Assembly (continued) – Craftsman 113.299210 User Manual

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6 Lay a piece of flat straight v^ood and a square on saw

iabie and rotate the spreader support until the bracket
is aligned with square.

7 Make sure end of support, bracket and rod are even

Using a 1/8 inch hex “L" wrench, tighten the set screws
only Check that the spreader support cannot be
rotated on the spreader rod

Important: To work properly, the spreader must always
be parallel to the sawblade and adjusted so the cut work
piece will pass on either side of the spreader without
binding or skewing to the side

NOTE:

The spreader is thinner than the width of the kerf

by approximately six thicknesses of paper.

8. Make two folds in a small piece ( 6 x 6 inch) of ordinary

newspaper making three thicknesses.

The folded paper will be used as “spacing gauge",

9 Raise blade to maximum height and make sure blade

is square to the saw table,

10. install the spreader clamp using 1/4-20 x 5/8 truss

head screws, lockwashers, and wing nuts. Place
spreader between spreader clamp and bracket Move
spreader forward until ail three are in Sine, Tighten

wing screws

11 Lift up both anti-kickback pawls Insert set screw

wrench or a pencil into notches to hold the pawls out
of the way

12, Lay a piece of straight flat wood against the saw-

blade insert folded paper between spreader and strip
of wood

13- Make sure the hex nuts underneath are loose
14 Hold the spreader tightly against the wood and make

sure the wood is against the sawblade Tighten the
hex nuts
This wiil align the spreader in the middle of the cut
(kerf) mads by sawblade

NOTE: To remove the guard fornon-through cuts, loosen
the wing nuts and slide the guard back and upward off
the spreader bracket. Do not disturb the setting of the
spreader bracket

When replacing the guard, slide the spreader down and
forward between the spreader clamp and spreader
bracket until it rests as shown, make sure wing nuts are
tightened securely This lets you remove and replace the

guard without disturbing the spreader alignment.

Antikfckback