23 – English
BEVEL CUT
TO BEVEL CUT
See Figure 27.
Abevelcutis made by cuttingacross the grain of the
workpiecewiththebladeangledtotheworkpiece.Astraight
bevelcutismadewiththemitertablesetatthezerodegree
positionandthebladesetatananglebetween0°and45°.
NOTE:Itmaybenecessarytoadjustthepartialslidingmiter
fencetoensureproperclearancepriortomakingthecut.
Pulloutthelockpinandliftsawarmtoitsfullheight.
Loosenthemiterlockknobapproximatelyone-halfturn
andpressthedetentreleasebutton.
Rotatethecontrolarmuntilthepointeralignswiththe
desiredangleonthemiterscale.
Releasethedetentreleasebutton,thentightenthemiter
lockknobtosecurethemitertable.
NOTE: Youcanquicklylocate0°,15°,22.5°,31.6°,and
45°leftorrightbyreleasingthedetentreleasebuttonas
yourotatethecontrolarm.Thecontrolarmwillseatitself
inoneofthepositivestopnotches,locatedinthemiter
tablebase.
Loosenthebevellockknobandmovethesawarmtothe
lefttothedesiredbevelangle.
Bevelanglescanbesetfrom0°to45°.
Aligntheindicatorpointforthedesiredangle.
Once thesawarmhasbeen setatthedesired angle,
securelytightenthebevellockknob.
Placetheworkpieceflatonthemitertablewithoneedge
securelyagainstthefence.Iftheboardiswarped,place
theconvexsideagainstthefence.Iftheconcaveedge
ofaboardisplacedagainstthefence,theboardcould
collapseonthebladeattheendofthecut,jammingthe
blade.See figures 32 - 33.
Whencuttinglongpiecesoflumberormolding,support
theoppositeendofthestockwitharollerstandorwith
aworksurfacelevelwiththesawtable.See figure 30.
Grasptheworkpiecefirmlywithonehandandsecureit
againstthefence.Usetheworkclamp,C-clamp,orother
suitableclamptosecuretheworkpiecewhenpossible.
Beforeturningonthesaw,performadryrunofthecutting
operationjusttomakesurethatnoproblemswilloccur
whenthecutismade.
Graspthesawhandlefirmly.Depressthetriggerlockout
leverandsqueezetheswitchtrigger.Allowseveralsec-
ondsforthebladetoreachmaximumspeed.
Slowlylowerthebladeintoandthroughtheworkpiece.
Releasetheswitchtriggerandallowthesawbladetostop
rotatingbeforeraisingthebladeoutoftheworkpiece.
Waituntilthebladestopsturningbeforeremovingthe
workpiecefrommitertable.
SCALE
INDICATOR
INDICATOR
SCREW
BEVEL LOCK
KNOB
BEVEL
SCALE
WORK
CLAMP
OPERATION
FIG. 27