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Note:Manyoftheillustrationsinthismanualshow
onlyportionsofyourcompoundmitersaw.Thisis
intentionalsothatwecancleadyshowpoints being
made in theillustrations.Never operateyour saw
withoutall guardssecurely inplace and in good
operatingcondition.
cu'rlrlNG A SLOT IN THE ZERO
CLEARANCE THROAT PLATE
In orderto useyour compound miter saw, you must
cuta slotthroughthe zero clearance throatplate to
allowfor blade clearance.To cutthe slot,sat your
saw at Odegrees miter,turn saw on and allowthe
bladeto reach fullspeed, then carefully make a
straight cutas far as itwillgo throughthe throatplate.
Turn yoursaw offand allowthe bladeto come to a
complete stop before raisingthe saw arm.
Next, adjust the bevel angleto 45 degrees, tumyour
saw on and allowthe blade to roach full speed, then
carefully make another cutthroughthe zero clearance
throat plate. The throat plate willthen be wide enough
toallow the blade to pass throughit at any anglefrom
Oto45 degrees.
SQUARING THE MITER TABLE
TO THE FENCE
See Figures 13- 16.
• Unplugyour saw.
,_ WARNING: Failureto unplugyour saw could
resultin accidentalstartingcausing possible
sadous personal injury.
• Push downon thesaw arm and pulloutthe look
pinto release thesaw arm.
• Raise saw arm to itsfull raised position.
• Loosenthe miter lockhandle approximatelyone-
half tum.
• Depressthemiter lockplate and rotatethe miter
table untilthe pointer on the control arm is posi-
tioned at 0°.
• Release the miterlockplate and securely tighten
the miter lockhandle.
• Laya framingsquarefiat on the mitertable. Place
one leg ofthe square against the fence. Placethe
otherleg ofthe square besidethe zero clearance
throatplate inthe miter table. The edge of the
squareand the zero clearance throatplate in
the mitertable shouldbe parallel as shownin
figure 13.
• If the edge ofthe framing square and the zero
clearancethroat plate inthe mitertable are not
parallelas shown infigures 14 and 15, adjust-
mentsare n_:led.
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SQUARE I _ _ MITERTABLE
LOCKHANDLE
VIEWOFMITERTABLESQUAREWITHFENCE
ANDCORRECTLYADJUSTED
Fig. 13
FRAMINa _ _' ZEROCLEARARCE
SQUARE % )' THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWITH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig. 14
FENCE
MITERTABLE
FRAMING ZEROCLEARANCE
SQUARE THROATPLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUAREWiTH
FENCE,ADJUSTMENTSAREREQUIRED
Fig. 15
15