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EnGLIsH
If you cannot secure the workpiece on the table and against the fence by
hand (irregular shape, etc.), or your hand would be less than 100 mm from
the blade, a clamp or other fixture must be used.
Use the material clamp provided with your saw. To purchase a material
clamp, contact your local retailer or
D
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WALT
service centre.
Other aids such as spring clamps, bar clamps or C-clamps may be
appropriate for certain sizes and shapes of material. Use care in selecting
and placing these clamps. Take time to make a dry run before making
the cut.
To Install Clamp (Fig. M)
1. With the clamp
38
facing the back of the mitre saw, insert the clamp
rod into the hole
21
behind the fence. Ensure the groove at the
bottom of the clamp rod is fully inserted into the hole
21
.
2. Rotate the clamp 180º toward the front of the mitre saw.
3. Loosen the knob to adjust the clamp arm up or down, then use the fine
adjust knob to firmly clamp the workpiece.
nOTE:
Place the clamp on the opposite side of the base when beveling.
ALWAYS MAKE DRY RUNS (UNPOWERED) BEFORE FINISH CUTS TO CHECK
THE PATH OF THE BLADE. ENSURE THE CLAMP DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH
THE ACTION OF THE SAW OR GUARDS.
ADJUSTMENTS
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, turn
tool off and disconnect battery pack before making any
adjustments, performing any cleaning or maintenance, or
removing/installing attachments or accessories.
An accidental
start-up can cause injury.
Your mitre saw is fully and accurately adjusted at the factory at the time of
manufacture. If readjustment due to shipping and handling or any other
reason is required, follow the instructions below to adjust your saw.
Once made, these adjustments should remain accurate. Take a little time
now to follow these directions carefully to maintain the accuracy of which
your saw is capable.
Mitre Scale Adjustment (Fig. J, N)
Lock the saw head in the down position. Unlock the mitre lock knob
5
and
swing the mitre arm
7
until it locks at the 0° mitre position. Do not lock the
mitre lock knob. Place a square against the saw’s fence and blade, as shown
in Figure N. (Do not touch the tips of the blade teeth with the square. To do
so will cause an inaccurate measurement.) If the saw blade is not exactly
perpendicular to the fence, loosen the three screws (
9
, Fig. J) that hold the
mitre scale
8
and move the mitre arm and the scale left or right until the
blade is perpendicular to the fence, as measured with the square. Retighten
the three screws.
Bevel Square to Table Adjustment (Fig. A, L1, O)
To align the blade square to the table, lock the operating handle in the
down position with the lock down pin
23
. Place a square against the blade,
ensuring the square is not on top of a tooth. Loosen the bevel lock knob
12
and ensure the bevel arm is firmly against the 0° bevel stop. Rotate the
0° bevel adjustment screw
41
with a 4 mm hex key (not provided) as
necessary so that the blade is at 0° bevel to the table, as measured with
the square.
Bevel Stop 45º Left Adjustment (Fig. A, L1, L2)
To adjust the left 45° bevel stop, first loosen the bevel lock knob and tilt the
head until it stops. Verify that the bevel override
25
is in the 45° position;
and if the bevel pointer
40
does not indicate exactly 45°, turn the 45° bevel
adjustment screw
42
until the bevel pointer
40
reads 45°.
Guard Actuation and Visibility (Fig. A, X)
CAUTION
:
Pinch hazard. To reduce the risk of injury, keep thumb
underneath the operating handle when pulling the handle down. The
lower guard will move up as the operating handle is pulled down,
which could cause pinching.
The lower guard
4
on your saw has been designed to automatically
uncover the blade when the arm is brought down and to cover the blade
when the arm is raised.
Before each use or after making adjustments, cycle the arm (unpowered)
and make sure the guard opens smoothly and closes fully. It should not
contact the blade. With the arm up, raise the guard (unpowered) as shown
in Figure X and release. The guard should fully close rapidly. Do not operate
the saw if the guard does not move freely and fully close rapidly. Never
clamp or tie the guard in an open position when operating the saw.
The guard can be raised by hand when installing or removing saw blades
or for inspection of the saw. NEVER RAISE THE lower GUARD MANUALLY
UN LESS THE BLADE IS STOPPED.
nOTE:
Certain special cuts of large material will require that you manually
raise the guard. Refer to
Cutting Large Material
under
Special Cuts
.
The front section of the guard is louvered for visibility while cutting.
Although the louvers dramatically reduce flying debris, there are openings
in the guard and safety glasses should be worn at all times.
Rail Guide Adjustment (Fig. A)
Periodically check the rails
13
for any play or clearance. The rails can be
cleaned with a dry clean cloth. The right rail can be adjusted with the rail
adjustment screw
19
shown in Figure A. To reduce clearance, use a 4 mm
hex wrench and rotate the set screw clockwise gradually while sliding
the saw head back and forth. Reduce play while maintaining minimum
slide force.
Support for Long Pieces
WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious personal injury, turn
tool off and disconnect battery pack before making any
adjustments, performing any cleaning or maintenance, or
removing/installing attachments or accessories.
An accidental
start-up can cause injury.
ALWAYs sUPPORT LOnG PIEcEs.
Never use another person as a substitute for a table extension, as additional
support for a workpiece that is longer or wider than the basic mitre saw
table or to help feed, support or pull the workpiece.
Support long workpieces using any convenient means such as sawhorses or
similar devices to keep the ends from dropping.
Cutting Picture Frames, Shadow Boxes And Other
Four-Sided Projects (Fig. P, Q)
To best understand how to make the items listed here, we suggest that you
try a few simple projects using scrap wood until you develop a “feel” for
your saw.
Your saw is the perfect tool for mitring corners like the one shown in
Figure P. Sketch A in Figure Q shows a joint made by using the bevel
adjustment to bevel the edges of the two boards at 45º each to produce a
90º corner. For this joint the mitre arm was locked in the zero position and
the bevel adjustment was locked at 45º. The wood was positioned with the
broad flat side against the table and the narrow edge against the fence.
The cut could also be made by mitring right and left with the broad surface
against the fence.
Cutting Trim Molding and Other Frames (Fig. Q)
Sketch B in Figure Q shows a joint made by setting the mitre arm at 45º to
mitre the two boards to form a 90º corner. To make this type of joint, set
the bevel adjustment to zero and the mitre arm to 45º. Once again, position
the wood with the broad flat side on the table and the narrow edge against
the fence.
Figures P and Q are for four-sided objects only.
As the number of sides changes, so do the mitre and bevel angles. The
chart below gives the proper angles for a variety of shapes.
Summary of Contents for DCS365
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