Miter Detent System – Adjustment
Procedure
Calibrating Miter Detent System
1. Engage the miter detent at the 0° position.
Loosen the miter lock knob (Fig. 13, 20) 1/2
turn.
2. Loosen the 4 screws holding the detent plate
(Fig. 16, 31) using the Torx wrench (Fig. 7,
43).
Fig. 16
31
31
3. Lock head assembly down using the head as-
sembly lock pin (Fig. 13, 8).
4. Hold one side of a 90° combination square
against the fence (Fig. 17, 12) and rotate
the table (22) and detent plate (17) until the
Fig. 17
Combination
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Adjustments
31
31
Contacting
blade
12
22
square
0° Miter
17
Detent
side of the saw blade is in full contact with
the other side of the square.
5. Tighten all four screws. Then loosen and re-
set the miter scale pointer to the "0" posi-
tion (Fig. 17).
Miter Scale Pointer Adjustment
1. Rotate table (Fig. 18, 22) to 0° position and
lock in place.
Fig. 18
Pointer
22
2. Raise the head assembly (Fig. 19, 28) to the
full UP position.
Fig. 19
28
11
3. Loosen the pointer adjust screw that holds
the miter scale pointer (Fig. 18, 19) in place.
4. Position the pointer to align with the 0° line.
Tighten the screw.
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Adjust
Screw
19
0° Line
7
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