Miter Gauge - Porter-Cable 697 Instruction Manual

Sufficient support of the work piece must be maintained during all shaping
operations. This exists when the workpiece is long enough to rest firmly
against both the infeed and outfeed fences when you are halfway through the
cut. When end shaping a workpiece that is not long enough to be sufficiently
supported halfway through the cut, a miter gauge (available as an accessory)
or back-up block must be used (see Fig. 24 and 25).
WARNING: Any attempt to end shape a narrow workpiece without
s u f f i c i e n t s u p p o r t c o u l d r e s u l t i n s e r i o u s i n j u r y .
When using the miter gauge, the infeed fence assembly must be parallel to the
miter slot. The outfeed fence must be adjusted so that it will not contact the
workpiece after it has passed the cutter. Place workpiece firmly against the
miter gauge and infeed fence and feed into cutter by pushing the miter gauge.
WARNING: Failure to hold workpiece firmly against miter gauge
during cut could result in slippage of the workpiece causing serious
injury and damage to the workpiece.
BACK-UP
B L O C K
Fig. 24
CROSS-GRAIN SHAPING
When shaping across the grain,
some splitting at the end of the cut
may result. This can be minimized by
feeding the workpiece slowly across
the cutter at the end of the cut. When
shaping all four sides of a workpiece,
do the cross-grain cuts first. Doing
with-the-grain cuts last will usually
remove the splintered end.
END SHAPING
WARNING: KEEP
HANDS AWAY
FROM CUTTER
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MITER GAUGE

Fig. 25
Fig. 26
WARNING: KEEP
HANDS AWAY
FROM CUTTER