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CHANGING THE BLADE
WARNING:
Be sure to wear protective work gloves while handling a saw
blade. The blade can injure unprotected hands.
1.
Unplug the saw from the power source.
WARNING:
To prevent personal injury, ALWAYS disconnect the plug from
power source BEFORE assembling parts, making adjustments or changing
blades.
2.
Place the saw, on its
side, on a flat surface.
3.
Loosen the depth-of-
cut adjustment lever,
raise the saw up all the
way, and tighten the
lever. This gives you
easier access to the
blade mounting area.
4.
Place the saw upright
on its base on a flat
surface.
5.
To loosen the spindle-
clamping screw “A,”
Fig. 21, depress the
spindle-lock button
(Fig. 21a). Insert the
blade wrench in the
spindle clamping
screw “A.” Move the
wrench in and out
slightly until you feel
the spindle lock button
depress further, which
locks the blade in
position so the spindle
clamping screw can
be removed.
6.
Keeping the spindle lock button firmly depressed, turn the wrench
clockwise to remove the spindle-clamping screw.
7.
Use the blade-guard lever to raise the lower blade guard and hold it in the
raised position for the next steps.
Fig. 21a
Spindle Lock Button
Fig. 21
Outer “D” Washer
“A” Spindle
Clamping Screw
Blade Rotation teeth
point up at front
