Craftsman 315.21208 owner manual Cutting with Your Compound Miter SAW, Crosscutting, Applications

Lowerthebladeinto the zero clearance throat plate of the miter table. Check blade clearance and maximum cuffing distance (distance from fence where blade enters) to front of miter table slot.

•Re-adjust if necessary.

_k WARNING: Do not start your compound miter saw without checking for interference between

the blade and the miter table support. Damage could result to the blade if it strikes the miter

table support during operation of the saw.

•Tighten the hex nut with a 17 mm wrench or adjustable wrench.

•To prevent the depth stop adjustment screw from turning while tightening the hex nut, carefully hold

it with the hex key while tightening the hex nut.

APPLICATIONS

(Use only for the purposes listed below)

•Cross cutting wood and plastic.

•Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames, moldings, door casings, and fine joinery.

Note: The 100 tooth crosscut blade provided is fine for most wood cuffing operations. For fine joinery cuts or cuffing plastic, use one of the accessory blades available from your nearest Sears store.

_, WARNING: Before starting any cuffing operation, clamp or bolt your compound miter

saw to a workbench. Never operate your miter saw on the floor or in a crouched position. Failure to heed this warning can result in serious personal injury.

CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND MITER SAW

_1, WARNING: When using a work clamp or

C-clamp to secure your workpiece, clamp workpiece on one side of the blade only. The workpiece must remain free on one side of the blade to prevent the blade from binding in workpiece. The workpiece binding the blade will cause motor stalling and kickback. This situation could cause an accident resulting in possible serious personal injury.

CROSSCUTTING

See Figure 26.

A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the workpiece. A 90" crosscut is made with the miter table set at the zero degree position, Miter crosscuts are made with the miter table set at some angle other than zero.

TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER

SAW:

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

•Uft the miter table clamp.

•Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with the desired angle on the miter scale.

•Push the miter table clamp back down,

Note: You can quickly locate 0°, 22-1/2 ° left or right, and 45 ° left or right on the scale. The miter table can be seated in one of the positive stop notches, located in the miter table frame.

WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury, always push the miter table clamp back down before making a cut. Failure to do so could result

in movement of the miter table while making a cut.

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