Making A Bevel Rip Cut - Craftsman 315.272350 Owner's Manual

Raise the rip fence handle and remove the rip
fence.
Set the blade angle by loosening the bevel lock
handle and turning the bevel handwheel. Retighten
the bevel lock handle.
Set miter gage to 0° if needed. Make sure miter
gage knob is securely tightened.
Place a support the same height as the top of the
saw table behind the saw for the cut work.
Make sure the wood is clear of the blade before
turning on the saw. Insert the key and lift the switch
to the ON position. Let the blade build up to full
speed before feeding the wood into the blade with
the miter gage.
Hold the work firmly against the miter gage and
push the miter gage to feed the work into the blade.
When the work is completed, press the switch off
and remove the key.
BEVEL CROSS CUT
BLADE
ANGLED
BEVEL LOCK
HANDLE
(NOT SHOWN)

MAKING A BEVEL RIP CUT

See Figure 52.
Try out this cut on a piece of scrap wood before
cutting your workpiece. Use a pushstick to move
small pieces of wood into and past the blade.
WARNING:
Make sure the blade guard is
lowered over blade and is working properly to
prevent possible injury.
OPERATION
MITER GAGE
STRAIGHT
Fig. 51
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Set the blade angle by loosening the bevel lock
handle and turning the bevel handwheel. Retighten
the bevel lock handle.
WARNING:
When making a bevel rip cut, the
rip fence must be on the right side of the blade.
Otherwise the fence could trap the workpiece,
possibly causing kickback and resulting in injury.
Attach the rip fence on the right side of the blade at
the correct distance from the blade for the cut.
Place a support the same height as the top of the
saw table behind the saw for the cut work.
WARNING: Never stand directly in the line of
cut. Stand to the side to reduce the chance of
injury should kickback occur.
Make sure the wood is clear of the blade before
turning on the saw. Insert the key and lift the switch
to the ON position. Let the blade obtain full speed
before feeding the workpiece into the blade.
Place the work firmly against the rip fence and feed
the work into the blade.
WARNING: Never push a small piece of wood
into the blade with your hand. Use a pushstick as
the end of the workpiece nears the blade.
When the work is completed, press the switch off
and remove the key.
BEVEL RIP CUT
BLADE
ANGLED
SCALE
RIP FENCE
ON RIGHT SIDE
OF BLADE
Fig. 52
® TABLE SAW 315.272350