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Assembly (continued)
Checking Heeling Adjustment or Parallelism of Sawblade to Miter Gauge
Groove
While cutting, the material must move in a
straight line parallel to the sawblade.
Therefore, both the miter gauge groove
and the rip fence must be parallel to the
sawblade.
WARNING: The blade must be
parallel to the miter gauge
groove. Misaligned blades could
bind on workpiece. Workpiece
could suddenly kickback. You
could be cut or hit.
If the sawblade is not parallel to the miter
gauge groove, the blade will bind at one
end of the cut. This is known as “Heeling”.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of
injury from accidental start, make
sure switch is “OFF” and plug is
not connected to power source
outlet.
To check for parallelism:
1. Raise blade to approximately 3" depth
of cut.
2. Mark an “X” on one tooth.
3. Place the head of a combination
square in the left miter gauge groove.
Rotate the blade so that the tooth
marked with an “X” is at the front and
adjust the blade of the square so that
it just touches the tip of the marked
tooth. Lock the square at this setting.
NOTE: Hold the head of the combination
square firmly against the edge of the miter
gauge groove during all measurements.
4. Move the square to the rear of the
blade. Rotate the blade so the marked
tooth is at the rear and see if the
marked tooth again touches the blade
of the square.
5. If the marked tooth touches the square
at the front and at the rear of the saw-
blade, the blade is parallel to miter
gauge slot. The parallelism is correct.
Proceed to the “Checking Blade Tilt, or
Squareness of Blade to Table”.
6. If square does not touch the marked
tooth at the rear and front equally (gap
is greater that 0.015 inch–thickness of
4 pages from Owners Manual) or tooth
interferes with square, the mechanism
underneath must be adjusted to make
the blade parallel to the miter gauge
groove.
Sawblade
Combination
Square
Miter Gauge
Groove
