Craftsman 315.23538 owner manual To Bevel CUT with Your Miter, Saw, See Figures 27

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STRAIGHT

CROSSCUT

Fig. 26

Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge securely against the fence. If the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence. If the concave edge of a board is placed against the fence, the hoard could collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jamming the blade. See Figures 33 and 34.

When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand or with a work surface level with the saw table.

Align cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of saw blade.

Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it against the fence. Use the optional work clamp or a C-clamp to secure the workpiece when possible. See Figure 26.

WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury, keep your hands outside the no hands zone; at

_- - least 3 in. from blade. Never perform any cutting operation freehand (without holding workpiece against the fence). The blade could grab the workpiece if it slips or twists.

•Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation just to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut is made.

•Grasp the saw handle firmly, slide the lock-off lever back, then Squeeze the switch trigger. Allow several seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.

Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece. See Figure 26.

Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to stop rotating before raising the blade out of workpiece, Wait until the electric brake stops blade from turning before removing the workpiece from the miter table.

BEVEL CUT

See Figures 27 and 28.

A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the

workpiece with the blade angled to the workpieca. A

straight bevel out is made with the miter table set at

the zero degree position and the blade set at an angle between 0° and 45 °.

LEFTSiDE

RIGHTSIDE

LEFT

RIGHT

INDICATOR

INDICATOR

POINT

POINT

SCALE

SCALE

MOUNTINGBRACKET

Fig. 27

 

TO BEVEL CUT WITH YOUR MITER

SAW:

 

Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full

height.

Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter lock handle approximately one-half turn to the left to loosen.

Press the miter lock plate down with your thumb and hold.

Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with zero on the miter scale.

Release the miter lock plate.

Note: You can quickly locate zero by releasing the lock plate as you rotate the control arm. The lock plate will seat itself in one of the built4n positive stop notches, located in the miter table

frame.

•Tighten the miter lock handle securely.

,_ 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.

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Contents OwnersManual NrtlFull ONE Year Warranty on CRAFTSMAN. Compound Miter SAW GlossarySymbol Never Leave Tool Running Unat Keep Hands Away from Cutting AreaBefore Making a CUT, be Sure ALL Adjustments are Secure Avoid Awkward Operations and HandNever USE in AN Explosive Atmo If ANY Part of this Miter SAW is MissSavetheseinstructions Make Sure the Work Area has AmpleRemove the packing materials from around your saw Customer Help Line Philupsscrewdriver Sawblade Hexkey BladeFramingsquare Combination Square Know Your Compound Miter See FigureMiter Lock Handle LOCK-OFF LeverSpindle Lock Button Trigger LockPositive Stops on Miter Table Bevel Lock KnobFence SELF-RETRACTING Lower Blade GuardSee Figures 10, 11, See Figures 10Connected to power supply when you are Assembling parts, making adjustments, installingOr removing blades, or when not in use Disconnecting your saw will prevent accidentalLockplatelockhandle Viewofmitertablesquarewith Fence Squaring the Miter Table to the FenceSee Figures 13 Fence Miter Miterplate Table Framing HEX BoltsSquaring the SAW Blade to Fence See Figures 21 Fmiter Mounting BracketSquaring the Blade to Miter Table Pivot Adjustments Bevel Pivot AdjustmentDepth Stop Adjustments Depth StopPositive Stopadjustment Screwfor 0 Angles To Crosscut with Your MiterBevel Lockknob Miter Table ApplicationsSee Figures 27 To Bevel CUT with Your MiterSAW Compound Miter CUT ClampSee Figures 33 Compound Mitercut ClampLongworkrece Iece. See Figures 29Support Long Workpieces 20.00 = 20.29 =13-25.30 Cutting Crown Molding Laying Molding Flat onCutting Warped Material Right WrongClamping Wide Workpieces Wide BoardExtension Cords GeneralLubrication Brush Replacement Brush CAP AssemblyIIrl Fro Craftsman Compound Miter SAW Model Number Description Ouan KEY Part NO. NumberKEY Part Descripon Guan Number FigureB KEY Part NO. Number Description Quan KEY Part NumberDescription Quan FigureC Parts List for Figure C KEY Part Descripon Quan NumberFigureD Parts List for Figure D Sears
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