Black & Decker BT1400 instruction manual Bench Mounting, Assembling and Adjusting Your Saw

Bench Mounting	Note: Only use attached wrench when mounting or dis-
Bench mounting holes(8) are provided in all four feet to	mounting saw blade. When dismounting saw blade, lift
facilitate bench mounting, as shown inFigure 1. (Two dif-	up safe cover and centre cover. Loosen hex bolt with
ferent sized holes are provided to accommodate different	box wrench and disassemble hex bolt, flange and saw
sizes of screws. Use either hole, it is not necessary to use	blade.
both.) Always mount your saw firmly to prevent movement.	NEVER DEPRESS THE SPINDLE LOCK PIN WHILE
To enhance the tool’s portability, it can be mounted to a	THE BLADE IS ROTATING.
piece of 1/2" or thicker plywood which can then be	• Be sure to hold the guard bracket down and firmly
clamped to your work support or moved to other job sites	tighten the guard bracket screw when you finish
and reclamped.	installing the saw blade. Failure to do so will
NOTE: If you elect to mount your saw to a piece of	cause serious damage to the saw.
plywood, make sure that the mounting screws don’t
protrude from the bottom of the wood. The plywood	Assembling and Adjusting Your Saw
must sit flush on the work support. When clamping the	PERFORM ALL ASSEMBLY WITH SAW UNPLUGGED.
saw to any work surface, clamp only on the clamping	Attach Miter Clamp Handle
bosses where the mounting screw holes are located.	Remove the miter clamp handle (4) from the plastic
Clamping at any other point will interfere with the proper	parts bag and carefully thread it into the bracket in the
operation of the saw.	front of the saw.
	Attaching Dust Bag
CAUTION: To prevent binding and inaccuracy,	A zippered cloth dust bag is included with your saw. To
be sure the mounting surface is not warped or	attach the bag, fit the plastic opening firmly over the
otherwise uneven. If the saw rocks on the surface, dust spout (9).
place a thin piece of material under one saw foot	NOTE: The saw can also be used with a vacuum
until the saw sits firmly on the mounting surface.	cleaner hose attached to the dust spout or without any
	attachment.
Installing a New Saw Blade	Adjustments
(UNPLUG THE MITER SAW)	PERFORM ALL ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MITER
DO NOT USE FERROUS METAL or masonry cutting	SAW UNPLUGGED
blades in this saw	NOTE: Your miter saw is fully and accurately adjusted
• Loosen hex bolt on center cover counter clockwise	at the factory at the time of manufacture. If readjust -
with box wrench.	ment due to shipping and handling or any other reason
• Lift up the safe cover and center cover.	is required, follow the steps below to adjust your saw.
• Press down the lock to lock spindle.	Miter Scale Adjustment
• Loosen hex bolt clockwise with box wrench, then	Place a square against the saw’s fence and blade, as
dismount the bolt and flange.	shown in Figure 4. (Do not touch the tips of the blade
• Mount the blade of saw on spindle. Make sure that	teeth with the square. To do so will cause an inaccurate
the arrow direction on surface of saw blade is same	measurement.) Loosen the miter clamp handle (4) as
as one of the cover.	shown in Figure 5 and swing the miter arm until the
Note:There are two different internal diameters of cutter in	miter latch (5) locks it at the 0 miter position. Do not
inner plate which have steel stamp marked 25.4mm	tighten the clamp handle. If the saw blade is not exact-
16mm. When mounting, the outer diameter of inner plate	ly perpendicular to the fence, loosen the two screws
must be correspondent with the internal diameter of saw	that hold the handle to the base (shown in Figure 6)
blade.	and move the arm of the saw left or right until the blade
• Mount flange and hex bolt.	is perpendicular to the fence, as measured with the
• Press axle lock and tighten hex bolt counter clock	square. Retighten the two screws. Pay no attention to
wise with box wrench firmly, then tighten hex bolt	the reading of the miter pointer at this point.
clockwise to fix centre cover.

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