Craftsman CONTRACTOR 351.21833 - Manual (Page 18)

RIP FENCE OPERATION
Refer to Figure 51.
• Unlock the fence by lifting the locking lever. Using the
scale for placement, position the rip fence. Lock the rip
fence into position by placing the locking lever in the down
position.
• The rip fence is used for the following operations: ripping,
bevel ripping, ploughing, resawing, rabbeting and dadoing.
INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE RIVING KNIFE
Refer to Figure 52.
Install
• Line up the riving knife in the proper direction to the
mounting bracket.
• Push the riving knife all the way down into the mounting
bracket. Make sure the lock pin is locked in the hole of the
riving knife. (The lock hole is on the button side of the
riving knife).
• If the riving knife is not locked properly, hold the locking
knob and pull the lock pin out; then re-insert the pin secure-
ly in the hole of the riving knife. While raising or lowering the
knife, pin will snap in the hole of the knife when located at
one of the three positions.
• Tighten the locking knob.
Remove
• Loosen the locking knob.
• Hold the knob and pull the locking pin out.
• Remove the riving knife out of the mounting bracket.
NOTE: Make sure blade is at the highest position before
adding or removing the riving knife.
WARNING: For your own safety, always observe the follow-
ing safety precautions.
• Never make any cut freehand (without using miter gauge
or rip fence). Blade can bind in the cut and cause a kick-
back.
• Always lock miter gauge or rip fence securely when in use.
• Remove rip fence from the table when miter gauge is in
use.
• Remove miter gauge from table when rip fence is in use.
• Make sure blade guard is installed for all “through sawing”
operations. Through sawing operations are those opera-
tions in which the saw blade cuts completely through the
thickness of the wood. Replace guard immediately after
completion of resawing, rabbeting and dadoing.
Frequently check action of anti-kickback pawls by passing
the workpiece alongside the spreader while saw is off. Pull
the workpiece toward you. If the pawls do not dig into the
workpiece and hold it, the pawls must be sharpened. (See
Maintenance section, page 19.)
• Have blade extend approximately 1 /
8
″ above top of work-
piece. Additional blade exposure increases hazard
potential.
• Do not stand directly in front of blade in case of a kick-
back. Stand to either side of the blade.
• Keep your hands clear of the blade and out of the path of
the blade.
• If the blade stalls or stops while cutting, turn switch OFF
and safety disconnect OFF before attempting to free the
blade.
• Do not reach over or behind the blade to pull the work-
piece through the cut, to support long or heavy work-
pieces, to remove small cut-off pieces of material or for
any other reason.
• Do not pick up small pieces of cut-off material from the
table. Remove them by pushing them off table with a long
stick. Otherwise they could be thrown back at you by the
rear of the blade.
• Do not remove small pieces of cut-off material that may
become trapped inside blade guard while saw is on. This
could endanger your hands or cause a kickback. Turn saw
off. After blade has stopped turning, lift guard and remove
the piece.
• Always lower blade below the table level when machine is
not in use.
TYPES OF CUTS/OPERATIONS
CROSSCUTTING
WARNING: Use caution when starting the cut to prevent
binding of the guard against the workpiece.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge set at “0”, and is
used for cutting across the workpiece grain at 90° (blade
square with both the edge and flat side of wood).
MITER CUTTING
WARNING: Miter angles greater than 45˚ may force the
blade guard assembly into the saw blade causing damage to
the blade guard assembly and personal injury. Before starting
the motor, test the operation by feeding the workpiece into the
blade guard assembly. If the blade guard assembly contacts
the blade, place the workpiece under the blade guard assem-
bly, not touching the blade, before starting the motor.
WARNING: Certain workpiece shapes, such as molding may
not lift the blade guard assembly properly. With the power off,
feed the workpiece slowly into the blade guard area and until
the workpiece touches the blade. If the blade guard assembly
contacts the blade, place the workpiece under the blade
guard assembly, not touching the blade, before starting the
motor.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge, and is used for
cutting at an angle other than 90° square with the edge of the
workpiece.
BEVEL CROSSCUTTING
WARNING: When possible, use the right miter gauge slot
when bevel crosscutting so that the blade tilts away from the
miter gauge and your hands.
WARNING: Use caution when starting the cut to prevent
binding of the guard against the workpiece.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge, and is the same
as crosscutting, except that the workpiece is also cut at an
angle other than 90° square to the flat side of the wood (blade
is at an angle).
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Figure 52 - Riving Knife
Locking Pin
Bracket
Plate
Locking
Knob
Screw