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When the hand-wheel is pushed in against its bias spring a
cog engages with a curved toothed rack incorporated into the
machines main body. This allows the hand-wheel to be used to
adjust the tilt/bevel angle of the blade
To raise or lower the blade:
t Ensure that the hand-wheel is in the ‘normal’ (outer) position.
t Turn the hand-wheel clockwise to raise the blade.
t Turn counter clockwise to lower the blade.
Note: When the machine is not in use we recommend that the
blade is fully lowered into the machine and that t
he top guard
is lying on the saw table. (Fig. 25)
TILTING THE BLADE
The blade can be tilted by up to 45˚
to the left hand side.
To tilt the blade:
t Loosen the tilt locking knob (Fig. 26)
t Push in the dual function hand-wheel and ensure that the
cog engages with the track.
t Turn the hand-wheel to tilt the blade.
Note: A protractor scale and pointer (Fig. 27) are readily
visible allowing the operator to quickly set the blade to the
desired angle.
t When the desired angle has been achieved the tilt locking
knob should be tightened to
secure the blade angle.
Note: We recommend that when any tilt cutting operation is
concluded that the blade be returned to its normal (vertical)
setting and the tilt locking knob tightened.
RIP FENCE GUIDE
The rip fence (J) can be positioned either side of the blade and
is locked in position by using the locking handle.
t Push down to lock, and pull up to unlock. Do not use undue
force on the locking handle. Gently push down on the
handle with the palm of your hand until the handle ‘clicks’
into place.
Forwards and backwards adjustment of the rip fence faceplate
(Fig. 28) is possible. Loosen the two wing nuts and slide the
aluminium faceplate to the desired position. Tighten the wing
nuts securely.
Note: We recommend that normally the rip fence faceplate be
adjusted so that the rear of the faceplate guide is ‘in line’ with
the rear of the blade where it emerges from the table. (Fig. 29)
Note:
If the rip fence is used on the LH (left hand) side of the
blade, the aluminium faceplate will h
ave to be repositioned
to the RH (right hand) side of the plastic carrier.
t Loosen the two wing nuts and slide the aluminium
faceplate from the plastic carrier.
t Remove the dome headed machine screws from the carrier.
tReposition the faceplate to the RH side of the carrier and
re-attach using the machine screws and the wing nuts.
Adjust as necessary.
the normal (RH) operating position.
THE DUAL READ SCALE
Note: The rip fence guide incorporates a viewing window to
aid reading the measurement scale found on the fence rail.
(Fig. 30). The scale should be regarded as a useful guide. It is
not a substitute for careful and accurate ‘marking out’.
This machine has a dual read scale that shows the distance
from the blade to the rip fence through the viewing window.
This can be used to aid setting the cutting distance from the
blade to the rip fe
nce. With the rip fence fa
ceplate attached by
its shorter side, use the black scale to set the distance of the
rip fence. When the faceplate is attached by its longer side, use
the green scale.
MITRE GAUGE
Note: The mitre gauge (K) (Fig. 31) can be used on either side
of the table and runs in either of the two inverted 'T' slots in
the table top.
Carefully slide the mitre gauge into the required slot in the
table top.
Fig. 31
Fig. 25
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
Fig. 28
Fig. 29
Fig. 30
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