ASSEMBLY
NOTE: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn blade bolt clockwise to loosen.
■Remove outer blade washer. Do not remove inner blade washer.
■Wipe a drop of oil onto inner blade washer and outer blade washer where they contact the blade.
WARNING:
If inner blade washer has been removed, replace it before placing blade on spindle. Failure to do so could cause an accident since blade will not tighten properly.
■Fit saw blade inside lower blade guard and onto spindle. The blade teeth point downward at the front of saw as shown in figure 11.
CAUTION:
Always install the blade with the blade teeth and the arrow printed on the side of the blade pointing down at the front of the saw. The direction of blade rotation is also stamped with an arrow on the upper blade guard.
■Replace outer blade washer. The double "D" flats on the blade washers align with the flats on the spindle.
■Depress spindle lock button and replace blade bolt. NOTE: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn blade bolt counterclockwise to tighten.
■Tighten blade bolt securely.
■Replace the lower blade guard and blade bolt cover.
■Replace screw B and tighten securely.
■Retighten screw A securely.
WARNING:
Make sure the spindle lock button is not engaged before reconnecting saw into power source. Never engage spindle lock button when blade is rotating.
DUST BAG
See Figure 12.
A dust bag is provided for use on your miter saw. It fits over the exhaust port on the upper blade guard. To install it, remove dust guide from exhaust port. Then, squeeze the two metal clips to open the mouth of the bag and slide it on the exhaust port. Release the clips. The metal ring in the bag should lock in between the grooves on the exhaust port.
To remove the dust bag for emptying, simply reverse the above procedure.
SPINDLE LOCK
BUTTON
SWITCH
TRIGGER
Fig. 10
SCREW A | SCREW B |
BLADE
BOLT
COVER
LOWER
BLADE GUARD
TO | INNER BLADE | |
LOOSEN | ||
WASHER WITH | ||
| ||
| DOUBLE "D" FLATS | |
| FLAT (S) | |
TO | ON SPINDLE | |
TIGHTEN |
| |
BLADE BOLT | BLADE | |
| ||
OUTER BLADE WASHER | Fig. 11 | |
WITH DOUBLE "D" FLATS |
DUST BAG
METAL CLIPS
EXHAUST PORT
Fig. 12
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