Skil CR5429B-00 Owner's Manual page 21

Intended Use
This tool is designed to support all wood-cutting applications: general cuts, cross cuts, rip cuts,
and plunge cuts. Only use the tool with wood or wood-like materials.
NOTICE: The tool is not designed for metal or masonry cutting. Dust and chips from those
materials will impact lower guard function.
WARNING
General Cuts
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coast down. Do not allow the saw to brush against your leg or side; since the lower guard
is retractable, it could catch on your clothing and expose the blade. Be aware of the
necessary blade exposures that exist in both the upper and lower guard areas.
Always hold the saw by the main handle with one hand and the auxiliary handle with the other.
Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the saw and position your arms to resist kickback
forces. Position your body to either side of the blade, but not in line with the blade.
To resume cutting after cutting is interrupted, press the lock-off button, squeeze the trigger, and
allow the blade to reach full speed, then re-enter the cut slowly, and resume cutting.
When cutting across the grain, the fibers of the wood have a tendency to tear and lift.
Advancing the saw slowly minimizes this effect. For a finished cut, a cross cut blade or miter
blade is recommended.
Plunge Cuts (Fig . 13)
a. Remove the battery packs from the circular saw.
b. Set the depth adjustment according to the
thickness of the material to be cut.
c. Attach the battery packs.
d. Hold the main handle of the saw with one
hand, tilt the saw forward, and rest the front
of the foot plate on the material to be cut.
Align the cutting-guide notch with the line
you've drawn. Use the lower-guard lift lever
to raise the lower guard until you are able to
grasp and hold the auxiliary handle with the
other hand.
e. Position the saw so that the blade is just
clearing the material to be cut. Start the saw
and, once it is fully up to speed, use the front edge of the foot as a hinge point to gradually
lower the back end of the saw.
f. Once the foot plate rests flat on the surface being cut, release the lower-guard lift lever.
Proceed cutting in the forward direction to the end of cut.
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out of the material and KICKBACK will occur.
g. Turn the saw around and finish the cut in the normal manner, sawing forward. If corners
of your plunge cut are not completely cut through, use a jigsaw or hand saw to finish the
corners.
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Do not use abrasive wheels with circular saws. Abrasive dust may
cause lower guard to not operate properly.
Always be sure that neither hand interferes with the free movement of
the lower guard.
After completing a cut and releasing the trigger, be aware of the
necessary time it takes for the blade to come to a complete stop during
Allow the blade to come to a complete stop before lifting the saw from
the Also, never pull the saw backward, since the blade will climb
cut.
Fig. 13
Foot
Line Guide
Lower-guard Lift Lever