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Thissawhastwo scale
indicators, one on the bevel scale
and one on the miter scale. After squaring adjustments
have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indi=
cater screws and reset them to zero.
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WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to
make you careless. Remember that a careless frac=
tion of a second is sufficient to inflict severe injury.
_
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety
glasses with side shields when operating tools. Fai!=
ure to do so could result in objects being thrown into
your eyes resulting in possible serious injury.
_
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or acces=
sories not recommended
by the manufacturer of
this tool. The use of attachments
or accessories
not
recommended
can result in serious personal injury.
APPUCATIONS
This product has been designed only 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 work=
bench. Never operate the miter saw on the floor or in
a crouched position. Failure to heed this warning can
result in serious personal injury.
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 wil! cause motor stalling and kickback.
This situation could cause an accident resulting in
possible serious personal injury.
CROSS
CUTTING
See Figure 32.
A cross cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight cross cut is made with the miter
table set at the 0 position. Miter cross cuts are made with
the miter table set at some angle other than zero.
STRAIGHT
CROSSCUT
24
Fig. 32
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