MasterCraft 55-6896-2 Owner's Manual page 18

7. Pull out the locking pin in order to release the saw arm.
8. Place the workpiece flat on the mitre table, with one edge securely against
the fence. If the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence. If
the concave edge of the board is against the fence, the board could collapse
on the blade at the end of the cut, and jam the blade (Fig. 14 and 15).
9. Align the "red laser line" so that it is touching the right edge of the pencil
line on the workpiece.
10. Use the hold-down clamp to secure the workpiece against the saw table
and fence.
11. When cutting long workpiece, support the opposite end of the workpiece
with a roller stand or with another work surface that is level with the saw
table.
WARNING: In order to avoid serious personal injury, always tighten the
mitre-lock lever securely before making a cut. Failure to do so could result in
movement of the control arm or mitre table while making a cut.
CAUTION: Never use another person as an additional support for a work-
piece that is longer or wider than the basic saw table, or to help feed, support,
or pull the workpiece.
WARNING: In order to avoid serious personal injury, always keep hands
outside of the "No-Hands Zone", as marked on the saw table, or at least 3" (7.6
cm) away from the blade. Also, never perform any cutting operation "freehand"
(i.e.: without holding the workpiece against the fence), because the blade could
grab the workpiece, causing it to slip and twist.
12. Before turning on the saw, perform a test of the cutting operation by lowering
the saw arm to make sure no problems will occur when the cut is made.
13. Hold the saw handle, and use the index finger to push the laser switch
forward to turn the laser light on.
14. To turn the saw on, push the safety lock-off button in with the thumb while
squeezing the On/Off trigger switch located under the handle (Fig. 1, #1
and #3). Allow several seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.
15. Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
16. Release the safety lock and the trigger switch, and turn the laser switch
off. Allow the saw blade to stop rotating before raising the blade out of
the workpiece.
BEVEL CUTTING (Fig. 12)
A bevel cut is a cut made across the grain of the workpiece with the blade at
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