• When making a cut use steady, even pressure.
Never force cuts.
• Do not cut warped or wet lumber.
•Always hold your sawfirmly withboth hands and
keep your body ina balanced position so as to
resistthe forces of kickback should it occur.
When using your saw, always stay alert and
exercise control. Do not remove your saw from
workpiece while the blade Is moving.
DEPTH OF CUT ADJUSTMENT
Always keep correct blade depth setting. The correct
blade depth setting for all cuts should not exceed 1/4
inchbelow the material to becut. More blade depth
willincrease thechance of kickback and cause the cut
to be rough. One blade tooth below the materialto be
cutworks bestfor most efficientcutting action.
TO ADJUST BLADE DEPTH
•Remove battery packfrom saw.
,_ WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from
saw could result in accidentalstarting causing _"
possibleserious personal injury.
STARTING A CUT
Know the right way to use your saw.
See Figure 12.
RIGHT
Never useyour saw as shown infigure 13.
Fig. 12
DEPTH
BASE ADJUSTMENT
ASSEMBLY KNOB Fig. 11
•Loosen depth adjustment knob. See Figure 11.
•Hold base flat against the workpieceand raiseor
lowersaw*until the required depth isreached.
•Tighten depth adjustment knob securely.
WRONG Fig. 13
Never place your hand on the workp|ece behind
your saw while making a cut.
_i_ WARNING: To make sawing easier and safer,
always maintain proper control of your saw. Loss
of controlof yoursaw could cause an accident
resulting in possible serious injury.
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