General Cutting Operations, Cutting Aluminum

GENERAL CUTTING OPERATIONS

Your machine can cut:

1.standard 2 x 4’s lying flat or on edge at 45° right and left miter angles (Figs. 33 and 34).

2.standard 2 x 6’s in the 90° straight cut-off position in

Fig. 33

Fig. 35

Fig. 37

one pass (Fig. 35).

3.standard 4 x 4’s in one pass (Fig. 36).

4.crown molding and other bevel-type cuts (Fig. 37).

5.various sizes of plastic pipe (Fig. 38).

Fig. 34

Fig. 36

Fig. 38

CUTTING ALUMINUM

You can easily cut aluminum extrusions (for making aluminum screens and storm windows) with your compound miter saw. When cutting aluminum extrusions (or other sections that can be cut with a saw blade), position the material so that the blade is cutting through the smallest cross-section (Fig. 39). The wrong way to cut aluminum angles is illustrated in Fig. 39A. Apply a stick wax (available at most mill supply houses) to the blade before cutting aluminum stock. The wax provides proper lubrication and keeps chips from adhering to the blade.

Never apply lubricant to the blade while the machine is running.

BLADE

FENCE

BLADE

Fig. 39

RIGHT

Fig. 39A

WRONG