Adjusting The Alignment Of The Riving Knife With The Blade - Skil 3310 Consignes D'utilisation/De Sécurité

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Adjustments
Adjusting the alignment of the
riving knife with the blade
To prevent personal injury, always
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disconnect the plug from power source
before making any adjustments.
Check riving knife alignment to blade
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periodically and make adjustments as
necessary. Improperly aligned riving knife may result in
workpiece instability, loss of control, and KICKBACK. If the riving
knife is misaligned and cannot be adjusted, do not attempt to
operate the saw. Have a qualified service technician perform
riving knife alignment.
1. Check that the blade is properly aligned parallel with the miter
guage groove per instructions listed under Adjustments Blade
Parallel to Miter Gauge Groove Adjustment (page 32) and
adjust the blade if necessary. Check that the rip fence is
aligned with the blade (see instructions listed under
Adjustments Aligning Rip Fence page 40) and adjust the rip
fence if necessary.
2. Raise the blade to the full height (up) position. Raise the riving
knife to its full up position (see instructions listed under
Assembly Attaching the Smart Guard System Positioning The
Riving Knife, page 46). Remove the Anti-Kickback Device and
Guard Assembly from the riving knife. Remove the insert
plate.
3. Place the rip fence on the left side of the table. 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 the blade at the front and back is
still touching the rip fence (Fig 19).
4. Using the rip fence as a guide, check the riving knife alignment
with the plane of the saw blade. Since the riving knife is
thinner by approximately three thicknesses of paper on each
side than the width of the blade's KERF (Fig 13) you must
make a temporary paper "spacing gauge". Make two folds in a
small piece (6" X 6") of ordinary newspaper making three
thicknesses. Place the paper spacing gauge between the
riving knife and the rip fence (Fig 20).
5. Repeat step 4 with the rip fence on the right of the blade and
check with paper spacing guage.
6. If the paper spacing gauge does not fit between the rip fence
and the riving knife per steps 4 & 5 above, the riving knife is
not correctly aligned with the blade and must be adjusted. If
the riving knife needs adjustment proceed to step 7. If the
riving knife is correctly aligned with the blade skip to step 10.
7. Tilt and rest the saw on 1" thick wooden blocks at the back
(Fig 21) to allow access to the riving knife attachment screws
from under the saw. Make sure blocks are thick enough for the
fence to move freely from side to side.
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FIG. 19
FIG. 20
FIG. 21