To Bevel Cut - Craftsman 315.212350 Operator's Manual

TO BEVEL CUT
See Figures34.35.
A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece with the blade angled to the workpiece. A
straight bevel cut Is made with the miter table set at the
zero degree position and the blade set at an angle
between 0"and 45",
• Pull out the lock pin and riftsaw arm to its full height.
• Loosen the miter lock handle.
• Lift the miter lock plats to disengage.
• Rotate the saw table untilthe pointeraligns with zero
on the miter scats.
• Release the miter lock plate.
NOTE: You can quickly locate zero by releesingthe
lock plate as you rotatethe controlarm. The lock plate
will seat itself in one of the built-in positive stop notch-
es, located In the miter table frame.
• Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
Jl_ WARNING: To avoid serous personal inju_, always
tighten the miter lock handle securely beforemakin_
a cut. Failureto do so coutdresu_. In movement of
the control arm or miter table white making a cut,
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• Adjustments of the miter fence must be made to cop
respondto the desiredangle of the bevel cut prior to
tilting the saw arm. The fence is marked for 0=,30 °, or
45°. Loosen the fence screw on the miter fence, slide
the fence to the desired position,and retlghtanthe
fence screw.
• The 45 ° triangleon the miter fence providesfor the
maximum clearance required for ad)ustlngthe miter
saw'sangle when makinga bevel or compound cut.
• Loosenthe bevel lock Knoband move the saw arm to
the left or dght to the desired bevel angle.
NOTE=When bevelingto the right, itwill be necessary
to swivel the stop screw out of the way.
• Bevel angles can be set from 0"to 45".
• Alignthe indicatorpoint for the desired angle.
LEFTSIDE RIGHTSIDE
INDICATOR INDICATOR
• Once the saw arm has been set at the desired angle,
securely tighten the bevel lock knob.
• Place the workpiece fiat on the miter table with one
edge saCuTely against the fence, if _hs board is warped,
place the convex side against the fence. _f the concave
edge of a board is placed against the fence, the board
could collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jam-
ming the blade.
• When cuffing tong pieces of lumber or molding,
support the opposite end of the stock wWn a rotter
stand or with a work sudece level with the saw table.
• Align the cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of
sew blade.
• Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it
against the fence or usa the optional work clamp or a
C-clamp to secure the workpiece.
_1= WARNING: To avoid seriouspersonal Infury,
keep handsaway from cuttingarea. Never perform
any cutting operation freehand (without holding
workpiece ag_'cnst the fence). The blade could grab
the ,_orkp'_co _fit slips or twists.
• Beforeturning on the saw. p_rform a d_ runof the cut-
ting operationJus_ to make sure that no problemswitl
occurwhen the cut is made.
• Grasp the sew handla firmly then squeeze the switch
trigger,Allow several secondsfor the blade to reach
maximum speed.
• S_owlylower the b_de Into and throughthe workplace.
• Release the swftchtrigger and allow the sew blade to
stop rotaling before raisingthe bla_e out of workptsce.
Wa_tuntilthe electricbrake stops blade from turning
before removingthe workplace from miter table.
BEVEL CUT
SCALE
Fig, 35