Squaring The Saw Blade To The Fence - Craftsman 10 IN. COMPOUND MITER SAW 315.23538 Owner's Manual

• Using a 12 mm wrench or adjustable wrench,
loosen the hex head bolts located under the miter
table. See Figure 16. Adjust the miter table 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.
HEX BOLT(S)
BOTTOM VIEW OFMIrrERTABLE
Fig. 16
SQUARING THE SAW BLADE TO THE
FENCE
See Figures 17 o 20.
• Unplug your saw.
_L 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 _uare fiat on the miter table. Place
one leg of the square against the fence. Slide the
other leg of the square against the fiat part of saw
blade.
Note: Make sure that the square contacts the flat
part of the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
FENCE
MITER
TABLE FRAMING
SQUARE
VIEWOFBLADE
SQUAREWITHFENCE
MITER
PLATE
bMITER
LOCK HANDLE
Fig. 17
FENCE
BLADE
MITER
TABLE
FRAMING
SQUARE
VIEWOF BLADENOT SQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTS AREREQUIRED
Fig. 18
FENCE
16
BLADE
MITER
TABLE
FRAMING
SQUARE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH
FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 19