ADJUSTMENTS
TO CHECK THE TIGHTNESS OF THE RIP FENCE
LOCKING LEVER
See Figure 74.
The locking lever on the rip fence should hold the rip fence
securely against the front and back rails. The lever should
not be difficult to push down and lock. To assure proper
fence lock adjustment:
Lock the rip fence in place.
Try moving the fence from side-to-side. If the fence moves,
tighten the adjusting nut 1/4 turn.
With the rip fence in the locked position, recheck rip fence
parallelism with the blade and adjust if necessary.
TO ADJUST THE BEVEL LOCKING LEVER
See Figure 75.
Release bevel locking lever and bevel saw blade to 45º.
Push bevel locking lever to lock blade into place.
With moderate force, attempt to move the bevel adjusting
handwheel toward the 0º bevel.
If bevel adjusting handwheel cannot be moved, no
adjustment is needed. If handwheel can be moved, adjust
the bevel lock nut by rotating clockwise 1/4 turn.
Repeat above step as necessary.
Release bevel locking lever and move bevel adjusting
handwheel back to 0º.
ADJUSTING
NUT
BEVEL
LOCK NUT
49 − English
Fig. 74
Fig. 75