Hitachi C 10RA2 - Maintenance and Inspection Guide; Component Inspection Procedures

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4 Raise the grip to the upside and release the fixation of the rip fence. Move and return the parallel bracket
adjacent to the miter gauge groove. Lower the grip to the bottom and fix the rip fence. And verify that the
parallel bracket is parallel to the miter gauge groove.
5 Repeat adjustment until it is parallel.
6 After adjustment, tighten four 6 mm hex. hd. bolts.
7 On completion of adjustment, recheck the rip fence is parallel with the miter gauge groove.
8-3-4. Adjustment of the Pointer
The pointer indicates the distance the rip fence is positioned away from the saw blade. The pointer should
indicate the accurate distance from the saw blade. Check and adjust the pointer with the following procedures.
NOTE: The pointer will need to be readjusted whenever a different thickness saw blade is installed.
Scale
Fig. 17
Saw blade
5 mm
Machine screw
Pointer
Rip fence
Grip
To adjust the pointer 0 setting.
(1) Raise the grip to the upside and release the lock on the rip
fence. And move the rip fence to bring it into tight contact
with the side of the saw blade.
(2) Make sure that the pointer points to 0 on the scale provided
on the table.
(3) If the pointer does not point to 0 on the scale,
1 Lower the grip to the bottom and lock the rip fence.
2 Loosen the 5 mm machine screw holding the pointer
(see Fig. 17).
3 Adjust the pointer to the 0 position and retighten the 5 mm
machine screw.
4 After adjustment, recheck to see that the pointer now points
to 0.
8-3-5. Adjustment of the Miter Gauge
The miter gauge should be square to the saw blade.
Check and adjust the miter gauge with the following procedures.
Miter gauge
Fig. 18
Sheet bar
Clamp
handle (B)
Protractor
scale
5 mm
Machine screw
Pointer
Square
Saw
blade
To adjust the pointer 0 setting.
(1) Loosen clamp handle (B) and place a square against both
the saw blade and the miter gauge. The pointer should
indicate 90˚ on the protractor scale on the miter gauge.
(2) If the pointer does not indicate 0 on the miter gauge,
1 Tighten clamp handle (B).
2 Loosen the 5 mm machine screw on the sheet bar.
3 Adjust the pointer to the 90˚ position and tighten the 5 mm
machine screw on the sheet bar (see Fig. 18).
4 After adjustment, recheck to see that the pointer now
indicates 0.