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CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
WARNING:
When using a work clamp or C-clamp to secure
your workpiece, clamp 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.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 33.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A 90° crosscut is made with the miter table
set at the zero degree position. Miter crosscuts are
made with the miter table set at some angle other
than zero.
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OPERATION
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CROSSCUT
Fig. 33
Note: You can quickly locate 0°, 22-1/2° left or
right, 30° left or right, and 45° left or right on the
scale. The miter table can be seated in one of the
detent stop notches, located in the miter table
frame.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always push the
miter table clamp back down before making a cut.
Failure to do so could result in movement of the
miter table while making a cut.
■ 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.
See Figures 40 and 41.
■ 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. Use the work clamp or a C-
clamp to secure the workpiece when possible.
See Figure 33.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep your hands
outside the no hands zone; at least 3 in. (8 cm)
from blade. Never perform any cutting operation
freehand (without holding workpiece against the
fence). The blade could grab the workpiece if it
slips or twists.
■ 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, depress the lock-off
button, then squeeze the switch trigger. Allow
several seconds for the blade to reach maximum
speed.
■ Slowly lower the blade into and through the
workpiece.
See Figure 33.
■ Release the switch trigger and allow the saw
blade to stop rotating before raising the blade out
of workpiece.
TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER SAW:
■ Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full
height.
■ Lift the miter table clamp.
■ Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with
the desired angle on the miter scale.
■ Push the miter table clamp back down.
WORK CLAMP