Craftsman 315.212080 - Manual (Page 13)

ADJUSTMENTS
A WARNING: To prevent accidental starting that
could cause possible serious personal injury,
assemble all parts to your saw before connecting
it to power supply. Saw should never be
connected to power supply when you are
assembling parts, making adjustments, installing
or removing blades, or when not in use.
As mentioned previously your saw has been factory
assembled and adjusted. The dust guide and blade
are the only parts that have to be installed.
DUST GUIDE
See Figure 8.
To install the dust guide, place the end marked
INSERT over the exhaust port in the upper blade
guard. Turn the guide so that the open end is facing
down or toward the rear of the saw.
TO INSTALL BLADE
See Figures 9, 10, and 11.
A DANGER: A 8-1/4 in. blade is the maximum
blade capacity of your saw. Never use a blade
that is too thick to allow outer blade washer to
engage with the flats on the spindle. Larger
blades will come in contact with the blade
guards, while thicker blades will prevent the
blade screw from securing the blade on the
spindle. Either of these situations will result in a
serious accident and can cause serious personal
Injury.
■ Unplug your saw.
WARNING; Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
■ Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock
pin to release saw arm. Raise saw arm to its full
raised position. Be cautious, saw arm is spring
loaded to raise.
■ Loosen the phillips screw on the blade bolt
cover until blade bolt cover can be raised.
See Figures 9, 10, and 11.
■ Gently raise the lower blade guard bracket,
releasing lower blade guard from notch so that
lower blade guard and blade bolt cover can be
rotated Up and back to expose the blade bolt.
See Figures 9, 10, and 11.
PHILLIPS SCREW
Fig. 9
LOWER BUUDE
GUARD BRACKET
LOWER
BUDE GUARD
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