Note:Manyoftheillustrationsinthismanualshow
onlyportionsofyourcompoundmitersaw.Thisis intentionalsothatwecancleadyshowpoints being
made in the illustrations.Never operate your saw withoutall guards securely in place and in good operatingcondition.
cu'rlrlNG A SLOT IN THE ZERO
CLEARANCE THROAT PLATE
In order to use your compound miter saw, you must cut a slot through the zero clearance throat plate to allow for blade clearance. To cut the slot, sat your saw at O degrees miter,turn saw on and allow the blade to reach fullspeed, then carefully make a straight cut as far as it will go through the throat plate. Turn your saw off and allow the blade to come to a complete stop before raisingthe saw arm.
Next, adjust the bevel angle to 45 degrees, tum your saw on and allowthe blade to roach full speed, then carefully make another cut through the zero clearance throat plate. The throat plate will then be wide enough to allow the blade to pass through it at any angle from
O to 45 degrees.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13- 16.
•Unplug your saw.
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SQUARE I _ _ MITERTABLE
LOCKHANDLE
VIEWOFMITERTABLESQUAREWITHFENCE
ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED
Fig. 13
,_ WARNING: Failureto unplug your saw could resultin accidental starting causing possible
sadous personal injury.
•Push down on the saw arm and pull out the look pin to release the saw arm.
•Raise saw arm to its full raised position.
•Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one- half tum.
•Depress themiter lock plate and rotate the miter
table until the pointer on the control arm is posi- tioned at 0°.
•Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten the miter lock handle.
•Lay a framing square fiat on the miter table. Place one leg of the square against the fence. Place the other leg of the square beside the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table. The edge of the square and the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table should be parallel as shown in figure 13.
•If the edge of the framing square and the zero clearance throat plate in the miter table are not
parallel as shown in figures 14 and 15, adjust- ments are n_:led.
FRAMINa _ _' ZEROCLEARARCE
SQUARE % )' THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig. 14
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMINGZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARETHROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWiTH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig. 15
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