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Note: Many of the illustrationsinthis manual show
onlyportionsofyourcompound mitersaw. Thisis
intentionalsothat we can clearlyshow points being
made in the illustrations.Never operate your saw
withoutall guards securelyin place and ingood
operatingcondition.
CUTTING A SLOT IN THE ZERO
CLEARANCE THROAT PLATE
In order to useyour compound miter saw, you must
cuta slotthrough the zeroclearance throat plate to
allowfor bladeclearance. To cutthe slot,set your
saw at 0 degreesmiter, turnsew on and allowthe
bladeto roachfull speed, then carefullymake a
straightcut as far as itwillgo through thethroat plate.
Turn your saw offand allowthe bladeto cometo a
complete stopbefore raisingthe saw arm.
Next, adjustthe bevel angle to45 degrees, turnyour
sew on and allowthe bladeto reach full speed, then
carefully make another cutthroughthe zero clearance
throatplate.The throatplate willthan be wide enough
toallowthe bladeto passthrough it at any anglefrom
0 to 45 degrees.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13 - 16.
• Unplugyoursaw.
_k WARNING: Failureto unplugyoursaw could
resultin accidentalstartingcausingpossible
seriouspersonal injury.
• Push downon the sew arm and pulloutthe lock
pin to release the sew arm.
• Raise saw arm to itsfull raised position.
• Loosen the miter lockhandle approximatelyone-
half turn.
• Depressthe miter lockplate and rotatethe miter
table until the pointer on the controlarm isposi-
tioned at 0°.
Release the miterlock plate and securelytighten
the miterlock handle.
Lay a framing squareflaton the mitertable. Place
one leg of the square againstthe fence. Place the
other leg ofthe squarebeside the zero clearance
throat plate in the mitertable. The edge of the
squareand the zero clearancethroat plate in
the mitertable shouldbe parallelas shownin
figure 13.
If the edge ofthe framing square and the zero
clearancethroat plate in the miter table are not
parallelas showninfigures 14 and 15, adjust-
mentsare needed.
FRAMING
SQUARE
FENCE
MITER TABLE r
ZEROCLEARANCE
THROATPLATE
MITER
MITER LOCKHANDLE
LOCKPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLESQUAREWITHFENCE
ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED
Fig. 13
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SOUARE THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUS1MENTEAREREQUIRED
Fig. 14
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARE THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig. 15
15