Ryobi EMS-1422L Owner's Operating Manual page 9

KNOW YOUR MITRE SAW
■ SAFETY LOCK (2)
Push the safety lock button then squeeze the trigger
switch button(17) to power on the saw. Release for
power off (fig. 6)
■ FENCE (9)
The fence on your mitre saw has been provided to
secure your workpiece against when making all cuts.
■ LOWER BLADE GUARD (3)
The lower blade guard will be retracted over the upper
blade guard (12) when the saw head is approaching
to the workpiece.
■ LIVE TOOL INDICATOR(28)
When the machine is connected with the power
supply, the live tool indicator(28) always glow. If not,
please check the supply.
ASSEMBLY
Warning: The correct selection of the saw blade
depends on the type and quality of the wood and whether
lengthways or crossways cutting is required. Warning,
beech and oak dusts are especially detrimental to health
and therefore maybe worked only with dust collector.
INSTALLING THE BLADE (Fig. 7-9)
■ Unplug the Mitre Saw.
■ Press down the handle (1) then pull out the lock pin to
release handle.(Fig. 7)
■ Remove the front end blade bolt cover screw (24).(Fig.
8)
■ Raise the lower blade guard (3) to its highest position
(Note: Be careful, the lower guard is spring loaded)
■ Use the provided spanner (13) to hold the flange and
then use the provided wrench (14) to unscrew the
arbor bolt (22).(Fig. 9)
■ Remove the blade flange (16a) and place the blade
(16) into the arbor with its teeth pointing downwards at
the front of the saw.
■ Reassemble the blade flange to the arbor and closely
fit with the blade.
■ Tighten up the arbor bolt (22) in an anti-clockwise
direction.
■ Use the spanner (13) to hold the flange (16a) and use
wrench (14) to tighten the arbor bolt (22).
■ Use thumb to press the safety lock to allow the
movement of the blade guard back to cover the blade.
■ Tighten the screws (24) on the blade bolt cover.
■ Check to ensure the safety lock (2) is already at
the upper end of the lower guard and prevent any
movement of the lower blade guard by slightly moving
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the lower blade guard downward.
INSTALLING THEANTI-TIP (29)
■ Insert the Rear Anti-Tip(29) into the hole then use the
screw(a) to fix it.(Fig.10)
INSTALLING THE EXTENSION ARM(30)
■ Insert Extension Arm(30) for large workpieces into the
left and right holes on the base then use the screw(a)
to fix it.(Fig. 7)
INSTALLING THE DUST BAG (11)
The dust bag is installed by squeezing the two metal
clips to open the mouth of the bag and sliding it on the
dust post. The metal ring should lock in between the
grooves on the port (Fig. 10)
ADJUSTMENT
REPLACE THE BLADE (Fig.11)
■ Unplug the Mitre Saw.
■ Remove the front end blade bolt cover screw.
■ Raise the lower blade guard to its highest position
(Note: Be careful, the lower guard is spring loaded)
■ Use the wrench to hold the flange and then use the
spanner to unscrew the arbor bolt.
■ Remove the blade (16) and replace the existing blade
with a new one.
■ Reassemble the blade flange.
■ Use the spanner to hold the flange and use wrench to
tighten the arbor bolt.
■ Move the lower blade guard (3) back to cover the
blade and tighten the screws on the blade bolt cover.
■ Check to ensure the safety lock (2) is already at
the upper end of the lower guard and prevent any
movement of the lower blade guard by slightly moving
the lower blade guard downward.
SQUARING THE BLADE TO THE FENCE
■ Pull the handle all the way down and engage the
lock down pin (4) to hold the handle in the transport
position. (fig. 4 & 7).
■ Rotate mitre locks lever (10) to release the table.
Rotate the mitre table (5) until the pointer is positioned
at 0°. Return mitre lock lever (10) to its lock position
(fig. 5)
■ Place a set square on the mitre table against the
rear fence (9) and blade (16) (fig. 12). Adjustment is
needed if they are not perpendicular.
■ If adjustment is needed, loosen allen screw (23) at the
rear of the table (fig. 14).
■ Using the set square correctly align the fence and the
blade then retighten all allen screws (23). (fig. 12 &.
14).
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