Stanley STSC1618, Manual

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ENGLISH
(Original instructions)
supported and balanced on a strong, stable and level
work surface. Support the work so that the wide portion
of the saw shoe is on the portion of the material that
doesn’t fall after the cut is made. Never hold cut off
piece by hand (Fig. D). Kickback from blade pinch can
result. Keep both hands on saw at all times.
• Stay alert and exercise control. Keep body positioned
to one side of blade. Always maintain a firm grip and
control of saw with both hands. Do not change hand grip
or body position while saw is running. Take precaution to
avoid injury from cut off pieces and other falling material
during operation.
Danger! Release switch immediately if blade
binds or saw stalls.
Features (Fig. E)
This tool includes some or all of the following features.
1. Trigger switch
2. Main Handle
3. Secondary Handle
4. Shoe
5. Saw Blade
6. Lower blade guard
7. Blade Guard Retracting Lever
8. Saw Blade Spanner Wrench
9. Bevel Adjustment Knob
10. Outer Washer
11.
15.
Blade Retaining Screw
Saw Blade Hex Wrench (Shown on Fig.I)
18.
20. Rip Fence (Shown on Fig. M)
Inner Flange (Shown on Fig. J)
21. Lock-off button
23. Upper blade guard
Assembly/adjustment Set-up
Warning! Always unplug saw from power supply
before any of the following operations.
Adjusting the depth of cut (Fig. F and G)
The depth of cut should be set according to the thickness of
the workpiece.
• Loosen the lever (12) to unlock the saw shoe.
• Move the saw shoe (4) into the desired position. The
corresponding depth of cut can be read from the scale (13).
• Tighten the lever to lock the saw shoe in place.
• Set depth adjustment of saw such that one tooth of the
blade projects below the workpiece as shown in Fig. G.
Adjusting the bevel angle (Fig. H)
This tool can be set to bevel angles between 0° and 45°
• Loosen the locking knob (9) to unlock the saw shoe.
• Move the saw shoe (4) into the desired position. The
corresponding bevel angle can be read from the scale
(14).
• Tighten the locking knob to lock the saw shoe in place.
Attaching the blade (Fig. I and J)
• To prevent spindle rotation engage the protrusions of the
spanner wrench (8) into the holes in the outer washer
(10) as shown in Fig. I.
• Loosen and remove the blade retaining screw (11) by
turning the hex wrench (15) counter- clockwise.
• Remove the outer washer.
• Check and re-assembly inner flange (20) on spindle (16).
Insure the correct side of inner flange (20) faces outward
and match saw blade with diameter arbor well.
• Place the saw blade (5) onto the inner flange (20),
making sure that the arrow on the blade points in the
same direction as the arrow on the tool.
• Fit the outer washer (10) on the spindle.
• Insert the blade retaining screw (11) into the hole in the
spindle.
• Prevent spindle rotation by engaging the spanne wrench
into the holes of the outer washer.
• Securely tighten the blade retaining screw by holding the
spanner wrench and turning hex wrench clockwise to
tighten the blade retaining screw.
Warning! Inner flange (20) respectively marked
with “19” and “20”, match the saw blade (5) with
19mm and 20mm diameter arbor.
Removing the blade
To prevent spindle rotation, engage the protrusions of the
spanner wrench (8) into the holes in the outer washer (10).