Specifications

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Installing Blade Guard
1. From the bag labeled “Blade Guard” remove the follow-
ing parts:
2 Hex Head Screws, 1/4-20 x 5/8" Long
2 Hex Nuts, 1/4-20
2 Lockwashers, 1/4 External Type
1 Thumb Screw
1 Spreader Support
From the blade guard carton find the following:
1 Blade Guard
2. Slide spreader support onto spreader rod until notches
engage pin. Thread thumbscrew into tapped hole and
hand tighten.
3. Attach spreader to spreader support so that the edge
of the spreader is even with the edge of the spreader
support as shown. Tighten screws with a 7/16 wrench.
4. Raise blade all the way up, make sure it is square with
table.
5. Loosen both hex head screws holding blade guard
support to cradle.
6. Raise blade guard. Lift up both anti-kickback pawls.
Insert a large set screw wrench in the notches of the
pawls to hold the pawls out of the way. Align spreader
square to table as shown.
7. Tighten both hex head screws.
Aligning Blade Guard
1. Lay blade of square or other straightedge alongside of
blade.
2. Loosen socket set screw in guard support and move
spreader left or right so that it touches blade of square.
Tighten screw. Socket set screw must tighten against
the spreader rod flat.
NOTE: The spreader is now square with the table and
approximately in line with the sawblade. The spreader
requires further adjustment to align it parallel to the
blade and in the middle of the cut (kerf) made by the
sawblade.
1/4-20 x 5/8 In
Hex Hd Screw
1/4-20 Hex Nut
1/4 In. External
Lockwasher
Spreader
Support
Spreader
Hex Nut
Lockwasher
Square
Hex Hd.
Screws
1/4-20 Hex
Head Screw
Align
Edges
Blade
Guard
Support
Spreader Support
Thumb Screw
Cradle
Pin in
Support
Notches of
Thumb
Screw
Spreader Rod
Located in Blade
Guard Support
Anti-Kickback
Pawls
Set Screw
Wrench
Straightedge
Socket Set
Screw In
Along Side
of Blade
Guard Support
Spreader