Squaring The Miter Table To The Fence; View Of Miter Table Square With Fence Correctly Adjuster; Adjustments - Craftsman 315.212340 Operator's Manual

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illustrations. Neveroperateyoursawwithoutall guards
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SQUARING THE MITER TABLE TO THE
FENCE
See Figures 20 - 23.
• Unplug the saw.
• 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.
• Rotate the miter table until the pointer is positioned
at 0.
• Retighten 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 throat plate in the miter
table. The edge of the square and the slot in the throat
plate in the miter table should be parallel as shown in
figure 20.
• If the edge of the framing square and the throat plate
in the miter table are not parallel as shown in figures 21
and 22, adjustments are needed.
• Loosen the fence screw and remove the sliding miter
fence.
• Using the blade wrench, loosen the socket head
screws securing the fence. Adjust the fence left or right
until the framing square and throat plate are parallel.
• Retighten the screws securely and recheck the fence-
to-table alignment before reinstalling the sliding miter
fence.
FRAMING FENCE
SQU=__ MITER TABLE
THROATPLATE
FRAMING
SQUARE
FENCE
MITER TABLE
THROATPLATE
VIEW OFMITER TABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTS AREREQUIRED
Fig. 21
FRAMING
SQUARE
FENCE
MITER TABLE
THROATPLATE
VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 22
SOCKETHEAD SOCKETHEAD
SCREW(S) SCREW(S)
VIEW OF MITERTABLESQUAREWITH FENCE
CORRECTLY ADJUSTED
Fig. 20
Fig. 23
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