21
ADJUSTMENTS
SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITER
TABLE
See Figures 23 and 24.
Follow these directions to square the blade to the miter
table.
■
Unplug the saw.
WARNING:
Failure to unplug the tool could result in accidental
starting causing possible serious personal injury.
■
Pull the saw arm all the way down.
■
Engage the lock pin to secure the saw arm.
■
Loosen the miter lock handle by rotating it approxi-
mately one-half turn.
■
Depress the miter lock lever.
■
Rotate the miter table until the pointer on the control
arm is positioned at 0
°
.
■
Release the miter lock lever.
■
Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
■
Loosen the bevel lock knob.
■
Set the saw arm at 0
°
bevel (blade set 90
°
to miter
table).
■
Tighten the bevel lock knob.
■
Place a combination square against the miter table
and the flat part of saw blade.
■
Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of
the saw blade, not the blade teeth.
■
Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-
table alignment at several points.
NOTE:
The edge of the square and the saw blade
should be parallel. If the top or bottom of the saw
blade angles away from the square, adjustments are
needed. Continue as follows.
■
Loosen the lock nut securing the positive stop ad-
justment screw.
■
Loosen the bevel lock knob.
■
Adjust the positive stop adjustment screw to bring
the saw blade into alignment with the square.
■
Retighten the bevel lock knob.
■
Retighten lock nut securing the positive stop adjust-
ment screw.
■
Recheck blade-to-table alignment.
NOTE:
You can also follow these procedures to
check blade squareness of the saw blade to the
miter table at both 0
°
and 45
°
angles.
The saw has two scale indicators, one on one side of the
bevel scale and one on the miter scale. After you have
made squaring adjustments, you may need to loosen the
indicators’ screws and reset the scale indicators to zero.
Fig. 21
Fig. 22
COMBINATION
SQUARE
MITER
TABLE
BLADE
Fig. 23
SOCKET
HEAD
SCREW
FRAMING
SQUARE
FENCE
ZERO CLEARANCE
THROAT PLATE
