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Fig. 11
Fig. 10
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Unplug your saw.
WARNING:
Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental
starting causing possible serious personal injury.
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Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock pin to
release saw arm. Raise saw arm to its full raised posi-
tion. Be cautious, saw arm is spring loaded to raise.
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Loosen the phillips screw on the blade bolt cover until
blade bolt cover can be raised.
See Figure 11.
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Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket, releasing
lower blade guard from notch so that it can be rotated
up.
See Figure 10.
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Rotate the lower blade guard and blade bolt cover up
and back to expose the blade bolt.
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Depress the spindle lock button and rotate the blade
bolt until the spindle locks.
See Figure 12.
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Using the blade wrench provided, loosen and remove
the blade bolt.
NOTE: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn blade
bolt clockwise to loosen.
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Remove outer blade washer. Do not remove inner blade
washer.
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Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and outer
blade washer where they contact the blade.
WARNING:
If inner blade washer has been removed, replace it before
placing blade on spindle. Failure to do so could cause an
accident since blade will not tighten properly.
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Fit saw blade inside lower blade guard and onto spindle.
The blade teeth point downward at the front of saw as
shown in figure 11.
CAUTION:
Always install the blade with the blade teeth and the arrow
printed on the side of the blade pointing down at the front
of the saw. The direction of blade rotation is also stamped
with an arrow on the upper blade guard.
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Replace outer blade washer. The double "D" flats on the
blade washers align with the flats on the spindle.
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Depress spindle lock button and replace blade bolt.
NOTE: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn blade
bolt counterclockwise to tighten.
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Tighten blade bolt securely.
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Remove the blade wrench and store it in a safe place for
future use.
LOWER
BLADE GUARD
LOWER BLADE
GUARD BRACKET
NOTCH
LOWER
BLADE GUARD
PHILLIPS
SCREW
FLAT (S)
ON SPINDLE
BLADE
BOLT COVER
INNER BLADE
WASHER WITH
DOUBLE "D" FLATS
OUTER BLADE WASHER
WITH DOUBLE "D" FLATS
BLADE
BLADE BOLT
TO
LOOSEN
TO
TIGHTEN
SPINDLE
LOCK
BUTTON
ASSEMBLY
R
O
T
A
T
IO
N
RO
TA
T
IO
N
R
O
T
A
T
IO
N
Fig. 12
