Craftsman 315.BT2010 Operator's Manual page 19

CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
WARNING:
When using a work clamp or C-clamp
to secure your workpiece, clamp workpiece on one
side of the blade only. The workpiece must remain
free on one side of the blade to prevent the blade
from binding in workpiece. The workpiece binding
the blade will cause motor stalling and kickback.
This situation could cause an accident resulting in
possible serious personal injury.
WARNING:
NEVER move the workpiece or make
adjustment to any cutting angle while the saw is
running and the blade is rotating. Any slip can result
in contact with the blade causing serious personal
injury.
TO CROSS CUT
See Figures 22 - 23.
A cross cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight cross cut is made with the miter
table set at the 0° position. Miter cuts are made with the
miter table set at some angle other than zero.
 Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.
 Lift the miter lock lever.
 Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with zero
on the miter scale.
NOTE: You can quickly locate 0°, 15°, 22-1/2°, left
or right, 31.62° and 45° left or right as you rotate the
control arm. The miter table will seat itself in one of the
positive stop index points, located in base.
 Push the miter lock lever down to lock the miter table.
 Place the workpiece flat on the miter 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 a board is placed against the fence, the board
could collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jam-
ming the blade.
 When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, sup-
port the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand
or with a work surface level with the saw table. See
Figure 28.
 Align cutting line on workpiece with edge of saw blade.
 Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it
against the fence. Use the optional work clamp or a
C-clamp to secure the workpiece when possible.
 Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cut-
ting operation just to make sure that no problems will
occur when the cut is made.
OPERATION
19 — English
CROSS CUT
WORK
CLAMP
MITER CUT
WORK
CLAMP
Fig. 22
Fig. 23