DeWalt 7749 - Operating Instructions and Alignment Details; Cross-Cut Travel and Rip Scale Pointer Adjustment

ADJUSTING
CROSS.CUT
TRAYEL
PARALLEL
TO
ARM TRACKS
(HEEL
ADJUSTMENT)
Both
the leading
and
trailing
teeth
of
the
sarv blade
should
travel
in the
same
plane
parallel
to the
arm
tracks.
To
check,
place
a
board 4,,
x
1,, or larger
against
the
right
side
of
the
guide
fence.
with
the
machine
in
0o
cross-cut
posi-
tion and
all locks
and latches
engaged,
end
trim
this
stock
by allowing
only the
front
teeth
of the
blade
to
clear the
stock and
the
rear
teeth remaining
in
the
cut.
Now remove
the
stock
by slidirig
to the right
before
returning
the
cutting
head
to the
back
of the
arm.
Examine
the cut edge
of
the
stock.
If
blade marks
of
the rear
teeth are
prominent
on the
cut
stock
the rear
teeth
are
not
exactly
following
the front
teeth
and
adiustment
is
necessary.
(The
arcs
of the rear
teeth
start
at the
bottom
front
of
the stock
and
travel up
and
back.)
Repeat
this
same
operation
with the
stock
against
the left
side
of
the
guide
fence.
To
odiust
when
morks
ore
on
slock
cut
on
righi
side:
(a)
Disengage
bevel
clamp
handle.
Do not pull
bevel
pin.
(b)
Loosen
right
and
left
lock
nuts
at rear
of
yoke
(c)
Loosen
right
set
screw
about
1./6
turn
and
tighten
left
set
screw.
(d)
Retighten
lock
nuts
and
bevel
clamp
handle.
(e)
Recheck
as above
by
cutting.
To
odiust
when
morks
qre
on
siock
cut
on left
side:
(a)
Disengage
bevel
clamp
handle,
Do
not
pull
bevel
pin.
(b)
Loosen
right
and
left
lock
nuts.
(c)
Loosen
left
set
scre*-
about
1 6
turn and
tighten
right
set
scre\\-.
(d)
Retighten
lock
nuts
and
berel
clamp handle.
(e)
Recheck
as
above
by
curting.
After
left
and
right
adjustments
have
been made,
tilt
the
motor
to 45"
bevel
cross-cut position
and
again
make
cuts
on
2" x
4"
stock
as r.,as
done in
cross-cut
position.
if
tooth
marks
again
appear
the
motor is
too
high
or lorv
in
the rear
of the
yoke.
To
odiust
when
mqrks
oppeor
on
bofiom
side of
cut
(left.hond
piece
of
siock):
(a)
Disengage
bevel
clamp
handle.
Do not pull
bevel
pin.
(b)
Loosen
all
lock nuts.
(c)
Loosen
by
equal
amounts
right
and left
set
screws
about
l/6
twn
and
tighten
bottom
set screw.
(d)
Retighten
lock
nuts
and
bevel
clamp
handle
and recheck
as
above
by
cutting.
To odlust
when
morks
oppeor
on
upper
side
of
eul:
(a)
Disengage
bevel
clamp handle.
Do not
pull
bevel
pin.
(b)
Loosen
all
lock
nuts.
(c)
Loosen
bottom
set
screw
about l,u
6
turn
and
tighten
right
and left
set
screws.
(d)
Retighten lock
nuts
and
bevel
clamp handle
and
recheck
as above
by cutting
Now
Go Bqck
And
Check
Cross
Cut
Adiustments
)
:
.*RIP
SCALE
PO]NTER
The
rip
scale
is located
on
the right
side
of
the
radial
arm.
when
the
motor
is
positioned
with
motor
arbor
to*'ard
the
column
it
is
called
,,in
rip', position,
and
material
should
be fed
from
right
to left.
when
the
motor
arbor
is
posi_
tioned
toward
the
operator
it is
called
"out
rip"
and
material
is
fed
from
lelt
to
right.
when
"in
ripping"
width
dimensions
are
located
on
the
top
of the
scale
and
when
"out
ripping"
on
the
bortom
of
the
scale
by
use
of
the
reference
pointers.
The
pointers
are
adjusrable
and
must
be readjusted
only
when
3auge
(thickness)
of
blade
is
changed.
To
adjust:
To
set
the
"in
rip
and
"out
rip"
pointers,
first
set
the
saw
in
an,,out
rip',
posi-
tion and
then
set
rhe
sa*'
blade
at
a
predetermined
distance
from
the fence.
After
you
ha'e
done
rhis loosen
the
two
screws
holding
the
pointer.
Adjust
the
"out
rip"
pointer
equal
to
the!
distance
between
the
sau.blade
and
the fence,
and
tighten
the screu's.
Then
turn
the saw
to
an
"in
rip" position
and
push
the
blade
against
the
fence.
Adjust
the
"in
rip"
pointer
ro
zero
(C)
on
the
scale.
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