630669-00,BT1000 manual 2/15/05 8:11 AM Page 11
screw firmly with wrench provided. (Turn counterclockwise,
5.Return the guard bracket to its original position and firmly tighten the guard bracket screw to hold bracket in place.
WARNING:
•The guard bracket must be returned to its original position and the screw tightened before activating the saw.
•Failure to do so may allow the guard to contact the spinning saw blade resulting in damage to the saw and severe personal injury.
Assembling and Adjusting Your Saw
PERFORM ALL ASSEMBLY WITH SAW UNPLUGGED. ATTACH MITER CLAMP HANDLE
Remove the miter clamp handle (4) from the plastic parts bag and carefully thread it into the bracket in the front of the saw.
fence, loosen the two screws that hold the handle to the base (shown in Figure 8) and move the arm of the saw left or right until the blade is perpendicular to the fence, as measured with the square. Retighten the two screws. Pay no attention to the reading of the miter pointer at this point.
MITER POINTER ADJUSTMENT
Loosen the miter clamp handle (4) and squeeze the miter latch (5) to move the miter arm to the zero position. With the miter clamp handle loose allow the miter latch to snap into place as you rotate the miter arm past zero. Observe the pointer and miter scale (6) through the miter latch opening. If the pointer does not indicate exactly zero, loosen screw and
GUARD ACTUATION AND VISIBILITY
The blade guard on your saw has been designed to automatically raise when the arm is brought down and to lower over the blade when the arm is raised.
Adjustments
PERFORM ALL ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MITER SAW UNPLUGGED
NOTE: Your miter saw is fully and accurately adjusted at the factory at the time of manufacture. If readjustment due to shipping and handling or any other reason is required, follow the steps below to adjust your saw.
MITER SCALE ADJUSTMENT
Place a square against the saw’s fence and blade, as shown in Figure 6. (Do not touch the tips of the blade teeth with the square. To do so will cause an inaccurate measurement.) Loosen the miter clamp handle (4) as shown in Figure 7 and swing the miter arm until the miter latch (5) locks it at the 0 miter position. Do not tighten the clamp handle. If the saw blade is not exactly perpendicular to the
The guard can be raised by hand when installing or removing saw blades or for inspection of the saw. NEVER RAISE THE BLADE GUARD MANUALLY UNLESS THE SAW IS TURNED OFF.
NOTE: Certain special cuts will require that you manually raise the guard. To do this, simply place your right thumb on the upper side of the guard and roll the guard up just enough to clear the workpiece. Never tie up or otherwise prevent the guard from operating normally.
The front section of the guard is louvered for visibility while cutting. Although the louvers dramatically reduce flying debris, they are openings in the guard and safety glasses should be worn at all times when viewing through the louvers.
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