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OPERATION
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you care-
less. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is
sufficient to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side
shields when operating power 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 recommended can
result in serious personal injury.
APPLICATIONS
This product has been designed only for the purposes listed
below:
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Crosscutting wood and plastic
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Crosscutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames mold-
ings, door casings, and fine joinery
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Bevel cutting and compound cutting
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 Ryobi dealer.
WARNING:
Before starting any cutting operation, clamp or bolt the
compound 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 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.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep hands outside
the no hands zone, at least 3 in. from the blade. Never
perform any cutting operation freehand (without holding
workpiece against the fence). The blade could grab the
workpiece if it slips or twists.
NOTE:
Always check for interference between the blade
and the sliding miter fence
BEFORE
attempting to make
a cut. Some compound miter cuts require the sliding miter
fence to be moved or completely removed before making
the cut.
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 serious personal injury.
TO CROSSCUT
See Figure 31.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
work-piece. 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.
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Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.
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Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter lock handle
approximately one-half turn to the left to loosen.
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Press the miter lock plate down with thumb and hold.
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Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with the
desired angle on the miter scale.
STRAIGHT
CROSSCUT
Fig. 31
WORK
CLAMP
