HEELING ADJUSTMENT or PARALLELISM OF SAWBLADE TO MITER GAUGE
GROOVE
While cutting, the material must move in a straight line PARALLEL to the SAWBLADE . . . therefore both the miter gauge GROOVE and the RIP FENCE must be PARALL:EL to the SAWBLADE,
If the sawblade IS NOT parallel to the miter gauge groove, the blade will bind at one end of the cut. (This is known as "HEELING").
To check for parallelism:
WARNING
REMOVE PLUG FROM POWER SOURCE OUTLET,
1.Raise blade all the way up by turning elevation handwheel clockwise,
2.Mark an "x" on one of the teeth which is SET (bent) to the LEFT.
3.Place the head of a combination square in the GROOVE... adjust blade of square so that it just touches the tip of the MARKED tooth.
6.If tooth does not touch the same amount.., the mechanism underneath must be adjusted to make the blade PARALLEL to GROOVE.
A.Rear support bearing must be moved TOWARD the combination square if there is a space between marked tooth and end of square in step 4.
B.Rear support bearing must be moved AWAY from the square if marked tooth pushes square out of position i_ the groove.
MARK'X"ON TOOTH
4.Move square to REAR, rotate blade to see if MARKED tooth again touches blade of square.
5.If tooth touches square at FRONT and REAR. sawblade is PARALLEL to MITER GAUGE GROOVE.
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7. Make sure tilt clamp screw is tightened.
8.Loosen both screws that hold the rear support bearing and both screws that hold the front support bearing,
NOTE; Rear screws can be reached through back of saw. Use a
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