ASSEMBLY
To reduce the risk of serious personal
injury, the Riving Knife MUST be installed and properly
positioned for every possible through and non-through cut.
1. Your Saw is shipped with the Blade and Riving Knife
installed and properly aligned. The Riving Knife comes
installed in the low, non-through cutting position. Prior to
operating your Saw, check to make sure the alignment
of the Blade to the Miter Slot and the Riving Knife to the
Blade was not aected by shipping. To check alignment of
the Blade and Riving Knife, see page 27 in the "ASSEMBLY"
section of this manual.
2. The Riving Knife comes installed in the low, non-through
cutting position. To attach the Anti-Kickback Pawls and
Blade Guard Assemblies, the Riving Knife MUST be in the
raised position as shown in Figure 38, page 32. To raise
and lower the Riving Knife, see "RIVING KNIFE HEIGHT
SETTINGS" on page 32.
3. When installing Riving Knife, Anti-Kickback Pawls and Blade
Guard, Blade MUST be at 90° setting and raised to the
maximum height. See the "RAISING AND LOWERING THE
BLADE", page 30.
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BLADE AND RIVING KNIFE
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To install Throat Plate
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, lower Blade below Tabletop, then
carefully feed the Throat Plate, slotted end rst, starting at the rear
and moving to the front, keeping the Blade centered within the slot
on the Throat Plate .
To avoid serious injury the height of the Throat
Plate MUST be properly adjusted. Use set screw openings
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in
Throat Plate to make adjustments. To prevent your workpiece from
catching on the Tabletop, and to prevent Anti-Kickback Pawls from
catching on the Throat Plate, make sure that:
a. The front end of the Throat Plate is ush with the
Tabletop or up to 0.7mm (1/36 inch) below it, and
b. The back end of the Throat Plate is ush with the
Tabletop, or up to 0.7mm (1/36 inch) above it.
Set screws are provided to accurately adjust
Throat Plate height. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SCREW THROAT
PLATE TO TABLE TOP.
THROAT PLATE
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