ADJUSTMENTS

To Check Miter Fence Alignment

See Figure 43.

The miter fence must be perpendicular to the blade when set at zero degrees.

WARNING:

Begin by unplugging your saw. Failure to unplug saw could result in accidental starting causing possible serious injury.

C F

￿ Set the miter fence (H) at 0° as shown in figure 43. Miter

indicator (I) should be set precisely on 0° and secured in

place with adjusting clamp (F).

Note: The quick-stop is not necessary for this checking

procedure. However, you may want to check and adjust

it to 0° at this time. See Quick-Stopsection that follows.

￿ Place a framing square (E) firmly against the miter fence

(H) with the other side against the blade (C).

￿ Check whether the miter fence and blade are square with

E

I

H

each other. With the framing square against the miter

fence there should be no gap from the front to the rear of

the blade.

￿ If a gap exists, the miter fence may be out of square.

￿ Rotate the blade and recheck. If there is a consistent gap

between the front and rear of the blade, the miter table

needs aligning. Follow the adjustment procedures that

follow.

MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO SLIDING MITER TABLE ASSEMBLY

To Adjust the Miter Table

See Figure 44.

The sliding miter table been set at the factory and, unless damaged in shipping, should not require setting during assembly. After extensive use, it may need to be checked.

REMEMBER: Check all settings before loosening screws for the following procedures. Once screws have been loosened, these settings must be reset.

￿Four screws secure the sliding miter table to the table base.

￿Two screws (K) are used to adjust the sliding miter table parallelism.

￿Loosen the two screws (K), as shown in figure 44, to adjust fence squareness and miter table parallelism.

￿Follow the steps in To Check Miter Base Parallelism, adjust the miter base so that it is parallel to the blade.

Fig. 43

K

L

J

Fig. 44

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Ryobi BTS15 manual Making Adjustments to Sliding Miter Table Assembly, To Check Miter Fence Alignment