Troubleshooting – Craftsman 315.284610 User Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING

PROBLEM

CAUSE

SOLUTION

Excess vibration.

Biade is out of baiance.

Biade is damaged.

Saw is not mounted secureiy.

Work surface is uneven.

Biade is warped.

Repiace biade.

Tighten all hardware.

Reposition on flat surface.

Check saw blade installation. Replace blade if

necessary.

Rip fence does not move
smooth iy.

Rip fence not mounted correctiy.

Raiis are dirty or sticky.

Ciamp screw is out of adjustment.

Remount the rip fence.

Clean and wax rails.

Adjust clamp screw counterclockwise.

Rip fence does not iock at

rear.

Ciamp screw is out of adjustment.

Adjust clamp screw clockwise.

Cutting binds or burns work.

Biade is duii.

Biade is heeiing.

Work is fed too fast.

Rip fence is misaiigned.

Wood is warped.

Spreader is out of aiignment.

Replace or sharpen blade.

See page 30 on "Heeling the Blade".

Slow the feed rate.

Align the rip fence.

Replace the wood. Always cut with convex

side to table surface.

See “Tocheckand align the spreader/riving knife
and saw blade” in the Assemb/y section.

Wood edges away from rip

Biade not property sharpened or set.

Resharpen or set blade.

fence when ripping.