Skil 3700 manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Page Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Safety Information
General Safety Rules	.	. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Table Saw Specific Safety Rules		. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
X-Shop Safety Rules	.	. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Double Insulated Tools . . . .		. . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Grounded Tools	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Extension Cords	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	. 10
Warning Labels	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	. 11

Unpacking and Checking Contents
and Table of Loose Parts		. 32-38
Tools Needed For Assembly	.	.	. 38
Assembly Instructions	. 40–58
Assembling Cabinet	.	.	. 40
Attaching Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Attaching Front Rail	.	.	. 44
Attaching Digital Display	.	.	. 46

Attaching Handle to Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Attaching Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Attaching Blade Guard	.	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Attaching Blank Insert	.	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Attaching Router Insert		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Attaching Sander Insert		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	. 56
Attaching Jigsaw Insert		.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	. 58

Getting To Know Your X-Shop		. . . . . . . . . . 60-64
Table			. . . . . . .			. . . . 60
Base	.		. . . . . . .			. . . . 60
Wings	.		. .	. . .	. . .		.	.	. 60
Blade Bevel Angle Lock . . . .	.		. .	. . .	. . .		.	.	. 60

Elevation Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Blade Bevel Angle Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Rip Fence Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Digital Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Miter Gauge Scale	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rip Fence Storage	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Miter Gauge Storage	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Blade Wrench Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cord Wrap . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Blade Guard . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Table Insert Plate .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Accessory Tool Inserts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Miter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Router	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Sander	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Jigsaw	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Table Saw Adjustments	. . . . . . 66–70
Blade Tilting Control	. . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting 90 & 45 Degree Positive Stops	. . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting Blade Parallel
to the Miter Gauge Slot	. . . . . . . . 66
Changing the Blade	. . . . . . . . 68
Aligning Rip Fence	. . . . . . . . 70
Manual Pointer Adjustment	. . . . . . . . 70
Miter Gauge Adjustment	. . . . . . . . 70
X-Shop Tools Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Basic Table Saw Operation	. . . . . . 72–86
Table Saw Power Switch	. . . . . . . . 72

Using the Miter Gauge with the T Bar . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the Miter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Work Helpers	. . . . . 74
Push Stick and Push Block	. . . . . 74
Auxiliary Fence	. . . . . 74
Using the Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Operating the Digital Display	. . . . . 78
Ripping	. . . . . 78
Bevel Riping	. . . . . 80
Crosscutting	. . . . . 80
Repetitive Cutting	. . . . . 82
Miter Cutting	. . . . . 82
Bevel Crosscutting	. . . . . 82
Compound Miter Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Non Thru-sawing	. . . . . 84
Making a Featherboard	. . . . . 84
Rabbeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Dado Cutting	. . . . . 86
Resawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Special Cutting Techniques	. . . . . 86
Using X-Shop Accessories with Inserts . .	. . . 88-106
Operation of the Accessory Outlet Power Switch	. . . . .88-90
Operation of a Router with the Router Insert . .	. . . 92-98
Operation of a Sander with the Sander Insert .	. . . . 100
Operation of a Jigsaw with the Jigsaw Insert . .	. . . . 102
Maintaining Your Table Saw	. . . . 104
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Recommended Accessories	. . . . 106
Trouble Shooting	. . . . 108
Warranty Information	. . . . 112

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