Cutting Capacities - Craftsman 315.21211 Owner's Manual

KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER
SAW
See Figure 3.
Before attempting to use your saw, familiarize yourself
with all operating features and safety requirements.
_, WARNING: Do not allow familiarity 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 bearings, 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 2-5/8 in. thick or
5-3/4 in. wide, depending upon the thickness of the
material and the angle 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 of
5-9/16 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
It will cut materials up to a maximum thickess 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 witt cut materiats up 1o a maximum of
3-15/16 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 0° and
the bevel angle is set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
5-9/16 in. wide X 1-9/16 in. thick.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 45 ° and
the bevel angle is set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
4 in. wide X 1-9/16 in. thick.
SWITCH
LOCK-OFF LEVER
UPPER
BLADEGUARD
SWITCH TRIGGER
DUSTGUIDE
BEVEL
LOCKKNOB
,LOWER
BLADE GUARD
MITER TABLE
ZONELABEL
"NO HANDS ZONE
ZEROCLEARANCE
_OATPLATE
MITER
LOCK PLATE
MRER
TABLEFRAME
CONTROLARM
POSITIVESTOP(S)
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
Fig. 3
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