Craftsman 315.212380 Operator's Manual page 26

Thissawhastwo scaleindicators, oneonthebevel s cale
andoneonthemiterscale. A ftersquaring adjustments
havebeenmade, i t maybenecessary to loosen the
indicator s crews andreset t hemto zero.
FENCE
COMBINATION SQUARE MITER TABLE
ViEW OF BLADENOTSQUAREWITH MITER
TABLE,ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 36
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WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with products
to make you careless. Remember that a careless
fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict serious
injury.
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WARNING" Always wear safety goggles or safety
glasses with side shields when operating power
tools. Failure to do so could result in objects being
thrown into your eyes resulting in possible serious
injury.
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WARNING: Do not use any attachments or
accessories not recommended by the manufacturer
of this tool. The use of attachments or accessories
not recommended can result in serious personal
injury.
APPLiCATiONS
You may use this product for the purposes listed below:
[] Cross cutting wood and plastic
[] Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames
moldings, door casings, and fine joinery
[] Bevel cutting and compound cutting
NOTE: The blade provided is fine for most wood cutting
operations, but for fine joinery cuts or cutting plastic, use
one of the accessory blades available from your nearest
Sears retail store.
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WARNING: Before starting any cutting operation,
clamp or bolt the compound miter saw to a
workbench. Never operate the miter saw on the
floor or in a crouched position. Failure to heed this
warning can result in serious personal injury.
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CUTTING WiTH THE COMPOUND MITER
SAW
WARNING: When using a work clamp or C-clamp
to secure the workpiece, clamp workpiece on one
side of the blade only. The workpiece must remain
free on one side of the blade to prevent the blade
from binding in workpiece. The workpiece binding
the blade will cause motor stalling and kickback.
This situation could cause an accident resulting in
possible serious personal injury.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 37.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight crosscut is made with the miter
table set at the 0 ° position. Miter crosscuts are made with
the miter table set at some angle other than zero.
CROSSCUT
Fig. 37