Craftsman 315.212400, Owner'S Manual

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FRAMING SQUARE
ADJUSTMENTS
Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show
only portions of your miter saw. This is intentional so
that we can clearly show points being made in the
illustrations. Never operate your saw without all
guards securely in place and in good operating
condition.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13 - 16.
■
Unplug your saw.
WARNING
: Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
■
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 posi-
tioned in the positive stop at 0
°
.
■
Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
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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 blade slot in the
miter table. The edge of the square and the blade
slot in the miter table should be parallel as shown
in figure 13.
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If the edge of the framing square and the blade
slot in the miter table are not parallel as shown in
figures 14 and 15, adjustments are needed.
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Using a 6 mm key, loosen the socket head screws
securing the fence.
See Figure 16. Adjust the
FENCE
Fig. 15
VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH
FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
MITER TABLE
FRAMING SQUARE
Fig. 13
FRAMING
SQUARE
VIEW OF MITER TABLE SQUARE WITH FENCE
AND CORRECTLY ADJUSTED
MITER
LOCK PLATE
MITER LOCK HANDLE
Fig. 14
VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH
FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
FENCE MITER TABLE
FENCE
MITER TABLE
BLADE SLOT
fence left or right until the framing square and
blade slot are parallel.
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Retighten the screws securely, tighten the miter
lock handle, and recheck the fence-to-table
alignment.
Fig. 16
FENCE
6 mm SOCKET HEAD
SCREW(S)
6 mm SOCKET HEAD
SCREW(S)