Cutting With Your Saw; Crosscuts; Bevel Cuts; Quality Of Cut - DeWalt DW705 Instruction Manual

CUTTING WITH YOUR SAW

NOTE: Although this saw will cut wood and many non-
ferrous materials, we will limit our discussion to the cutting
of wood only. The same guidelines apply to the other
materials. DO NOT CUT FERROUS (IRON AND STEEL)
MATERIALS OR MASONRY WITH THIS SAW. Do not
use any abrasive blades.

CROSSCUTS

A crosscut is made by cutting wood across the grain at
any angle. A straight crosscut is made with the miter arm
at the zero degree position. Set the miter arm at zero, hold
the wood on the table and firmly against the fence. Turn
on the saw by squeezing the trigger switch as shown in
Figure 15.
When the saw comes up to speed (about 1 second) lower
the arm smoothly and slowly to cut through the wood. Let
the blade come to a full stop before raising arm.
Miter crosscuts are made with the miter arm at some
angle other than zero. This angle is often 45 degrees for
making corners, but can be set anywhere from zero to 48
degrees left or right. After selecting the desired miter
angle, be sure to tighten the miter clamp knob. Make the
cut as described above.
IMPROPER CUT
PROPER CUT

BEVEL CUTS

FIG. 16
A bevel cut is a crosscut made with the saw blade at a
bevel to the wood. In order to set the bevel, loosen the
bevel clamp knob and move the saw to the left as desired.
(It is necessary to move the left side of the fence to allow
clearance as you did under "Bevel Stop Adjustment".)
Once the desired bevel angle has been set, tighten the
bevel clamp knob firmly.
Bevel angles can be set from 3 degrees right to
48 degrees left and can be cut with the miter arm set
between zero and 48 degrees right or left.

QUALITY OF CUT

The smoothness of any cut depends on a number of
variables. Things like material being cut, blade type, blade
sharpness and rate of cut all contribute to the quality of the cut.
When smoothest cuts are desired for molding and other
precision work, a sharp (60 tooth carbide) blade and a
slower, even cutting rate will produce the desired results.
Ensure that material does not creep while cutting, clamp it
securely in place. Always let the blade come to a full stop
before raising arm.
If small fibers of wood still split out at the rear of the
workpiece, stick a piece of masking tape on the wood
where the cut will be made. Saw through the tape and
IMPROPER CUT
PROPER CUT
carefully remove tape when finished.
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