ADJUSTMENTS

￿Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock pin to release the saw arm.

￿Raise saw arm to its full raised position.

￿Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-half turn.

￿Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at 0°.

￿Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter lock handle.

￿Lay a framing square flat on the miter table. Place one leg of the square against the fence. Place the other leg of the square beside the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table. The edge of the square and the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table should be paral- lel as shown in figure 19.

￿If the edge of the framing square and the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table are not parallel as shown in figures 18 and 19, adjustments are needed.

￿Using the blade wrench provided, loosen the socket head screws securing the fence. See Figure 20. Adjust the fence left or right until the framing square and zero clearance throat plate are parallel.

￿Retighten the screws securely and recheck the fence- to-table alignment.

SQUARING THE SAW BLADE TO THE FENCE

See Figures 20 - 24

￿Unplug your saw.

WARNING:

Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing possible serious personal injury.

￿Pull the saw arm all the way down and engage the lock pin to hold the saw arm in transport position.

￿Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-half turn.

￿Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control arm is positioned at 0°.

￿Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter lock handle.

￿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.

MITER FENCE

MITER TABLE

FRAMING

ZERO CLEARANCE

SQUARE

THROAT PLATE

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH

FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 18

MITER FENCE

MITER TABLE

FRAMING

ZERO CLEARANCE

SQUARE

THROAT PLATE

VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH

FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED

Fig. 19

SOCKET HEAD

SCREW

FENCE

Fig. 20

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Ryobi TS1551 manual Squaring the SAW Blade to the Fence, See Figures 20, Miter Fence Miter Table