Makita LS1216 Instruction Manual page 24

WARNING:
• Whenever performing a slide cut, first pull the car-
riage full towards you and press the handle all the
way down, then push the carriage toward the guide
fence. Never start the cut with the carriage not
pulled fully toward you. If you perform the slide cut
without the carriage pulled fully toward you unexpected
kickback may occur and serious personal injury may
result.
• Never attempt to perform a slide cut by pulling the
carriage towards you. Pulling the carriage towards
you while cutting may cause unexpected kickback
resulting in possible serious personal injury.
• Never perform the slide cut with the handle locked in
the lowered position.
• Never loosen the knob which secures the carriage
while the blade is rotating. A loose carriage while cut-
ting may cause unexpected kickback resulting in possi-
ble in serious personal injury.
3. Miter cutting
Refer to the previously covered "Adjusting the miter
angle".
4. Bevel cut (Fig. 53)
Loosen the lever and tilt the saw blade to set the bevel
angle (Refer to the previously covered "Adjusting the
bevel angle"). Be sure to retighten the lever firmly to
secure the selected bevel angle safely. Secure the work-
piece with a vise. Make sure the carriage is pulled all the
way back toward the operator. Switch on the tool without
the blade making any contact and wait until the blade
attains full speed. Then gently lower the handle to the
fully lowered position while applying pressure in parallel
with the blade and PUSH THE CARRIAGE TOWARD
THE GUIDE FENCE TO CUT THE WORKPIECE. When
the cut is completed, switch off the tool and WAIT UNTIL
THE BLADE HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP
before returning the blade to its fully elevated position.
WARNING:
• After setting the blade for a bevel cut, before oper-
ating the tool ensure that the carriage and blade
will have free travel throughout the entire range of
the intended cut. Interruption of the carriage or blade
travel during the cutting operation may result in kick-
back and serious personal injury.
Measuring
Measure the wall length and adjust workpiece on table to cut wall contact edge to desired length. Always make sure
that cut workpiece length at the back of the workpiece is the same as wall length. Adjust cut length for angle of cut.
Always use several pieces for test cuts to check the saw angles.
When cutting crown and cove moldings, set the bevel angle and miter angle as indicated in the table (A) and position
the moldings on the top surface of the saw base as indicated in the table (B).
In the case of left bevel cut
Table (A)
Molding position
in Fig. 55 & 56
For inside corner
For outside corner
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52/38° type
(1)
(2)
Left 33.9°
(3)
(4)
• While making a bevel cut keep hands out of the
path of the blade. The angle of the blade may confuse
the operator as to the actual blade path while cutting
and contact with the blade will result in serious per-
sonal injury.
• The blade should not be raised until it has come to
a complete stop. During a bevel cut the piece cut off
may come to rest against the blade. If the blade is
raised while it is rotating the cut-off piece maybe
ejected by the blade causing the material to fragment
which may result in serious personal injury.
NOTICE:
• When pressing down the handle, apply pressure in par-
allel with the blade. If a force is applied perpendicularly
to the turn base or if the pressure direction is changed
during a cut, the precision of the cut will be impaired.
• Before bevel-cutting, an adjustment of the upper fence
and lower fence maybe required. Refer to the section
titled "Guide fence adjustment".
5. Compound cutting
Compound cutting is the process in which a bevel angle
is made at the same time in which a miter angle is being
cut on a workpiece. Compound cutting can be performed
at the angle shown in the table.
Miter angle
Left and Right 0° – 45°
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When performing compound cutting, refer to "Press cut-
ting", "Slide cutting", "Miter cutting" and "Bevel cut" expla-
nations.
6. Cutting crown and cove moldings
Crown and cove moldings can be cut on a compound
miter saw with the moldings laid flat on the turn base.
There are two common types of crown moldings and one
type of cove moldings; 52/38° wall angle crown molding,
45° wall angle crown molding and 45° wall angle cove
molding. See illustrations. (Fig. 54)
There are crown and cove molding joints which are made
to fit "Inside" 90° corners ((1) and (2) in Fig. 55 & 56) and
"Outside" 90° corners ((3) and (4) in Fig. 55 & 56).
Bevel angle
45° type
Left 30°
Bevel angle
Left and Right 0° – 45°
Miter angle
52/38° type 45° type
Right 31.6° Right 35.3°
Left 31.6° Left 35.3°
Right 31.6° Right 35.3°