Adjusting The Saw Blade Tilt; Extendable Saw Table; Dust Suction; Working With The Limit Stops - Proxxon FET Manual

7.2. Adjusting the saw blade tilt

The saw blade can be tilted to manufacture mitre cuts. The
desired value is set, or read, with the help of the angle scale.
Make sure the mains plug is disconnected for all adjusting
work!
1. Release handwheel 1 (fig. 7).
2. Swing the saw blade to the right with the handwheel.
3. Set or read off the desired angle with indicator 2 at the
angle scale 3.
4. Arrest the saw blade position by turning the handwheel
1 shut

8. Extendable saw table

Make sure the mains plug is disconnected for all adjusting
work!
In order to place larger work pieces easily and securely on
the saw table, it has been designed as an extendable saw
table. The extension is quite simple:
Please note:
1. Use your finger to push the curry-coloured limit stop edge
1 (fig. 8a) towards the back. This makes it move out
upwards.
2. Pull out the saw table 2 with the limit stop edge into the
desired position, see fig. 8b. If necessary, support with the
swivelling lever 3.
3. The small knurled screw 4 can be used to clamp the
extendable saw table into the desired position, as neces-
sary.
4. Now push the limit stop edge 1 back into its initial position
to achieve a plane surface. It is now possible to work with
the saw. Please note: The limit stop edge can also be
used for larger work pieces as a longitudinal stop, of
course.
5. After completing your work, simply push the extendable
saw table 2 back into the initial position. If necessary, fold
up the swivelling lever 3 before.

9. Dust suction

At the back of the housing of your FSK you will find a con-
necting piece for dust suction, see fig. 9: a vacuum cleaner is
connected here.
This should always be operational while working! Not only
because it guarantees a clean working environment, but also
because this prevents the interior of the saw from becoming
contaminated from sawdust.
The vacuum cleaner hose is simply connected to the rubber
adapter, as shown in the picture.
A hint:
With the suction control device AS/E (article number 27 032)
the vacuum cleaner can be switched on and off together with
the saw. The mains connection of the vacuum cleaner is sim-
ply carried out through the AS/E.
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Caution!
Caution!

10. Working with the limit stops

10.1. Working with the longitudinal stop

Longitudinal stops are indispensable working aids for produc-
ing any number of work pieces with exactly the same width
(or length) without having to mark the piece to be sawn each
time. The material to be sawn is simply guided along the lon-
gitudinal stop with slight pressure during the sawing proce-
dure. The measure of the finished sawn work piece thus cor-
responds to the distance of saw blade and limit stop edge.
If necessary, you can refer to the scale at the front of the
housing to adjust the longitudinal stop.
The future measure of the work piece can be read off from a
marking. However, the scale must be adjusted exactly to the
saw blade beforehand – therefore „zeroised". How this is
done is described below.
The scale is dimensioned for the use of the limit stop on both
sides of the saw blade. The most various sawing tasks are
therefore no problem.

10.1.1. Inserting, or removing, the longitudinal stop

The longitudinal stop 1 (fig. 10a) is inserted, or removed,
from the side (from the right or left) in the guide 2 at the saw
table. While you are shifting, inserting, or removing the longi-
tudinal stop make sure that both fixing options locking handle
3 and knurled screw 4 are released! The scale 5 was
attached with restricted rotation. Please make sure it is prop-
erly seated when you insert the limit stop.

10.1.2. Rough adjustment of the longitudinal stop

The rough adjustment simply by shifting the longitudinal stop
without using the scale 5 (fig. 10b) is sufficient for many
cases.
When you shift the longitudinal stop, please make sure that
both fixing options locking handle 3 and knurled screw 4 are
released!
Once the desired position is achieved, the longitudinal stop is
arrested by tightening the knurled screw 4 and then clamped
with the locking handle 3.
10.1.3. Adjusting the longitudinal stop with the help of
the scale
1. When you shift the limit stop, please make sure that the
locking handle 3 and knurled screw 4 are released.
2. The longitudinal stop can now be shifted in its guide using
the help of the scale 5. The position can be read from the
left front limit stop edge 6, see fig. 10 c. Caution: The
read value will only agree if the „zero position" of scale 5
is correct! How to correctly adjust the zero position of the
scale is described in the section „Adjusting the limit stop
scale".
3. Arrest the longitudinal stop by tightening knurled screw 4
and then clamping the locking handle 3.