Craftsman 21829 Operation Manual - Page 20

TOCHECKSAWBLADEINSTALLATION

See Figure

18.

CAUTION:

Towork:properly,the saw

blade

teeth

must

pointdown

toward

the front of t'nesaw. Failure

to do so could cause damage to the saw blade, the

saw,

or

the workpisce.

•

Lower

the

saw

blade

and

remove

the

throat

p_te.

•

Make

surethe

bevel Locking lever

is securely

pushed to

the left. Raise the

saw

blade to its fu[I height by turning

the height/bevel adjusting hsndwheel clockwise.

To

Loosen

the blade.

•

Using

';he

small blade wrench, place the

flat

open and

on

the fiats on

the arbor shat'_.

•

Insert

the

closed end of

the large blade

wrench over

the

hex nut Holding both wrenches

firmly, pull the

largerwrenchforward

to the front

of the

machine.

To

*dghten

the blade:

•

Using the srnaflbradswrench, place the flat open

end

(rite the

_(ats

on

the

arbor shaft.

•

Insert the closed end of the large blade wrench over

the

hex

nut. Holding both wrenches firmly,push the

{arger

wrench to the back

of the machine. Make sure

the blade

nut

is securelytightened. Do not ovsrtighten.

NOTE: Arbor shaft has left hand threads.

Check

all

clearancesfor free blade rotation. See To Set

the

Scale to the Blade in the

Adjustment

Section.

In

cutting operations,

the

scale

wil}

be set

to the

sideof

the

blade where

the

cut will be

measured

and made.

THROAT

PLATE

SMALL

WRENCH

LARGE

BLADE

O

WRENCH

Fig.

18

TO INSTALL THE SLIDING

MITER TABLE AND

MITER

FENCE

See Figures fg

-

20,

•

Remove

the

sliding

rofter table from the

storage

area

by pullingthe

miter

lockingclamps

away

from the saw

¢ablnst

•

Installtheslidingmitertable

assembly

over the front

and

rear

rails. Check that it

slides

easily on the

rsi[s.

Push both

front

miter looking

clamps

down

evenly

on

each side

to secure,

Repeat

for

both rear

miter

locking

_arnps.

NOTE: Do not

force

miter

look}rig

clamps

down.

Tighten only

to f_t "seated"

position.

•

Remove the miter

fence from

the miter

fence

storage

on

the

side of

the

saw cabinet.

•

To install the miter

fence

to the sliding

miter

table, Ices-

en

the

adjusting

clamp

knob

so

the

bolt

has

enough

olsaranoa

to

slide _n

the table slot,

LOCKINGCLAMPS

REAR

RAIL

SUDII_

MITER

TABt.EBASE

Fig. 19

Mount

the miter

fence to the miter table

by installing

the locater

pin (below

the

miter

fence) into

holes

=A",

"B", =C",

or

"D".

(Holes

"A" and =D"

areclosest1o

the

b}ade).At

the

same

time,

place

the attachment

bolt in

the s_ot.

NOTE:

Holes =A"

and "D" should

be

used

for

short

pieces

of

wood

and

holes

"B"

and

"C" should

be

used

for long

pieces of wood.

•

Property

a_}ust

the miter

indicator

to the

scale

on the

end of

the fence

opposite

the locater

pin.

•

Retightan the adiusting

ctarnp knob.

2O

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