Festool 575622, Instructions Manual

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CAUTION
Hot and sharp tools
Risk of injury
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Wear protective gloves.
Removing the saw blade
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Wear gloves when changing the tool,
but not
when cutting .
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Lock the saw in set-up position.
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Set the greatest inclination and the maximum
cutting height.
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Loosen the clamp on the insert using the rota-
ry knob
[5-1]
.
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Slide the clamping plate forwards.
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Reach underneath the table insert [1-7] to lift
the back and remove it towards the back of the
table.
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Remove the guard, see section 6.2b.
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Take the hex key
[5-3]
out of the holder on the
saw blade cover [5-10] .
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Release the locks [5-9] using the rotary knob
and the hex key
[5-3]
and swivel the saw blade
cover [5-10] downwards.
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Insert the hex key [5-3] into the saw blade
retaining screw.
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Press and hold the spindle stop [5-2] (behind
the saw blade) and use the hex key to turn the
saw shaft until the spindle stop
[5-2] engages
and the saw shaft locks.
L
The saw blade retaining screw has a
left-handed thread.
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Loosen the saw blade retaining screw by turn-
ing it firmly clockwise and remove the clamp-
ing flange and the saw blade.
Fitting the saw blade
WARNING
Risk of injury
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When using a new saw blade, make sure
that the direction of rotation is correct: The
saw blade's direction of rotation
[5-4] must
match that of the machine, see arrow mark
on the guard
[5-10]
.
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Place the saw blade in position.
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Secure the saw blade and the flange to the
saw shaft using the saw blade retaining screw.
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Turn the saw blade twice by hand to make sure
that it can move freely.
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Close the saw blade cover [5-10] and fit the
guard, see section 6.2b.
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Place the hex key
[5-3]
back in the holder.
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To place the table insert [1-7] into the table,
move the protruding spring plate [5-5] of the
insert forward in the table frame. Make sure
that the contact surface is free of dust.
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Lay the insert in position and secure it with the
clamp and the rotary knob
[5-1] .
8.9 Adjusting the riving knife
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The riving knife
[6-1]
needs to be adjusted so
that the distance to the saw blade's teeth is 3
to 5 mm.
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Take the hex key [5-3] out of the holder on the
saw blade cover [5-10] .
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Use the hex key to unscrew the screw [6-3]
and remove it together with the clamping
element [6-2] .
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After unscrewing both screws [7-3] , the guide
piece [7-2] can be moved vertically to adjust
the distance between the riving knife and saw
blade.
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After performing the adjustment, refit the riv-
ing knife and clamping element and retighten
all the screws.
8.10 Fence
The supplied fence can be attached to all four
sides of the machine as shown in fig. 3.
The fence can be adjusted in the following ways:
The fence can be used as a rip fence (fig. 1) or
as a cross-cutting fence or angle-cutting fence
(fig. 3).
Rip fence:
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Loosen the screw
[3-3]
and lift the fixing pin
[3-4] , adjust the angle to 0° with the help of
the scale, lock the fixing pin again and tighten
the screw
[3-3] .
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Loosen the screw [3-2] and adjust the rail
[3-1] so that the triangular arrow is within the
green sticker, see details [1-13]. Then tighten
the screw
[3-2] .
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Push the preset profile setting rail into the
groove on the side of the table (fig. 3 detail).
Slide it until the preset profile setting rail’s
handle covers the green marked area on the
side of the table, see detail
[1-5] . Then tighten
the screw
[3-5]
.
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Loosen the screw [3-6] , set the desired cut-
ting width and retighten the screw.