Miter Detent System - Adjustment Procedure - Bosch PROFACTOR GCM18V-10SDN14 Operating/Safety Instructions Manual

Miter Detent System – Adjustment Procedure
Calibrating Miter Detent System
1. Engage the miter detent at the 0° position. Loosen the
miter lock knob (Fig. 14, 20) 1/2 turn.
2. Loosen the 4 screws holding the detent plate (Fig. 17,
31) using the Torx wrench (Fig. 7, 41).
3. Lock head assembly down using the head assembly lock
pin (Fig. 14, 8).
Fig. 17
31
31
4. Hold one side of a 90° combination square against the
fence (Fig. 18, 12) and rotate the table (22) and detent
plate (17) until the side of the saw blade is in full contact
with the other side of the square.
5. Tighten all four screws. Then loosen and reset the miter
scale pointer to the "0" position (Fig. 18).
Miter Scale Pointer Adjustment
1. Rotate table (Fig. 19, 22) to 0° position and lock in place.
2. Raise the head assembly (Fig. 20, 28) to the full UP posi-
tion.
3. Loosen the pointer adjust screw that holds the miter
scale pointer (Fig. 19, 19) in place.
4. Position the pointer to align with the 0° line. Tighten the
screw.
Adjustments
Fig. 18
Fig. 19
31
31
0° Bevel Stop
Checking 0° Bevel Stop Setting
1. Hold the saw head assembly (Fig. 20, 28) down and
push in the head assembly lock pin (Fig. 22, 8) to keep
the saw in the DOWN position.
2. Slide the saw head assembly (Fig. 20, 28) completely to
the back and engage the slide rail lock knob (7) by tight-
ening the knob to the right (clockwise).
3. Rotate the table to the 0° miter position.
4. Rotate the bevel lock knob (34) clockwise to unlock the
head assembly.
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12 12
22 22
0° Miter 0° Miter
Detent Detent
Combination Combination
square square
Pointer Pointer
Adjust Adjust
Screw Screw
22
19
0° Line 0° Line
Contacting Contacting
blade blade
17 17