Homelite WF10MSP User Manual

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OPERATION
CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
WARNING:
When using a work clamp or C-clamp to secure your
workpiece, clamp the workpiece on one side of the blade
only. The workpiece must remain free on one side of the
blade to prevent the blade from binding in workpiece. The
workpiece binding the blade will cause motor stalling and
kickback. This situation could cause an accident resulting
in possible serious personal injury.
WARNING:
NEVER move the workpiece or make adjustment to any
cutting angle while the saw is running and the blade is
rotating. Any slip can result in contact with the blade
causing serious personal injury.
TO CROSS CUT
See Figure 24.
A cross cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight cross cut is made with the miter table
set at the 0° position. Miter cross cuts are made with the
miter table set at some angle other than zero.
TO MITER CUT
 Pull out and rotate the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full
height.
 Loosen the miter lock levers.
 Rotate the saw table until the pointer aligns with the
desired angle on the miter scale.
 Tighten the miter lock levers securely.
 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.
Fig. 24
STRAIGHT
CROSSCUT
 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 cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of saw
blade.
 Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure
it
against the fence or use the work clamp, or a C-clamp,
to secure the workpiece.
 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 then squeeze the switch
trigger
. Allow several seconds for the blade to reach
maximum speed.
 Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
 Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to stop
r
otating before raising the blade out of workpiece. Wait
until the electric brake stops blade from turning before
removing the workpiece from the miter table.

Homelite WF10MSP Specifications

General

Brand	Homelite
Model	WF10MSP
Category	Saw
Language	English