Fitting The Anti-Splintering Foot-Plate Insert; Setting The Stroke Rate; Setting The Orbital Saw-Blade Movement; Sawdust Extraction - Metabo STE 100 Plus Operating Instructions Manual

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Continuous operation
Press the switch trigger (3) in fully and hold down.
Press the locking button (2) in and hold down.
Release the switch trigger (3) and then the locking
button (2), in that order.
To release, press the switch trigger (3) in fully and
release.
8.2 Fitting the anti-splintering foot-plate
insert
Push the anti-splintering foot-plate insert (9) fully
home into the foot-plate (11).
8.3

Setting the stroke rate

Refer to page 2 for recommended settings.
8.4 Setting the orbital saw-blade
movement
Turn the adjuster knob (5):
0 = orbital saw-blade movement off
5 = maximum orbital movement
Refer to page 2 for recommended settings.
8.5

Sawdust extraction

For optimum vacuum extraction results, use in
conjunction with the guard cover (8).
For sawdust extraction, connect up a suitable
vacuum cleaner to the chip-extraction nozzle (12).
Fitting the chip-extraction nozzle
Push the chip-extraction nozzle (12) fully home.
Removing the chip-extraction nozzle
Pull the chip-extraction nozzle (12) out of its
seating.
8.6

Sawing without sawdust extraction

Remove the guard cover (8).
Flap down the safety guard (6).
8.7

Sawing in a restricted space

Remove the guard cover (8) and the anti-
splintering foot-plate insert (9).
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Slacken off the hexagonal socket-head screw (15)
in the foot-plate (11) and locate the foot-plate in
the front seating recess (16).
Retighten the hexagonal socket-head screw (15).
8.8

Bevel cuts

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Remove the guard cover (8), the anti-splintering
foot-plate insert (9) and the chip-extraction
nozzle (12).
Slacken off the hexagonal socket-head screw (15)
in the foot-plate (11).
Slide the foot-plate (11) forward, twist round and
push backwards into one of the notches.
Retighten the hexagonal socket-screw (15).
The angle currently set can be read off from the
number on the foot-plate base.
Preset bevel angles of 15°, 30° and 45° are
achieved by engaging the relevant notches.
For very exact bevel cuts, first carry out a test cut
and check with a protractor.
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Hints and Tips

Sawing various materials
When sawing metal, first lubricate the saw blade
with a Metabo lubricating stick.
When sawing perspex, wet the area of the cut with
water.
Saw sheet metal less than 1 mm thick supported
on a wooden backing plate.
Penetrating the material surface
When working with thin workpieces (except
metal), it is possible to penetrate the workpiece
surface with the jig-saw blade without first having
to drill a hole. Use both hands to guide the jig saw.
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