MAINTENANCE

CAUTION :

Always be sure that the tool is switched off and unplugged before attempting to perform inspection or maintenance.

WARNING:

Always be sure that the blade is sharp and clean for the best and safest performance.

Adjusting the cutting angle

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This tool is carefully adjusted and aligned at the factory, but rough handling may have

 

 

affected the alignment. If your tool i s not aligned properly, perform the following:

 

 

1) Miter angle

Push the carriage toward the guide fence

Guide fence

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and tighten the clamp screw on the arm

 

to secure the carriage in the "back" posi-

 

 

 

tion. Loosen the grip which secures the

 

 

turn base. Rotate the turn base so that

 

 

the pointer points to 0" on the miter

 

 

scale. Then turn the turn base slightly to

 

 

the left and right to seat the turn base

 

 

snugly in the 0" miter notch. (Leave as it

 

 

is even if the pointer does not point to

 

 

O" . ) Loosen the four hex bolts which

 

 

secure the guide fence using the socket

 

 

wrench.

 

 

Lower the handle fully and square the

 

 

side of the blade with the face of the

 

 

guide fence using a triangular rule, try-

 

 

square, etc. Then securely tighten the

 

 

hex bolts on the guide fence in order

 

 

starting from left side.

 

 

Make sure that the pointer points to 0" on the miter scale, If it does not point to

0".loosen the screw which secures the pointer and adjust it so that it will point

to 0".

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Makita LSl21l instruction manual Maintenance