Skil 3400 - Manual (Page 6)

6.
Table of Contents
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General Safety Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Safety Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Double Insulated Tools & Extension Cords . . . . . . . . 5
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Glossary of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Tools Needed For Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting To Know Your Table Saw . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Blade Angle Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Elevation Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Blade Tilt Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Rip Fence Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Miter Gauge Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Rip Fence Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Miter Gauge Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Wrench Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Cord Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20–23
Blade Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23
Table Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23
Miter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22–23
Unpacking and Checking Contents . . . . . . . . . 24–25
Table of Loose Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24–25
Operating Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–31
Blade Tilting Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26–27
Adjusting 90 & 45 Degree Positive Stops . . . . . . 26–27
Adjusting Blade Parallel
to the Miter Gauge Slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29
Changing the Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28–29
Aligning Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–31
Pointer Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–31
Miter Gauge Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30–31
Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32–35
Attaching Blade Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32–35
Attaching Handle to Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . 34–35
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Miter Gauge Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–35
Attaching Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–35
Mounting The Table Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36–37
Mounting Table Saw to Workbench . . . . . . . . . 36–37
Mounting to Plywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36–37
Basic Table Saw Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–53
Safety Power Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–39
Work Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38–41
Using the Miter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40–41
Crosscutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42–43
Repetitive Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42–43
Miter Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–45
Bevel Crosscutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–45
Compound Miter Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–45
Using the Rip Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44–47
Ripping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46–49
Resawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48–49
Making a Featherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48–49
Using Featherboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50–51
Rabbeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50–51
Dadoing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50–53
Maintaining Your Table Saw . . . . . . . . . . . . 52–53
Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54–55
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54–55
Trouble Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56–57
Tools needed for Assembly of Tool Stand . . . . . . 58–59
Unpacking and Checking Contents . . . . . . . . . 58–59
Assembly of Tool Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58–59
Mounting Table Saw to Tool Stand . . . . . . . . . 58–59
Tools needed for Assembly of Table Extension . . . 60–61
Unpacking and Checking Contents . . . . . . . . . 60–61
Assembly of Table Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 60–61
Leveling the Table Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 62–63
Front Rail Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62–63
Installation of Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62–63