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OPERATION
CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
WARNING:
When using a work clamp or C-clamp to secure
your workpiece, clamp workpiece on one side of the
blade only. The workpiece must remain free on one
side of the blade to prevent the blade from binding
in workpiece. The workpiece binding the blade will
cause motor stalling and kickback. This situation
could cause an accident resulting in possible seri-
ous personal injury.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 22.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight crosscut is made with the miter table
set at the 0
°
position. Miter crosscuts are made with the miter
table set at some angle other than zero.
TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER SAW
Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.
Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter lock handle
approximately one-half turn to the left to loosen.
Press the miter lock plate down with your thumb and
hold.
Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with the
desired angle on the miter scale.
Release the miter lock plate.
Note:
You can quickly locate 0
°
, 11.25
°
,15
°
, 22.5
°
, 31.62
°
,and
45
°
left or right by releasing the lock plate as you rotate
the control arm. The lock plate will seat itself in one of the
positive stop notches, located in the miter table frame.
Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always tighten the
miter lock handle securely before making a cut.
Failure to do so could result in movement of the
control arm or miter table while making a cut.
Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge
securely against the fence. If the board is warped, place
the convex side against the fence. If the concave edge of
a board is placed against the fence, the board could
collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jamming the
blade.
See Figures 30 and 31.
When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support
the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand or with a
work surface level with the saw table.
See Figure 28.
Align cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of saw
blade.
Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure
it against the fence. Use the optional work clamp or a
C-clamp to secure the workpiece when possible.
See
Figure 22.
Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the
cutting operation just to make sure that no problems will
occur when the cut is made.
Grasp the saw handle firmly then squeeze the switch
trigger. Allow several seconds for the blade to reach
maximum speed.
Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
See Figure 22.
Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to
stop rotating before raising the blade out of workpiece.
Wait until the electric brake stops blade from turning
before removing the workpiece from the miter table.
STRAIGHT
CROSSCUT
Fig. 22
WORK CLAMP
