A
,_L WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always remove the battery
pack from the tool when cleaning or performing
any maintenance.
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WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles
or safety glasses with side shields
when using compressed
air to clean the tool. If the operation
is dusty, also wear
a dust mask.
GENERAL
MAINTENANCE
Avoid using solvents
when cleaning plastic parts. Most plastics are susceptible
to damage from various types of commercial
solvents
and may be damaged
by
their use. Use clean clothes to remove dirt, dust, oil, grease, etc.
_1_ WARNING:
Do not at any time let brake fluids, gasoline,
petroleum-based
products,
penetrating
oils, etc. come in contact
with plastic parts. Chemicals
can damage,
weaken
or destroy
plastic which may result in serious
personal injury.
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WARNING:
When servicing,
use only identical craftsman
replacement
parts.
Use of any other parts may create a hazard or cause product damage.
To
ensure safety and reliability,
all repairs should be performed
by a qualified
service technician.
CHANGING
THE
BLADE
(Fig. 22)
_1_ WARNING:
Be sure to wear
protective
work gloves while
handling a saw blade. The blade
can injure unprotected
hands.
1.
2.
Remove the battery pack from
the circular
saw when changing
the blade.
Loosen the depth-of-cut
adjustment
knob. Raise the
saw to its maximum
height and
Fig. 22
Outer Blade
Washer
Blade Screw
Spindle Shaft
\
Washer
tighten the depth-of-cut
adjustment
knob. This practice
permits
easier access to the
blade mounting.
3.
Locate and remove
the hex key from the storage
area.
4.
Depress the spindle-lock
button and place the hex key in the blade screw and move
it back and forth until you feel the spindle-lock
button
depress further.
This action
locks the blade in position
so that the blade screw can be removed.
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