Features; Know Your Compound Miter; Cutting Capacities - Craftsman 10 IN. COMPOUND MITER SAW 315.23538 Owner's Manual

KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER
SAW
See Figure 3.
Before attempting to use your saw, familiarize youmelf
with all operating features and safety requirements.
_lb WARNING: Do not allow familiadty with your
saw to make you careless. Remember that a
careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict
severe injury.
15 AMP MOTOR
Your saw has a powerful 15 amp motor with sufficient
power to handle tough cutting jobs. It is made with all
ball beadngs, and has externally accessible brushes
for ease of servicing.
10 in. BLADE
A 10 in. saw blade is included with your compound
miter saw. It will cut materials up to 3-9/16 in. thick or
5-9/16 wide, depending upon the thickness of the
material and the setting at which the cut is being
made.
CUTTING CAPACITIES
When the miter angle (miter table) Is set at 0° and
the bevel angle Is set at 0°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum
width of 5-9/16 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
It will cut materials up to a maximum thickness of
3-9/16 in. thick X 4 in. wide.
When the miter angle (miter table) Is set at 45 ° and
the bevel angle Is set at O°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
3-15/16 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
When the miter angle (miter table) Is set at O° and
the bevel angle Is set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
5-9116 in. wide X 1-9116 in. thick.
When the miter angle (mRer table) is set at 45 ° and
the bevel angle ia set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
4 in. wide X 1-9/16 in. thick.
UPPER
BLADEGUARD
SAW ARM
SWITCH
DUSTGUIDE
BEVEL
BEVELSCALE.
LOWER
BLADEGUARD
MITERTABLE
NO HANDS
ZONELABEL
"NO HANDSZONE"
BOUNDARY UNE
MITER
CONTROLARM
POSmVE STOP(S)
10
MITERSCALE
ZEROCLEARANCE
THROATPLATE
MITER
LOCKpLaTE
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
Fig. 3