Craftsman 21805 Operation Manual - Page 26

HEELING

(PARALLELING)

THE

BLADE

TO

THE

MITER

GAUGE

GROOVE

See Figures 30

-

32.

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WARNING:

The

blade must parallel the miter gauge

slot

so

the wood does not bind resulting in kickback.

Failure to do so

could

result in

serious

personal

injury.

Do not

loosen

any

screws

for

this adjustment

until you

have checked

with

a square

and made

test

cuts

to

be

sure adjustments

are necessary.

Once

the

screws

are

loosened,

these

items

must be reset.

•

Raise the

blade

all the

way

by turning

the

height

handwhee].

•

Mark

beside

one of

the

blade

teeth

at the front

of the

blade.

Place the

body

of a combination

square

against

the miter

gauge

groove

as shown

in figure

30.

Measure

the

distance

to the

fight

gauge

groove.

•

Turn the

blade

so the marked

tooth

is at the

back.

•

Move the combination

square

to the

rear

and again

measure the distance to the fight miter gauge

groove.

If the distances

are the

same,

the blade and the miter

gauge groove

are parallel,

•

If the distances measured are different, unlock the front

and back table locking levers on both the right and left

sliding

extension

tables.

•

The adjusting screws are located above the height

adjusting handwheel and under the saw table in the

front of the

saw.

Loosen the screws.

•

If the back

of the

blade

was too far

from

the

miter

gauge groove,

place

a

block

of wood

on the

left

side

of the

blade and

push it into the

blade

until

the

blade

is parallel

to the miter

gauge

groove.

Retighten

the

screws,

•

If the

back of the blade

was

too close to

the

miter

gauge

groove, place a block of wood on the fight side

of the blade

and

push ft into the blade until the blade

is parallel to the miter gauge groove. Ratighten the

screws,

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WARNING:

To reduce

the

risk of injury

from

kickback,

align the

rip fence

to the

blade

following

any blade

adjustments.

Always

make

sure the

rip

fence

is parallel

to the blade

before

beginning

any

operation.

RIGHTMITER

GAUGEGROOVE

COMBINATION

BQUARE

Fig. 30

Fig.

31

BLADETOO CLOSE TO MITER GAUGEGROOVE

Fig. 32

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