Ryobi TS1353DXL manual Squaring the Blade to the Miter Table, See Figures 28

ASSEMBLY

SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER TABLE

See Figures 28 - 30.

n Unplug the saw.

n Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock

pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.

n Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-half

turn.

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 Loosen bevel lock knob and set saw arm at 0° bevel (blade

set 90° to miter table). Tighten bevel lock knob.

n Place 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.

n Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-table

alignment at several points.

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

parallel as shown in figure 28.

n If the top or bottom of the saw blade angles away from

the square as shown in figures 29 and 30, adjustments

are needed.

n Loosen the lock nut securing positive stop adjustment

screw. Also loosen bevel lock knob.

n Adjust positive stop adjustment screw to bring saw blade

into alignment with the square. See “Positive Stop Adjust-

ment” in the Adjustment section.

n Retighten bevel lock knob. Next, retighten lock nut

securing the positive stop adjustment screw. Recheck

BEVEL	BLADE
LOCK
KNOB
SLIDING	MITER
MITER
	LOCK
FENCE
	PLATE

	MITER
COMBINATION	TABLE	MITER
SQUARE		LOCK HANDLE
CORRECT VIEW OF BLADE
SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE		Fig. 28
BEVEL		BLADE
LOCK
KNOB
SLIDING		MITER
MITER
		LOCK
FENCE
		PLATE
	MITER
COMBINATION	TABLE	MITER
SQUARE		LOCK HANDLE

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE,

ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 29

blade-to-table alignment.

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.

The saw has two scale indicators, one on the bevel scale and one on the miter scale. After squaring adjustments have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indicator screws and reset them to zero.

BEVEL

LOCK

KNOB

SLIDING

MITER

FENCE

	MITER
COMBINATION	TABLE
SQUARE

BLADE

MITER

LOCK

PLATE

MITER

LOCK HANDLE

	MITER
	SCALE
SCALE	INDICATOR
INDICATOR		BEVEL SCALE
	SCREW

Fig. 27

VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE,

ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 30

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