Craftsman 320.21195 Operator's Manual page 29

BEVEL CUTTING
conto (flg, 15)
3. Release the saw arm by pulttng out the locking pin,
4 To make a bevel cut, loosen the bevel lock knob (Fig lb) by turning the knob
counterclockwise
5 Tilt the saw arm to the desired bevel angle as shown on the bevel scale. The blade
can be positioned at any angle, from a 90 ° straight cut (0" on the scale) to a 45"
left here! (Fig 15)
Z_WARNING:
Ttghten the bevel lock knob to secure the saw arm [n its position° ]
6 Place the workplece fiat on the miter table wilh one edge securety against the
fence tf the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence if the
concave edge of the beard Is against the fence, the board could collapse on the
blade at the end of the cut and jam the blade (Fig lg and 20)
7 Align the "red laser Itne" to touch the right edge of your pencil line on the
workptece
8 Use the hold down clamp to secure workptece against saw table and fence
9 When cutting long workpieces, supped the opposite end of the workpiece with a
roller stand or with another work surface that Is levef with the saw table,
z_ CAUTION:
NEVER use another person as an additional support for a
workptece that Is longer or wider than the basic saw table, or to help feed,
support, or pull the workpteceo
Z_,WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, ALWAYS keep your hands
outside the "no hands zone", as marked on the saw table, which is at least 3
inches from the blade° Also, NEVER perform any cutting operation "freehand"
(t.e° without holding the workp[ece against the fence); the blade could grab the
workpiece, causing II to slip and twtst.
10 BEFORE turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation by
lowering the saw arm to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut
is made
tl Hotd the saw handle and use your index finger to turn on the laser switch by
pushing it forward
12 To turn on saw, push the safety tock button In wtih your thumb while squeezing
the On/Off trigger switch located under the handle (Fig la and lb)Allow several
seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed
13 Slowly iower 1he btade into and through lhe workplece
t4 Release the safety lock and trigger switch, and turn off the laser switch Atlow the
saw blade to stop relating BEFORE raising the blade out of the workpiece
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