Skil 3104 - Adjustments; Adjusting Lower Blade Guides; Adjusting Lower Thrust Roller

ADJUSTING LOWER THRUST ROLLER
1 . To be sure the
thrust roller is properly supporting
the blade, turn
the thrust roller adjustment screw
using 5/32" hex wrench
so that the roller moves
toward the blade
and almost touches .
2 . While turning the upper wheel
clockwise by hand,
adjust the thrust roller until
it barely touches the
blade .
3 . Run the lock nut
down finger
tight,
and tighten
with
a 1/2" socket and
extension .
4 . Rotate
WHEEL (2) CLOCKWISE a few times by
hand and check the blade guides and
thrust rollers .
Make readjustment if necessary .
Adjustments
ADJUSTING LOWER
BLADE
GUIDES
1 . Loosen the
two
Phillips
screws that lock the lower
blade
guides
and press the two guides evenly
against the sides of the
blade but do not pinch the
blade . Release the guides and rotate the upper
wheel slightly clockwise moving the blade down-
ward . Make sure
one guide is not farther away
from the blade than the other and securely tighten
phillips screws .
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THRUST
ROLLER
INTERNAL
HEX
THRUST ROLLER
ADJUSTMENT SCREW
ADJUSTING UPPER BLADE GUIDE ASSEMBLY
NOTE : The upper
and lower blade guides support
the
blade and keep
it from twisting during operation . An
adjustment is necessary
when blades are changed
or
replaced .
1 . Loosen two hex
head screws in upper blade guide
assembly and slide assembly forward in
the slots
until the front
edge of the blade guides are approxi-
mately 1/32" from the
GULLET of the saw blade .
2 . Tighten
two hex head screws while keeping the
blade guide assembly
parallel to the table .
NOTE : It may be necessary
to back out thrust roller
adjustment to allow thrust roller
to move back from
blade to get 1/32" clearance from
the gullet to edge
of blade guide .
BLADE
GUIDE LIP SHOULD
AWAYS
FACE THE BLADE
GUIDE
ASSEMBLY
OAF