Adjusting Riving Knife - skilsaw SPT70WT Instrucciones De Funcionamiento Y Seguridad

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2. Raise the blade to the full height (up) position.
Raise the riving knife to its full up position (see
instructions listed under "Positioning The Riving
Knife", page 13). Remove the Anti-Kickback
Pawls and Guard Assembly from the riving
knife. Remove the insert plate.
3. Place the rip fence on the left side of the table.
Carefully move the rip fence against the blade
so that the rip fence is parallel to the blade and
just touches the tips of the saw teeth. Lock the
rip fence and make sure the blade at the front
and back is still touching the rip fence (Fig 33).
4. Using the rip fence as a guide, check the riving
knife alignment with the plane of the saw blade.
Since the riving knife is thinner, by approxi-
mately three thicknesses of paper on each side,
than the width of the blade's KERF (Fig 32) you
must make a temporary paper "spacing gauge".
Make two folds in a small piece (6" X 6") of or-
dinary newspaper making three thicknesses.
Place the paper spacing gauge between the
riving knife and the rip fence (Fig 34).
5. Repeat step 4 with the rip fence on the right of
the blade and check with paper spacing gauge.
6. If the paper spacing gauge does not fit between
the rip fence and the riving knife per steps 4 and
5 above, the riving knife is not correctly aligned
with the blade and must be adjusted. If the riv-
ing knife needs adjustment proceed to section
"Adjusting Riving Knife". If the riving knife is cor-
rectly aligned with the blade then no adjustment
is necessary.
NOTE: The Riving Knife has been properly
aligned at the factory - Check the alignment before
making any adjustments.

ADJUSTING RIVING KNIFE

1. Raise the Saw Blade to maximum height and
set the bevel angle to 0°.
2. Remove the Barrier Guard Assembly and Anti-
Kickback Device.
3. Remove the Table Insert.
4. Place the Rip Fence on the right side and slide
it until it touches the tips of the Saw Blade, then
lock the rip fence.
5. Loosen Hex Nut with 10mm open end wrench.
Slightly loosen Clamping Screws (1/4-1/2 turns)
using the 5mm Allen wrench provided. Loosen
Set Screw using a flat screwdriver (Fig. 35).
Three Thicknesses
of Paper
Fence
FIG. 35
Paper
Riving Knife
Clamp Screw
Set Screw
Hex Nut
Clamp Screw
Blade
6. Make two folds in a small piece of paper (6" x
6") forming three layers (Fig. 32). Paper is used
as a "Spacing Gauge."
NOTE: The spacing instructions above are
based on using a standard kerf blade (.128" kerf
on the blade included). If a smaller kerf blade is
used, adjust the paper spacer. For instance, if
the kerf of the replacement blade is near .100",
use 1 thickness of paper as a spacer; if the kerf
is near .110", use 2 thicknesses.
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FIG. 34
Riving
Knife
Fence