Note:Manyoftheillustrationsinthismanualshow
onlyportionsofyourcompoundmitersaw.Thisis
intentionalsothatwecancleadyshowpoints being
madein the illustrations.Never operate your saw
withoutallguards securely inplace andin good
operatingcondition.
cu'rlrlNG A SLOT IN THE ZERO
CLEARANCE THROAT PLATE
Inorder to useyour compound miter saw, you must
cuta slotthroughthe zero clearance throat plate to
allowfor blade clearance. To cut the slot, sat your
saw at O degrees miter,turn saw on and allowthe
bladeto reach full speed, then carefully make a
straight cutas far as itwill go throughthe throat plate.
Turnyour saw off andallow the blade to come to a
complete stopbefore raisingthe saw arm.
Next,adjust the bevel angle to 45 degrees, tum your
saw onand allowthe blade to roach full speed,then
carefully makeanother cut throughthezero clearance
throat plate.The throat plate will then be wide enough
toallow the blade topass through it at any angle from
Oto 45 degrees.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13- 16.
•Unplugyour saw.
,_ WARNING: Failureto unplugyour saw could
resultinaccidental startingcausing possible
sadous personalinjury.
•Pushdown on the saw arm and pull outthe look
pinto release the saw arm.
•Raise saw armto its full raised position.
•Loosenthe miter lockhandle approximately one-
halftum.
•Depressthemiter lockplate and rotate the miter
table untilthe pointer on the control arm is posi-
tioned at 0°.
•Releasethe miterlockplate and securelytighten
the miterlock handle.
•Layaframingsquare fiat on the mitertable. Place
oneleg of the square againstthe fence. Place the
otherleg of the square besidethe zero clearance
throatplate in the miter table. The edge of the
squareand the zero clearance throat plate in
themiter table shouldbe parallel as shown in
figure 13.
•If the edge ofthe framing square and the zero
clearancethroat plate in the miter table are not
parallelas shown infigures 14 and 15,adjust-
mentsare n_:led.
..c,//SQUARE I _ _ MITERTABLE
LOCKHANDLE
VIEWOFMITERTABLESQUAREWITHFENCE
ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED Fig. 13
FRAMINa _ _' ZEROCLEARARCE
SQUARE %)' THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIREDFig. 14
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARE THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWiTH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED Fig. 15
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