to check blade squareness of the saw blade to the miter table at both 0° and 45° angles.
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.
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COMBINATION
SQUARE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE,
ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 26
COMBINATION
SQUARE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE,
ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 27
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