CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND MITRE SAW
CROSSCUTTING
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the workpiece.
A 90
0
crosscut is made with the mitre table set at the zero
degree position. Mitre crosscuts are made with the mitre table
set at some other angle other than zero. (Fig.21)
TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITRE SAW
•
Pull out the lock pin and lift the saw arm to its full height.
•
Unlock the mitre table.
•
Rotate the mitre table until the pointer aligns with the desired
angle on the mitre scale.
•
Lock the mitre table lock knob.
NOTE: You can quickly locate 0
0
, 15
0
, 22.5
0
, 30
0
& 45
0
left or
right on the scale. The mitre table can be seated in one of the
positive stop notches, located in the mitre table frame.
SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE MITRE TABLE AT 45
0
Move the saw arm to the 45
0
bevel position.(Fig.19)
If the saw arm cannot reach a full 45
0
position, the 45
0
bevel
positioning bolt will have to be reset. (Fig.20)
So that when the saw arm is moved to the 45
0
bevel position
the bolt bottoms out on the 45
0
bevel positioning bar. Check
45
0
angle with a 45
0
set square from the table to the blade: If
the table and blade do not align, readjust the 45
0
positioning
bolt so that it bottoms out on the 45
0
positioning bar at 45
0
.
Adjust the pointer to the 45
0
position.
45˚ Bevel
Positioning Bolt
ADJUSTMENTS
OPERATION
WARNING: Use the vice to secure your
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 blade will
cause motor stalling and kickback. This situa-
tion could cause an accident resulting in seri-
ous personal injury.
WARNING: Before starting any cutting
operations, clamp or bolt your compound mitre
saw to a workbench. Never operate your mitre
saw on the floor or in a crouched position. Fail-
ure to heed this warning can result in serious
personal injury.
Fig.19
Fig.20
Fig.21
APPLICATIONS
(Use only for the purposes listed below)
•
Cross Cutting wood & plastic
•
Cross Cutting mitres, joints, etc., for picture frames,
moldings, door casings and fine joinery.
NOTE: The crosscut blade provided is for most wood cutting
operations. For fine joinery and picture frame cuts or cutting
plastic, use a blade suitable, available from your nearest hard-
ware store.
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