DeWalt DW705 Outside Corner, All cuts made with the saw set at 45 bevel and 0 miter

When cutting a board between 3.9" (3-7/8") and 5.5" (5-1/2") in width the roller on the tip of the guard will hang up on the workpiece. If this occurs, simply place your right thumb on the upper side of the guard and roll the guard up just enough to clear the workpiece, as shown in Figure 25. Once you have cleared the workpiece, you can release the guard and it will continue to open as the cut progresses.

When mitering to the right side of a base molding wider than 3.9" (3-7/8") standing vertically against the fence as in Figure 22, the saw can only cut through the board up to 1 inch from the end of the board. Trying to cut more than an inch will cause the saw’s gear case to interfere with the workpiece. If you want to cut base molding between 3-7/8" and 5-1/2" wide vertically follow the directions on this page.

CUTTING 3-7/8"– 5-1/2" BASE MOLDING

VERTICALLY AGAINST THE FENCE

•Position molding as shown in Figure 22

•All cuts made with the back of the molding against the fence

INSIDE CORNER:

Left side

1.Position molding with bottom of molding against the base of the saw

2.Miter left 45°

3.Save left side of cut

Right side

1.Position molding with top of the molding resting on the base of the saw

2.Miter left 45°

3.Save left side of cut

OUTSIDE CORNER:

Left side

1.Position molding with bottom of molding against the base of the saw

2.Miter right 45°

3.Save left side of cut

Note: If the cut must be made somewhere other than

1" from the end of the molding: cut off the molding at 90° approx. 1" longer than your final length then make the miter cut as described above.

Right side

1.Position molding with bottom of the molding against the base of the saw

2.Miter left 45°

3.Save the right side of cut

A THIRD METHOD OF MAKING THE CUT NECESSARY IS TO MAKE A ZERO DEGREE MITER, 45 DEGREE BEVEL CUT. YOUR SAW CAN CUT A BEVEL 7-7/8" WIDE.

CUTTING BASE MOLDING LAYING FLAT AND USING THE BEVEL FEATURE

• All cuts made with the saw set at 45° bevel and 0 miter.

FIG. 26

FENCE

TABLE

CROWN MOLDING FLAT ON TABLE AND

AGAINST FENCE

	FIG. 26A
BOTTOM SIDE
OF MOLDING	DW 7054 CROWN
TOP SIDE OF	MOLDING FENCE
MOLDING	TABLE
FENCE

CROWN MOLDING BETWEEN FENCE AND TABLE

•All cuts made with back of molding laying flat on the saw as shown in figures 23 and 24.

INSIDE CORNER:

Left side

1.Position molding with top of molding against the fence

2.Save left side of cut

Right side

1.Position molding with bottom of the molding against the fence

2.Save left side of cut

OUTSIDE CORNER:

Left side

1.Position molding with bottom of the molding against the fence

2.Save right side of cut

Right side

1.Position molding with top of molding against the fence

2.Save right side of cut

FIG. 27

English

BLADE

RIGHT

FENCE

FIG. 28

BLADE

WRONG

FENCE

CUTTING CROWN MOLDING

Your miter saw is better suited to the task of cutting crown molding than any tool made. In order to fit prop- erly, crown molding must be compound mitered with extreme accuracy.

The two flat surfaces on a given piece of crown molding are at angles that, when added together, equal exactly 90 degrees. Most, but not all, crown molding has a top rear angle (the section that fits flat against the ceiling) of 52 degrees and a bottom rear angle (the part that fits flat against the wall) of 38 degrees.

Your miter saw has special pre-set miter latch points at

31.62degrees left and right for cutting crown molding at the proper angle. There is also a mark on the Bevel scale at 33.85 degrees.

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