To Make A Compound Cut With Your Miter Saw - Craftsman 10 IN. COMPOUND MITER SAW 315.23538 Owner's Manual

TO MAKE A COMPOUND CUT WlTH
YOUR MITER SAW:
Pull out the lock pin and lift sew arm to its _lJheight.
Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the-miter
lock handle approximately one-half turn to the left
to loosen.
• Press the miter lock plate down with your thumb
and hold.
• Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with
the desired angle on the miter scale.
• Release the miter lock plate.
Note: You can quickly locate 0 =, 22-1/2° left or
right, 31.6 ° left or right, and 45 ° left or right by
releasing the miter lock plate as you rotate the
control arm. The miter lock plate will seat itself in
one of the positive stop notches, located in miter
table frame.
• Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
_lb WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury,
always tighten the miter lock handle securely
before making a cut. Failure to do so could result
in movement of the control arm or miter table
while making a cut.
Loosen the bevel lock knob and move the sew
arm to the left to the desired bevel angle.
Bevel angles can be set from 0 ° to 45 °.
For your convenience there is a double scale
located on the mounting bracket. See Figure 27. If
one side becomes difficult to read as you move
the sew arm to the left, simply refer to the other
side. Align the indicator point for the side you
choose with the desired angle.
Once the sew arm has been set at the desired
angle, securely tighten the bevel lock knob.
Recheck miter angle setting. Make a test cut in
scrap material.
• Place the workpiece fiat on the miter 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 a board is placed
against the fence, the board could collapse on the
blade at the end of the cut, jamming the blade.
See Figures 33 and 34.
• When cuffing long pieces of lumber or molding,
support the opposite end of the stock with a roller
stand or with a work surface level with the saw
table.
Align the cuffing line on the workpiece with the
edge of sew blade.
Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it
against the fence. Use the optional work clamp or
a C-clamp to secure the workpiece when pos-
sible. See Figure 29.
,_ WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury,
always keep your hands outside the no hands
zone; at least 3 in. from blade. Never perform
any cutting operation freehand (without holding
workpiece against the fence). The blade could
grab the workpisce if it slips or twists.
COMPOUND
MITERCUT
,C-CLAMP Fig. 2_J
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