Ryobi CSS1000 Owner's Operating Manual page 11

■ TO MAKE A COMPOUND CUT WITH
YOUR MITRE SAW
• Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full
height.
• Loosen the mitre table lock knob.
• Rotate the mitre table until the pointer aligns with
the desired angle on the mitre scale.
• Tighten the mitre table lock knob.
NOTE: You can quickly locate 0
and 45 0 left or right on the scale. The mitre
table can be seated in one of the positive stop
notches, located in the mitre table frame.
WARNING: To avoid serious personal
injury, always lock the mitre table
before making a cut. Failure to do so
could result in movement of the mitre
table while making a cut.
• Loosen the bevel lock lever and move the saw arm
to the left to the desired bevel angle.
• Bevel angles can be set from 0
• Align the indicator point with the desired angle.
• Once the saw arm has been set at the desired
angle, securely tighten the bevel lock lever.
• Re-check mitre angle setting. Make a test cut in
scrap material.
• Place the workpiece flat on the mitre 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 the board is placed against the
fence, the board could collapse on the blade at the
end of the cut, jamming the blade. (Fig 23).
• When cutting long pieces of timber or molding,
support the opposite end of the stock with a roller
stand or with work surface level with the saw
table.
Fig 23
, 22.5 left or right,
0 0
to 45 .
0 0
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• Align the cutting line on the workpiece with the
edge of the saw blade.
• Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it
against the fence. Tighten the vice to secure the
workpiece.
WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury,
always keep your hands outside the no
hands zone; at least 75mm from the blade.
Never perform a cutting operation freehand
(without holding the 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
switch, then squeeze the trigger switch. Allow
several seconds for blade to reach maximum
speed.
• Slowly lower the blade into and through the
workpiece.
• Release the trigger switch and allow the saw blade
to stop rotating before raising the blade out of
workpiece.
■ SUPPORT LONG WORKPIECES
The two material supports are designed to support
timber so it does not sag. The material supports
should let the workpiece lay flat on the base of the
saw and the work table during the cutting operations.
Use the vice to clamp the workpiece.
Material Supports
(Fig 24)
Fig 24
Material Supports