Skil 3104 - Adjusting Upper Blade Guides; Adjusting Upper Thrust Roller; Adjusting Table Square to Blade

ADJUSTING UPPER BLADE GUIDES
1 . Loosen the two phillips screws that lock the upper
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 WHEEL (2)
slightly CLOCKWISE moving the blade downward
.
Make
sure one guide is not farther away from the
blade than the other and securely tighten phillips
screws .
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ADJUSTING UPPER THRUST ROLLER
NOTE : The thrust rollers support the blade from the
rear
and will rotate when the blade is pushed against
them
while you are cutting . As soon as you stop cut-
ting,
the
rollers should stop rotating .
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 WHEEL (2)
CLOCKWISE
by hand,
adjust the thrust
roller
until it barely touches the
blade
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3 . Run the lock nut down finger
tight,
and
tighten
with a 1/2" open
endwrench . .
LOCK NUT
INTERNAL
HEX
THRUST
ROLLER
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW
ADJUSTINGTHE TABLE SQUARE TOBLADE
NOTE : The combination square must be "true" . See
"Tools Needed" section for Checking Method .
1 . Loosen table lock knob, tilt table,
REPLACE
COVER be sure cover release button snaps in slot,
and SECURE LY SNAP ALL LATCHES .
2 . Loosen guide bar lock knob and raise the upper
blade guide assembly
all
the way up .
Tighten
guide
bar lock knob .
3 . Place a small square on table against the blade as
shown .
4 .
If adjustment is
required, loosen table lock knob,
tilt table and adjust 3/8"
leveling
screw
in or out
while returning table to 90o position and checking
with square . Repeat procedure until table is square .