Ryobi P550 manual To Bevel CUT, See Figures 35

OPERATION

TO BEVEL CUT

See Figures 35 - 36.

A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the workpiece with the blade angled to the workpiece. A straight bevel cut is made with the miter table set at the zero degree position and the blade set at an angle between 0° and 45°.

nPull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.

nLift the miter table clamp.

�n Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with zero on the miter scale.

�n Push the miter table clamp down to lock.

NOTE: You can quickly locate zero on the scale. The miter table can be seated in one of the built-in positive stop notches located in the miter table frame.

�n Loosen the bevel lock knob and move the saw arm to the left to the desired bevel angle.

�n Bevel angles can be set from 0° to 45°.

�n Align the indicator point with the desired angle.

�n Once the saw arm has been set at the desired angle, securely tighten the bevel lock knob.

�n 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 board could collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jamming the blade.

�n When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support the overhanging end(s) of the stock with a roller stand or with a work surface level with the saw table.

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

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

��n 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.

��n Grasp the saw handle firmly, depress the switch lock, then squeeze the switch trigger. Allow several seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.

��n Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.

nRelease 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 miter table.

nWhen 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. See Figure 39.

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

INDICATOR

POINT

30 15

SCALE

BEVEL

LOCK KNOB

MOUNTING

BRACKET

Fig. 35

BEVEL CUT

5 4

62 . 31

30

.5 22

15

15

		22.5
	31.62	0
45		3

C-CLAMP

Fig. 36

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