ASSEMBLY

TO CHECK AND ALIGN THE BLADE GUARD ASSEMBLY

See Figure 20.

If the blade guard assembly is out of alignment with the saw blade, adjust the alignment of the blade guard assembly. The spreader must be aligned with the saw blade.

NOTE: The spreader is thinner than the width of the cut (kerf) by approximately six thickness of paper.

Unplug the saw.

Lift the blade guard. Raise the saw blade by turning the height/bevel adjusting handwheel counterclockwise.

Lift the anti-kickback pawls (insert a large hex key in the notches of the pawls to hold the pawls out of the way). Place a framing square or straight edge against both the saw blade and the spreader.

The saw blade and spreader are aligned when the fram- ing square contacts both the blade and spreader evenly with no gaps.

If the distances are different, square and align the blade guard assembly with the following steps:

Unplug the saw.

Lift the blade guard. Raise the saw blade by turning the height/bevel adjusting handwheel counterclockwise.

ANTI-KICKBACK

PAWLS

HEX KEY

HEX HEAD

BOLT

SPREADER

FRAMING

Fig. 20

SQUARE

From the back of the saw, loosen the hex head bolts and reposition the blade guard assembly left or right as needed to align the spreader with the saw blade.

Once properly aligned, securely retighten the bolts.

Recheck the marked blade tooth to insure the adjustment has not moved.

OPERATION

WARNING: WARNING:

Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you careless. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict serious injury.

WARNING:

Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side shields when operating power tools. Failure to do so could result in objects being thrown into your eyes resulting in possible seri- ous injury.

Do not use any attachments or accessories not recommended by the manufacturer of this tool. The use of attachments or accessories not recommended can result in serious personal injury.

WARNING:

Although many of the illustrations in this manual are shown with the blade guard removed for clarity, do not operate the saw without the blade guard unless specifically instructed to do so.

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RIDGID TS2410LS Operation, To Check and Align the Blade Guard Assembly, ANTI-KICKBACK Pawls HEX KEY HEX Head Bolt Spreader