Craftsman 315.269600 - Manual (Page 10)

OPERATION
A. WARNING: Always remove battery pack from
your saw when you are assembling parts, making
adjustments, assembling or removing blades,
cleaning, or when not in use. Removing battery
pack will prevent accidental starting that could
cause serious personal injury.
TO REMOVE BATTERY PACK
■ Locate latches on end of battery pack and
depress to release battery pack from your saw.
See Figure 3.
DEPRESS LATCHES TO
RELEASE BAHERY PACK
■ Remove battery pack from your saw.
TO INSTALL BATTERY PACK
See Figure 3.
■ Place battery pack in your saw. Align raised rib
inside saw with groove on battery pack.
■ Make sure the latches on each side of your
battery pack snap in place and battery pack is
secured in saw before beginning operation.
CAUTION: When placing battery pack in your
saw, be sure raised rib inside saw aligns with
groove on battery pack and latches snap in place
properly. Improper assembly of battery pack can
cause damage to internal components.
A. WARNING: A 5-1/2 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 guard,
while thicker blades will prevent blade screw
from securing blade on spindle. Either of these
situations could result in a serious accident.
TO ASSEMBLE OR REMOVE BLADE
TO ASSEMBLE BLADE:
■ Remove battery pack from saw.
A
WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from
saw could result in accidental starting causing
possible serious personal injury.
■ Locate latches on end of battery pack and depress to
release battery pack from your saw. See Figure 3.
■ Remove blade wrench (5 mm hex key) from
storage area. See Figure 2.
■ Depress spindle lock button and remove blade
screw and outer blade washer. See Figgre 4.
LOWER
BLADE
GUARD
HANDLE
BLADE
OUTER
BLADE
WASHER
Fig. 4
Note: Turn blade screw clodrwise to remove.
■ Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and
outer blade washer where they contact blade.
A 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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