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Adjustments - blade wrench

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ADJUSTMENTS WARNING: Before performing any adjustment, make sure the tool is unplugged from the power supply. Failure to heed this warning could result in serious personal injury. To avoid unnecessary set-ups and adjustments, a good practice is to check your setups carefully with a framing square and make practice cuts in scrap wood before making finish cuts in good workpieces. Do not start any adjustments until you have checked with a square and made test cuts to be sure adjustments are needed. TO REPLACE THE BLADE See Figures 55 - 56. Blade kerf width must be within the limits stamped on the riving knife.  Unplug the saw.  Lower the saw blade and remove the throat plate.  Raise the saw blade to full height then remove the blade guard and anti-kickback pawls.  Make sure the bevel locking lever is securely pushed to the left. Raise the saw blade to its full height by turning the height adjusting knob clockwise.  Using the left blade wrench, insert the open end onto the flats on the arbor shaft.  Insert the closed end of the other wrench over the hex nut. Holding both wrenches firmly, pull the outside wrench (right side) forward while pushing the inside (left side) to the back of the saw.  Unlock the release locking lever to remove the blade. NOTE: Arbor shaft has right-hand threads. Check all clearances for free blade rotation. Refer to To Set the Rip Fence Indicator to the Blade in the Operation section earlier in this manual. In cutting operations, the scale will be set to the side of the blade where the cut will be measured and made. To replace the blade with an accessory blade, follow the instructions provided with the accessory. To install a standard blade:  Place the new blade on the arbor shaft (the teeth must point down toward the front of the saw to work properly).  Place the blade washer and the hex nut over the arbor shaft. Be sure the flat side of the blade washer faces out from the blade and that all items are snug against the arbor housing. Make sure the hex nut is securely tightened. Do not overtighten.  Lock the release lever.  Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it turns freely.  Lower the saw blade and reinstall the throat plate. 38 BLADE WRENCH (LEFT) ARBOR SHAFT BLADE WRENCH (RIGHT) Fig. 55 BLADE BLADE WASHER HEX NUT RELEASE LEVER Fig. 56

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WARNING:
Before performing any adjustment, make sure
the tool is unplugged from the power supply.
Failure to heed this warning could result in seri-
ous personal injury.
To avoid unnecessary set-ups and adjustments, a good
practice is to check your setups carefully with a framing
square and make practice cuts in scrap wood before making
finish cuts in good workpieces. Do not start any adjustments
until you have checked with a square and made test cuts to
be sure adjustments are needed.
TO REPLACE THE BLADE
See Figures 55 - 56.
Blade kerf width must be within the limits stamped on the
riving knife.
Unplug the saw.
Lower the saw blade and remove the throat plate.
Raise the saw blade to full height then remove the blade
guard and anti-kickback pawls.
Make sure the bevel locking lever is securely pushed to
the left. Raise the saw blade to its full height by turning
the height adjusting knob clockwise.
Using the left blade wrench, insert the open end onto the
flats on the arbor shaft.
Insert the closed end of the other wrench over the hex
nut. Holding both wrenches firmly, pull the outside wrench
(right side) forward while pushing the inside (left side) to
the back of the saw.
Unlock the release locking lever to remove the blade.
NOTE:
Arbor shaft has right-hand threads.
Check all clearances for free blade rotation. Refer to
To
Set the Rip Fence Indicator to the Blade
in the
Opera-
tion
section earlier in this manual. In cutting operations, the
scale will be set to the side of the blade where the cut will
be measured and made.
To replace the blade with an accessory blade, follow the
instructions provided with the accessory.
To install a standard blade:
Place the new blade on the arbor shaft (the teeth
must point down toward the front of the saw to work
properly).
Place the blade washer and the hex nut over the arbor
shaft. Be sure the flat side of the blade washer faces out
from the blade and that all items are snug against the arbor
housing. Make sure the hex nut is securely tightened. Do
not overtighten.
Lock the release lever.
Rotate the blade by hand to make sure it turns freely.
Lower the saw blade and reinstall the throat plate.
ADJUSTMENTS
Fig. 56
BLADE
WRENCH
(RIGHT)
BLADE
WASHER
HEX
NUT
ARBOR
SHAFT
BLADE
WRENCH
(LEFT)
Fig. 55
BLADE
RELEASE
LEVER