Craftsman 315.273731 - Manual (Page 56)

TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM CAUSE SOLUTION
Miter or cross cuts are not true. 1. Scale pointer is not correct,
2. Column is out of alignment,
3. Carriage is misaligned.
4. Yoke is loose on carriage.
5. Arm is out of alignment.
6. Sawdust has collected between
tables.
1, Reset the pointer at the top
rear of arm.
2, See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assemfo/y section.
3, See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the AssemWy section.
4, See Setting the Yoke Clamp
procedure in AssemWysection.
5, See Aligning Arm for Cross
Cuts in Adjustments section.
6, Remove and clean tables.
7. Table top is not parallel to the
arm.
8. Fence/tables are not straight.
7, See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assemb/ysection.
8. Check with square; sand or
replace.
Wood edges away from fence 1. Blade is not parallel with fence. 1. See Squaring the Blade to the
when ripping. Fence procedure in the Adjust­
ments section.
2. Arm is not perpendicular to 2. See Aligning the Arm for Cross
fence. Cuts procedure in the Adjust­
ments section.
3. Riving knife needs adjustment. 3. See Aligning the Riving Knife to
the Blade procedure in the
Adjustments section.
Depth of cut varies from one end
of wood to the other.
1. Table is not parallel to arm.
2. Column tube is loose in column
support,
3, Arm is loose or misaligned.
1. See Leveling Table Supports
and Leveling the Front Table in
the Assemb/y section.
2. See Adjusting the Column
Tube in Assemb/y section.
3. See Setting the Arm Lock
Wheel in the Assemb/y section.
Riving knife strikes wood during a
cut.
1, Riving knife not aligned with
blade.
1, See Aligning the Riving Knife to
the Blade procedure in the
Adjustments section.
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