Checking Riving Knife Alignment - skilsaw SPT99T Consignes D'utilisation/De Sécurité

RIVING KNIFE ALIGNMENT
IMPORTANT: The riving knife must always be in
line with the saw blade . The riving knife is thin-
ner than the width of the kerf by approximately
three thicknesses of paper on each side
(Fig . 31) .
Note: The kerf is the width of the cut made by
the teeth on the saw blade .
To prevent personal injury,
WARNING
always disconnect the plug
from the power source before making any
adjustments and when attaching or remov-
ing the Smart Guard System.

CHECKING RIVING KNIFE ALIGNMENT

Check riving knife align-
WARNING
ment to the blade periodi-
cally and make adjustments as necessary.
Improperly aligned riving knife may result in
work piece instability, loss of control, and KICK-
BACK . If the riving knife is misaligned and can-
not be adjusted, do not attempt to operate the
saw. Have a qualified service technician per-
form riving knife alignment .
1 . Check that the blade is properly aligned par-
allel with the miter gauge groove per instruc-
tions in "Adjusting Blade Parallel to Miter
Gauge slots" and adjust the blade if neces-
sary . Check that the rip fence is aligned with
the blade (see instructions in "Aligning Rip
Fence") and adjust the rip fence if necessary .
2 . Raise the blade to the full height (up) posi-
tion . Raise the riving knife to its full up posi-
tion (see instructions in "Positioning the Riv-
ing Knife") . Remove the anti-kickback pawls
and guard assembly from the riving knife .
Remove the insert plate (Fig . 32) .
3 . Place the rip fence on the left side of the ta-
ble . Carefully move the rip fence against the
blade so that the rip fence is parallel to the
blade and just touches the tips of the saw
teeth . Lock the rip fence and make sure that
the front and back of the blade are still touch-
ing the rip fence (Fig 32) .
Adjustments
FIG. 31
Riving Knife
Kerf
FIG. 32
-28-
Width of three
thicknesses of paper
on each side
Blade
Fence
Workpiece
Riving
Knife