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OPERATION
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you
careless. Remember that a careless fraction of a
second is sufficient to inflict severe injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with
side shields when operating tools. Failure to do so
could result in objects being thrown into your eyes
resulting in possible serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or accessories not
recommended by the manufacturer of this tool.
The use of attachments or accessories not recom-
mended can result in serious personal injury.
APPLICATIONS
You may use this tool to cut only wood or plastic as listed
below:
Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames, mold-
ings, door casings, and fine joinery
Bevel and compound cutting
Cross cutting wide workpieces
NOTE:
The blade provided is fine for most wood cutting
operations, but for fine joinery cuts or cutting plastic, use one
of the accessory blades available from the RIDGID dealer.
WARNING:
Before starting any cutting operation, clamp or bolt
the miter saw to a workbench. Never operate the
miter saw on the floor or in a crouched position.
Failure to heed this warning can result in serious
personal injury.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always tighten the
miter lock lever and the bevel lock lever securely
before making a cut. Failure to do so could result
in movement of the saw arm or miter table while
making a cut.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep your hands
outside the no hands zone, at least 3 in. from blade.
Never perform any cutting operation freehand (with-
out holding workpiece against the fence). The blade
could grab the workpiece if it slips or twists.
CAUTION:
Do not start the compound miter saw without
checking for interference between the blade and
the miter fence. Damage could result to the blade
if it strikes the miter fence during operation of the
saw.
CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND MITER
SAW
WARNING:
When using a work clamp or C-clamp to secure
the 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.
WARNING:
NEVER move the workpiece or make adjustment to
any cutting angle while the saw is running and the
blade is rotating. Any slip can result in contact with
the blade causing serious personal injury.
