Saw Operations (continued)
Cutting Grooves
•The depth stop adjustment is a feature used when cutting grooves in the workpiece.
•The depth adjustment is used to limit blade depth to cut grooves.
•A groove should be cut as a slide cut.
1.For major adjustments, press the depth stop release button and slide the depth stop bolt to the desired location (Figure 1).
2.For minor adjustments, simply rotate the depth stop bolt to the desired location.
3.The upper jam nuts can be used to set a com- monly used groove depth. To adjust, loosen the upper jam nuts, move to desired location, and tighten against each other.
4.Cut the two outside grooves.
5.Use a wood chisel or make multiple passes by sliding the wood over to one side to remove the material between the outside grooves (Figure 2).
Depth Stop Bolt
Upper Jam Nuts
Depth Stop
Release Button
Lower Jam Nuts
Figure 1. Cutting Grooves
Outside Grooves
Workpiece
Chisel Cut
Figure 2. Rough Cut Groove
Length Stop
Use only one length stop. Using ! WARNING length stops on both sides of blade,
could trap workpiece and could cause workpiece to be thrown.
The unit’s flip up length stop can be used when making repetitive cuts of the same length.
To set the stop, simply unscrew the knob, flip the stop into position and tighten the knob.
1.To set the cut length, unlock the base extension clamping lever, reposition the base extension and length stop, and relock the levers.
2.The maximum length that can be cut using the length stop is approximately 18’.
If desired, the length stop and knob can be moved to the left base extension. The optional MS1230 Length Stop Kit can also be installed on the left side to pro- vide stops on either side of the saw.
To increase the length that can be cut using the length stop, replace the tool’s base extension rods with the optional MS1229
Length
Stop Knob
Figure: Length Stop
which increases the maximum length that can be cut using the length stop to approximately 25’ on either side of the blade.
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