Compound Cutting - Makita LS1016 Instruction Manual

WARNING:
Firmly tighten the locking screw clockwise and pull
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the lock lever towards the front of the saw so that the
carriage will not move during operation. Insufficient
tightening of the locking screw may cause possible
kickback which may result in serious personal injury.
2. Slide (push) cutting (cutting wide workpieces)
Fig.49
Loosen the locking screw counterclockwise and
also push forward the lock lever so that the
carriage can slide freely. Secure the workpiece
with the proper type of vise.
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Pull the carriage toward you fully. Switch on the tool
without the blade making any contact and wait until the
blade attains full speed. Press the handle down and
PUSH THE CARRIAGE TOWARD THE GUIDE FENCE
AND THROUGH THE WORKPIECE. When the cut is
completed, switch off the tool and WAIT UNTIL THE
BLADE HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP before
returning the blade to its fully elevated position.
WARNING:
Whenever performing a slide cut, first pull the
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carriage full towards you and press the handle
all the way down, then push the carriage
toward the guide fence. Never start the cut with
the carriage not pulled fully toward you. If you
perform the slide cut without the carriage pulled
fully toward you unexpected kickback may occur
and serious personal injury may result.
Never attempt to perform a slide cut by pulling
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the carriage towards you. Pulling the carriage
towards you while cutting may cause unexpected
kickback resulting in possible serious personal
injury.
Never perform the slide cut with the handle locked
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in the lowered position.
Never loosen the knob which secures the carriage
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while the blade is rotating. A loose carriage while
cutting may cause unexpected kickback resulting in
possible in serious personal injury.
3. Miter cutting
Refer to the previously covered "Adjusting the
miter angle".
4. Bevel cut
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Loosen the lever and tilt the saw blade to set the
bevel angle (Refer to the previously covered
"Adjusting the bevel angle"). Be sure to retighten
the lever firmly to secure the selected bevel angle
safely. Secure the workpiece with a vise. Make
sure the carriage is pulled all the way back toward
the operator. Switch on the tool without the blade
making any contact and wait until the blade attains
full speed. Then gently lower the handle to the fully
lowered position while applying pressure in parallel
with the blade and PUSH THE CARRIAGE
TOWARD THE GUIDE FENCE TO CUT THE
WORKPIECE. When the cut is completed, switch
off the tool and WAIT UNTIL THE BLADE HAS
COME TO A COMPLETE STOP before returning
the blade to its fully elevated position.
WARNING:
After setting the blade for a bevel cut, before
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operating the tool ensure that the carriage and
blade will have free travel throughout the entire
range of the intended cut. Interruption of the
carriage or blade travel during the cutting operation
may result in kickback and serious personal injury.
While making a bevel cut keep hands out of the
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path of the blade. The angle of the blade may
confuse the operator as to the actual blade path
while cutting and contact with the blade will result
in serious personal injury.
The blade should not be raised until it has come to
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a complete stop. During a bevel cut the piece cut off
may come to rest against the blade. If the blade is
raised while it is rotating the cut-off piece maybe
ejected by the blade causing the material to fragment
which may result in serious personal injury.
NOTICE
When pressing down the handle, apply pressure in
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parallel with the blade.
perpendicularly to the turn base or if the pressure
direction is changed during a cut, the precision of
the cut will be impaired.
Before bevel-cutting, an adjustment of the upper
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fence and lower fence maybe required. Refer to
the section titled "Guide fence adjustment".
5.

Compound cutting

Compound cutting is the process in which a bevel
angle is made at the same time in which a miter angle
is being cut on a workpiece. Compound cutting can
be performed at the angle shown in the table.
Miter angle
Left and Right 0 - 45
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When performing compound cutting, refer to
"Press cutting", "Slide cutting", "Miter cutting" and
"Bevel cut" explanations.
6. Cutting crown and cove moldings
Crown and cove moldings can be cut on a compound
miter saw with the moldings laid flat on the turn base.
There are two common types of crown moldings
and one type of cove moldings; 52/38° wall angle
crown molding, 45° wall angle crown molding and
45° wall angle cove molding. See illustrations.
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If a force is applied
Bevel angle
Left and Right 0 - 45