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Caution! Disconnect and lockout power supply before making any adjustments or alignments.
Maintenance Adjustments and Alignments
Caution! Disconnect and lockout power supply before making any adjustments or alignments.
1. Put the motor into 0
o
bevel position. Engage bevel latch (A, Fig. 7) and bevel clamp (B).
2. Cross cut a piece of material and determine the side of the cut on which the teeth are heeling. Make a
note which side of the cut material has heeling marks.
3. Loosen yoke clamp nut. (C, Fig. 7)
4. Release the rip swivel latch (D, Fig. 7.
5. Loosen the two set screws (E, Fig. 7) locking the bronze rip swivel latch adjusting screws (F, Fig. 7).
6. If the heel marks were on the right side of the material loosen the adjusting screw on your left and tight-
en the one on the right. If the marks were on the left of the material loosen the adjusting screw on your
right and tighten the one on your left.
7. Tighten the two locking set screws to a required torque of 90
—
100 inch/lbs.
8. The rip swivel latch must move freely without side play.
9. Engage rip swivel latch and lock the yoke clamp, recheck the crosscut and make additional adjustment
if necessary.
10. Set a square in the corner of table and fence on left side, place square at a 45° angle it should touch
the bottom edge of blade and top edge of blade. (not touching carbides.) Figure 6A
Adjustment of Miter, Bevel and Swivel Latches
If a loose condition ever develops between the miter, bevel or swivel latches and their respective adjusting
screws, refer back to the following sections for adjustment. Miter Latch, Bevel Latch, Rip Swivel Latch ( Figure
7). Be sure to check alignment after adjusting latches.
To Adjust for “Heel” (Saw Blade Not Parallel to Arm)
When the saw blade is not parallel to the arm the result will be what is called “heel”
- the back of the blade will
not follow in the kerf of the front of the blade. Signs of a blade heeling are indicated when the rear teeth of
the blade mark the material with an offset in the cut. This condition can be noticed by eye or with a straight
edge. (Figure 6A) To correct this situation:
A
B
C
D
E
F
Figure 7
Figure 6A
Figure 6B
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