ADJUSTMENTS
BLADE RAISING AND TILTING MECHANISM
To raise or lower the saw blade, loosen the lock knob (A), Fig.23 and turn
the raising handwheel (B). With the exception of hollow ground blades. The
blade should be raised 1/8’’ to 1/4’’ above the surface of the material being
cut. With hollow ground blades the blade should be raised to the maximum
to provide chip clearance.
To tilt the saw blade, loosen lock knob (C) Fig.23, and turn tilting handwheel
(D). When desired angle is obtained, tighten lock knob (C).
ADJUSTMENT FOR ‘’WEAR’’ IN RAISING MECHANISM
After a long period of time, it is possible that the raising worm and the teeth
on the arbor bracket will wear slightly resulting in play in the raising
mechanism. To compensate for this wear the raising worm and the arbor
bracket can be brought closer together. This can be done as follows:
1. Remove lock knob and raising handwheel but do not remove pointer.
2. Loosen lock nut (A) Fig.24 and using the pointer (B) as a lever turn to the
right or left until all the perceptable play between the worm and arbor
bracket is removed.
3. When this adjustment is completed, reset the pointer to 0
0
and then
tighten lock nut (A).
4. If mechanism is too tight, reverse above procedure.
ADJUSTING 45
0
& 90
0
POSITIVE STOPS
Your saw is equipped with a positive stop at 45
0
and 90
0
. To check and
adjust the positive stops, proceed as follows:
1. Raise the saw blade to its maximum.
2. Set the blade at 90
0
to the table by turning the blade tilting handwheel
clockwise as far as it will go.
3. Place a square on the table as shown in Fig.25 and check to see if the
blade is at a perfect 90
0
angle to the table.
4. If the blade is not at a 90
0
angle to the table, loosen locknut (A) Fig.26
and turn adjusting stop screw (B) in or out. The adjusting stop screw (B)
should stop against the end of the tilting screw (C) when the blade is at
90
0
to the table. Recheck and adjust further if necessary.
5. If the 45
0
positive stop is not set properly, follow the same procedure
using screw (D) and nut (E).
FIGURE 24
FIGURE 25
FIGURE 26
FIGURE 23
