DeWalt DHS790 - Automatic Electric Blade Brake; Guard Actuation and Visibility; Pinch Hazard Warning; ADJUSTMENTS

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handle
1
to bring the saw blade close to the wood. The shadow of the blade will appear on the
wood. This shadow line represents the material that the blade will remove when performing
a cut. To correctly locate your cut to the pencil line, align the pencil line with the edge of the
blade’s shadow. Keep in mind that you may have to adjust the miter or bevel angles in order to
match the pencil lineexactly.
Your saw is equipped with a battery monitoring feature. The CUTLINE™ worklight begins to
flash when the battery is near the end of its useful charge and/or when the battery is too hot.
Charge the battery prior to continuing cutting applications. Refer to Charging Procedure under
Important Safety Instructions for All Battery Chargers for battery charginginstructions.
Miter Control (Fig.G)
The miter lock lever and miter release button allow you to miter your saw to 60° right and 50° left.
To miter the saw, lift the miter lock lever
6
, push the miter release button
7
and move the miter
arm to the angle desired on the miter scale
11
as shown at the miter scale pointer
10
. Push
down on the miter lock lever to lock the miter arm inplace.
Fig. G
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Miter Detent Override (Fig.G)
The miter detent override lever
8
allows your saw to override the common stop angles (detents).
To override the detents, unlock the miter lock lever
6
by pulling upward. Push the miter detent
override lever
8
up, and move the miter arm to the angle desired on the miter scale
11
. Push
down on the miter lock lever to lock the miter arm inplace.
Bevel Lock (Fig.H)
The bevel lock allows you to bevel the saw 49° left or right. To adjust the bevel setting, turn the
bevel lock knob
26
counterclockwise. The saw head will then bevel easily to the left or to the
right. To tighten, turn the bevel lock knobclockwise.
0° Bevel Override (Fig.H)
The bevel override allows you to bevel the saw to the right, past the 0°mark.
When the 0° bevel override lever
29
is engaged (the lever will be turned up), the saw will
automatically stop at 0° when brought up from the left. To move past 0° to the right, bevel the
saw slightly to the left of 0°, then pull the 0° bevel override lever
29
out. The saw head can now
be beveled past 0° to the right. Lock the saw head at the desired angle by turning the bevel lock
knob
26
clockwise to tighten. The 0° bevel override lever can be locked out by twisting the lever
so it facesdown.
Fig. H
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29
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45° Bevel Override (Fig.H)
There are two 45° bevel override levers
30
one on each side of the saw. To bevel the saw, left
or right, past 45°, push the 45° bevel override lever
30
rearward. When in the rearward position,
the saw can bevel past these stops. When the 45° stops are needed, pull the 45° bevel override
leverforward.
Crown Bevel Pawls (Fig.I)
When cutting crown molding laying flat, your saw is equipped to accurately and rapidly set
a crown stop, left or right (refer to Instructions for Cutting Crown Molding Laying Flat
and Using the Compound Features under Cutting Crown Molding). The 33.9° crown bevel
pawl
31
can be rotated to contact the crown adjustment screw
36
. The saw is factory set to be
used for typical crown in North America (52/38), but can be reversed to cut non-typical (45/45)
crown. To reverse the 33.9° crown bevel pawl, remove the retaining screw
34
, the 22.5° bevel
pawl
32
and the 33.9° crown bevel pawl
31
. Flip the 33.9° crown bevel pawl so the 30° text
is facing up. Reattach the screw to secure the 22.5° bevel pawl and the crown bevel pawl. The
accuracy setting will not beaffected.
Fig. I
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32
36
33
37
29
35
34
31
22.5° Bevel Pawls (Fig.I)
Your saw is equipped to rapidly and accurately set a 22.5° bevel, left or right. The 22.5° bevel
pawl
32
can be rotated to contact the crown adjustment screw
36
.
Rail Lock Knob (Fig.A)
The rail lock knob
22
allows you to lock the saw head firmly to keep it from sliding on the rails.
This is necessary when making certain cuts or when transporting thesaw.
Depth Stop (Fig.J)
The depth stop allows the depth of cut of the blade to be limited. The stop is useful for
applications such as grooving and tall vertical cuts. Rotate the depth stop
40
forward and adjust
the depth adjustment screw
41
to set the desired depth of cut. To secure the adjustment,
tighten the wing nut
42
. Rotating the depth stop to the rear of the saw will bypass the depth
stop feature. If the depth adjustment screw is too tight to loosen by hand, the provided blade
wrench can be used to loosen thescrew.
Fig. J
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Slide Lock Lever (Fig.K)
The slide lock lever
43
places the saw in a position to maximize cutting of base molding when
cut vertically asshown.
Fig. K
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Automatic Electric Blade Brake
Your saw is equipped with an automatic electric blade brake which stops the saw blade within
5 seconds of trigger release. This is not adjustable. On rare occasions the brake may not engage
and the blade will coast to a stop. If this occurs, wait for several minutes before continuing use.