Assembling Dust Bag; Workpiece Clamp Installation; Four Basic Saw Controls - RIDGID MS1290LZ Operator's Manual

Assembling Dust Bag

1. Locate the dust bag frame and cloth
dust bag.
2. Clip the dust bag frame in place on the
slide tubes as shown.
3. Slide the cloth dust bag over the dust
bag frame.
4. Connect the dust elbow to the dust port
on the upper blade guard.
5. Clamp dust bag onto elbow.
NOTE: If connecting a 2-1/2" wet/dry vac
hose to the saw, do not attach the dust
bag frame, dust bag and elbow to the
saw. Connect the wet/dry vac hose
directly to the dust port on the upper blade
guard.

Workpiece Clamp Installation

The workpiece clamp is used to help hold
the workpiece in the correct cutting posi-
tion. It may be used on either the left side
of the miter saw or the right side. Before
turning the saw on make sure the work-
piece clamp does not interfere with the
cutting action of the saw.
1. Align pin in clamp shaft with keyway in
fence. Insert clamp shaft and rotate.

Four Basic Saw Controls

In order to properly adjust and align the
Sliding Compound Miter Saw there are
four basic controls that must be under-
stood.
1. Miter lock lever and miter index wheel
To change the miter setting of the
blade:
a. Raise the miter lock lever.
b. Rotate the miter index wheel partially
downward to disengage the current
index and engage the next index.
c. Rotate the miter index wheel com-
pletely downward to bypass all miter
indexes.
d. Turn the table to the desired miter
setting and lock the miter lock lever.
Clamp
Support
Shaft
15
Quick Release
Button