Installing a Blade, Rear Lower Guard Adjustment

4.Depress the spindle lock button (Fig. 3) while carefully rotating the saw blade by hand until the lock engages.

5.Keeping the button depressed, use the other hand and the wrench provided (D) to loosen the blade screw. (Turn clockwise, left-hand threads)

6.Remove the blade screw (E), outer clamp washer (F), and blade (G). The 1" (25.4mm) blade adapter (H), if used, and the inner clamp washer (I), may be left on the spindle.

NOTE: For blades with a blade hole of 5/8" (15.88mm), the 1" (25.4mm) blade adapter is not used.

Installing a Blade

1. Unplug the saw.

FIG. 4

LOCK

DOWN

55 35

	50
45	40
	45

WARNING: Do not lift, support, or carry the miter saw by the extension kit. To do so may cause tipping and loss of control, leading to personal injury.

NOTE: Before transporting the saw, remove the extension or telescope it into the base.

Rear Lower Guard Adjustment

Check the rear lower guard to ensure that it is located such that the saw blade is in the center and equidistant from each side, as shown in Figures 6 and 7. Adjust as neces- sary by loosening the two screws and moving the guard. Firmly tighten both screws. Never remove this guard.

Transporting the Saw

English

2.	With the arm raised, the lower guard held open and the
	pivot plate raised, place the blade on the spindle, onto
	the blade adapter [if using a blade with a 1" (25.4mm)
	diameter blade hole] and against the inner clamp
	washer with the teeth at the bottom of the blade point-
	ing toward the back of the saw.
3.	Assemble the outer clamp washer onto the spindle.
4.	Install the blade screw and, engaging the spindle lock,
	tighten the screw firmly with wrench provided. (Turn
	counterclockwise, left-hand threads)

NOTE: When using blades with a 5/8" (15.88mm) diame- ter blade hole, the blade adapter will not be used and should be stored in a safe place for future use.

5.Return the guard bracket to its original position and firmly tighten the guard bracket screw to hold bracket in place.

WARNING:

•The guard bracket must be returned to its original position and the screw tightened before activating the saw.

•Failure to do so may allow the guard to contact the spinning saw blade resulting in damage to the saw and severe personal injury.

Installing Extension Kit

Side Table Extension (Some Models)

BE SURE TO OBSERVE ALL OF THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR MITER SAW INSTRUCTION MANUAL.

UNPLUG THE MITER SAW BEFORE INSTALLING, ADJUSTING OR REMOVING THE EXTENSION KIT. The extension kit can be used on either or both sides of the saw. The supplied extension kit is factory installed on the left side:

1.Install the self-tapping stud into the hole underneath the saw.

2.Install extension tube making sure the clamping brack- et will catch the legs.

3.Tighten clamping bracket against the legs.

FIG. 5

FIG. 6

DISTANCE FROM BLADE MUST BE EQUAL

TURN OFF AND UNPLUG THE MITER SAW BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT OR MAKE ANY ADJUST- MENTS WHAT-SO-EVER!

In order to conveniently carry the miter saw from place to place, a carrying handle has been included on the top of the saw arm, as shown in Figure 3. To transport the saw, lower the arm and depress the lock down pin shown in Figure 4.

Adjustments

PERFORM ALL ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MITER SAW UNPLUGGED

NOTE: Your miter saw is fully and accurately adjusted at the factory at the time of manufacture. If readjustment due to shipping and handling or any other reason is required, follow the steps below to adjust your saw.

Once made, these adjustments should remain accurate. Take a little time now to follow these directions carefully to maintain the accuracy of which your saw is capable.

MITER SCALE ADJUSTMENT

Place a square against the saw’s fence and blade, as shown in Figure 8. (Do not touch the tips of the blade teeth with the square. To do so will cause an inaccurate meas- urement.) Loosen the miter clamp knob (see Fig. 9) and swing the miter arm until the miter latch locks it at the 0 miter position. Do not tighten the clamp knob. If the saw blade is not exactly perpendicular to the fence, loosen the three screws that hold the miter scale to the base (shown in Fig. 9) and move the scale/miter arm assembly left or right until the blade is perpendicular to the fence, as meas- ured with the square. Retighten the three screws. Pay no attention to the reading of the miter pointer at this point.

MITER POINTER ADJUSTMENT

Loosen the miter clamp knob and squeeze the miter latch to move the miter arm to the zero position, as shown in Figure 9. With the miter clamp knob loose allow the miter latch to snap into place as you rotate the miter arm past zero. Observe the pointer and miter scale through the viewing opening shown in Figure 10. If the pointer does not indicate exactly zero, gently pry it left or right using a flat bladed screwdriver.