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▼ SAWING OTHER MATERIALS
The instructions for cutting wood can
also be used for cutting structurally
stable plastic materials. When cutting
plastic materials, always make a test cut
to see if the saw causes the material to
melt. If necessary, adjust the cutting
speed and/or feed rate as necessary to
minimize melting.
This saw is not designed to cut metal or
masonry.
▶ Precision Sawing With Track
The GKT13-225 is designed specifically
for precision straight cutting while using
a track for guidance (Fig. 25).
•
Make sure that track
40
is prepared,
positioned and clamped as shown in
“Preparing Track” section on page 12.
•
Make sure that the saw’s footplate is
properly placed on track.
•
Take extra care when placing saw on
portion of a track that extends beyond
the leading or ending edge of the
workpiece.
•
When starting a cut in from the
leading edges of the workpiece,
following instructions in “Plunge
Cuts” section below.
•
Prior to removing saw from track,
raise saw head and retract blade first
and allow blade to come to a
complete stop.
▶ Sawing with Rip Fence
T h e r i p f e n c e
1 4
( s o l d s e p a r a t e l y )
enables exact cuts along a workpiece
edge and cutting strips of the same
dimension.
A.
Slide the guide rods of rip fence
14
through the guides in footplate
7
.
B.
Mount the wing bolt assemblies
10
on
both ends as shown, but do not
tighten the wing bolt yet (Fig. 26).
C.
Adjust the desired cutting width as
the scale value at the respective line
guides
32
or
33
, see section “Cutting
Line Guides”.
D.
Tighten the wing bolts
10
.
Operating Instructions
10
14
A
B
14
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
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