TO INSTALL THE
BLADE (Fig. 2)
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WARNING: Be sure to wear
protective work gloves while
handling a saw blade. The blade
can injure unprotected hands.
1.
Make sure that the saw is not
connected to a power source.
2.
Place the saw on its side on a
flat surface.
3.
Raise the depth-of-cut
adjustment lever to loosen the base. Raise the saw to its maximum height
and tighten the depth-of-cut adjustment lever. This practice permits easier
access for blade mounting.
4.
Depress the spindle-lock button and place the blade wrench on the blade
screw and move it back and forth until you feel the spindle-lock button
depress further.
5.
With the spindle-lock button firmly depressed, turn the blade screw
counterclockwise to loosen it.
6.
Use the blade-guard lever to raise the lower blade guard and hold it in the
raised position.
7.
Remove the blade screw and the outer blade washer.
8.
The remaining washer is the inner bushing washer that fits around the
spindle shaft and does not need to be removed.
9.
Put a drop of good-quality machine oil onto the inner bushing washer and
outer blade washer where they will contact the blade.
10. Place a new saw blade inside the lower blade guard, onto the spindle shaft
and against the inner bushing washer.
NOTICE: The teeth of the blade should point upward at the front of the saw.
11. Replace the outer blade washer.
12. Depress and hold the spindle-lock button as you replace the blade screw
and hand-tighten the screw in a clockwise direction. Use the blade wrench
to tighten the blade screw securely.
13. Return the blade wrench into the storage area.
NOTICE: Never use a blade that is too thick to allow the outer blade washer to
engage with the flat side of the spindle.
Fig. 2
Inner Bushing Washer
Spindle Shaft
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Blade
Blade Screw
Outer Blade Washer