ADJUSTMENTS
SETTING THE BLADE SQUARE WITH THE TABLE
1. Make sure that the electrical plug is removed from the main power supply.
2. Push the saw head down to its lowest position, then pull and turn the head
release knob to hold the saw head in the transport position.
3. Loosen the miter lock handle.
4. Rotate the table until the pointer is positioned at 0
0
.
5. Retighten the miter lock handle.
6. Loosen the bevel lock knob at the rear of the machine and set the saw arm at 0
0
bevel (the blade at 90
0
to the miter table). Tighten the bevel lock knob.
7. Place a square (A) Fig,11 against the table and the flat part of the blade.
NOTE:
Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of the saw blade, not the teeth.
8. Rotate the blade by hand and check the blade-to-table alignment at several points.
9. The edge of the square and the saw blade should be parallel.
10. If the saw blade angles away from the square, adjust as follows;
11. Loosen the cap screw (A) Fig.12 and the hex. nut (B) on the right side of the
bevel pivot, loosen the bevel lock knob (C).
12. Adjust the bevel adjustment cap screw (A) in or out to bring the saw blade into
alignment with the square.
13. Retighten the bevel lock knob and tighten the hex. nut (B) against the bevel
pivot. Recheck the alignment, repeat if necessary.
14. Once the adjustment is done, readjust the bevel pointer (B) Fig.11 to line up with
the 0º on the bevel scale.
SETTING THE FENCE SQUARE WITH THE BLADE
1. Make sure that the electrical plug is removed from the main power supply.
2. Push the saw head down to its lowest position, then pull and turn the head
release knob to hold the saw head in the transport position.
3. Loosen the miter lock handle.
4. Rotate the table until the pointer is positioned at 0
0
.
5. Retighten the miter lock handle.
6. Loosen the bevel lock knob at the rear of the machine and set the saw arm at 0
0
bevel (the blade at 90
0
to the miter table). Tighten the bevel lock knob.
7. Place a square (A) Fig.13 against the fence (B) and the flat part of the blade.
NOTE:
Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of the saw blade, not the teeth.
8. The edge of the square and the fence should be parrallel.
9. If the fence angles away from the square, adjust as follows;
10. Remove the fence extension cap screws, loosen the rear fence extension lock
knobs and remove fence extensions by sliding them off the fence. Loosen the
now exposed fence cap screws (C) Fig.13 on both sides and position the fence
(B) against the square and retighten all cap screws.
11. Reinstall fence extensions.
Figure 11
Figure 13
Figure 12
