Craftsman 21828 Operation Manual - Page 26

HEELING (PARALLELING) MITER GAUGE GROOVE See Figures 29 - 31. THE BLADE TO THE ,_, WARNING: The blade must be square so the wood does not bind resulting in kickback. Failure to do so could result in serious personal injury. Do not loosen any bolts for this adjustment until you have checked with a square and made test cuts to be sure adjustments are necessary. Once the bolts are loosened, these items must be reset. [] Unplug the saw. [] Remove the blade guard and anti-kickback pawls. Raise the blade by turning the height/bevel adjusting handwheel. [] Mark beside one of the blade teeth at the front of the blade. Place a combination square even with the front of the saw table and the side of the saw blade as shown in figure 29. [] Turn the blade so the marked tooth is at the back. [] Move the combination square to the rear and again measure the distance. If the distances are the same, the blade is square. If the distances are different: [] Place spreader/riving knife in "down" position then lower the blade. [] Extend the outfeed support. [] Loosen adjusting bolts (1) and (3). NOTE: The adjusting bolts are located under the saw table in the back of the saw. [] Turn adjusting bolt (2) left or right until the blade is square. NOTE: If the back of the blade was too far from the combination square, place a block of wood on the left side of the blade and push it into the blade until the blade is square. Retighten the bolts. If the back of the blade was too close to the combination square, place a block of wood on the right side of the blade and push it into the blade until the blade is square. Retighten the bolts. _ 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. (1) (2) (3) ADJUSTING / BOLTS(3) COMBINATION SQUARE MITER GAUGE GROOVE II Fig. 30 -t-rr BLADETOOCLOSETO MITER GAUGEGROOVE Fig, 31 26