Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show
only portionsof your compound mitersaw. This is
intentionalso that we can dearly show points being
made in the illustrations. Never operate your saw
without all guards securely in place and in good
operating condition.

CUTTING 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
allowfor blade clearance. To cut the slot, set your
saw at 0 degrees miter, turn saw on and allow the
blade to reach full speed, then carefully make a
straightcut as far as it will go through the throat plate.
Turn your saw off and allow the blade to come to a
complete stopbefore raising the saw arm.
Next, adjust the bevel angle to 45 degrees, turn your
saw on and allow the blade to reach 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 throughit at any angle from
0 to 45 degrees.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13 -16.
• Unplugyour saw.
_IL WARNING: Failure to unplugyour saw could
resultin accidental startingcausing possible
serious personal injury.
• Pushdown on the saw arm and pull out the lock
pin to release the saw arm.
• Raise saw arm to its full raisedposition.
•Loosen the miter lock handle approximately one-
half turn.
•Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter
table until the pointer on the control armis posi-
tioned at 0°.
•Release the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
• Lay aframing square flat on the miter table. Place
one leg of the square against the fence. Place the
other leg ofthe 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 andthe zero
clearance throat plate in the miter table are not
parallel as shown in figures 14and 15, adjust-
ments are needed.
FENCE I\ I1_ J_RTABLE
\
LOCKPLATE LOCKHANDLE
VIEWOFMITERTABLESQUAREWITHFENCE
ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED Fig. 13
FENCE MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARE THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED Fig. 14
FENCE MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARE THROATPLATE
15
VIEW OFMITER TABLE NOTSQUARE WITH
FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED Fig. 15