OPERATION
BEVEL CUT
See Figures 27 and 28.
A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the workpiece with the blade angled to the workpiece. A straight bevel cut is made with the miter table set at the zero degree position and the blade set at an angle between 0° and 45° .
TO BEVEL CUT WITH YOUR MITER SAW:
■ Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height. |
■ Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter lock |
handle approximately |
■ Press the lock plate down with your thumb and hold. |
■ Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with zero |
on the miter scale. |
■ Release the lock plate. |
NOTE: You can quickly locate zero by releasing the lock |
plate as you rotate the control arm. The lock plate will |
seat itself in one of the |
LEFT SIDE
LEFT
INDICATOR
POINT
45
0 15
30
45
SCALE
MOUNTING BRACKET
RIGHT SIDE
RIGHT
INDICATOR
POINT
0 | 45 | 0 |
15 |
| 30 |
|
| 15 |
0
SCALE
Fig. 27
located in the miter table frame. |
■ Tighten the miter lock handle securely. |
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always tighten the miter lock handle securely before making a cut. Failure to do so could result in movement of the control arm or miter table while making a cut.
■Loosen the bevel lock knob and move the saw arm to the left to the desired bevel angle.
■Bevel angles can be set from 0° to 45° .
■For your convenience there is a double scale located on the mounting bracket. See Figure 27. If one side be- comes difficult to read as you move the saw arm to the left, simply refer to the other side. Align the indicator point for the side you choose with the desired angle.
■Once the saw arm has been set at the desired angle, securely tighten the bevel lock knob.
■Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge securely against the fence. If the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence. If the concave edge of a board is placed against the fence, the board could collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jamming the blade.
■When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand or with a work surface level with the saw table.
■Align the cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of saw blade.
■Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it against the fence. Use the work clamp or a
NGER
DA
30
45
45 0 4
30
20
| 20 |
4 0 | 30 |
BEVEL CUT | Fig. 28 |
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep your hands outside the no hands zone; at least 3 in. (76.2 mm) from blade. Never perform any cutting operation freehand (without holding workpiece against the fence). The blade could grab the workpiece if it slips or twists.
■Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation just to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut is made.
■Grasp the saw handle firmly, slide the
■Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece. See Figure 28.
■Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to stop rotating before raising the blade out of workpiece. Wait until the electric brake stops blade from turning before removing the workpiece from miter table.
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