Glossary Of Terms; Assembly And Adjustments - KNOVA KN M-2500N Manual

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

COMPOUND MITRE SAW TERMS
ARBOUR LOCK – Allows the user to keep the blade from
rotating while tightening or loosening the arbour bolt during
blade replacement or removal.
BASE – Supports the table, holds accessories and allows for
workbench or leg set mounting.
BEVEL LOCKING HANDLE – Locks the mitre saw at a de-
sired bevel angle.
BEVEL SCALE – To measure the bevel angle of the saw blade
0° to 45° left.
COVER PLATE SCREW – Loosen this screw and rotate the
plate for access to the blade arbour bolt.
FENCE – Helps to keep the workpiece from moving when
sawing. Scaled to assist with accurate cutting.
LOWER BLADE GUARD – Helps protect your hands from the
blade in the raised position, it retracts as the blade is lowered.
MITRE HANDLE – Used to rotate the table, and to rotate the
saw to a right or left cutting position.
MITRE SCALE – Measures the mitre angle 0° to 45° left and right.
MOUNTING HOLES – To mount the mitre saw to a stable
surface.
ON/OFF TRIGGER SWITCH – To start the tool, squeeze the
trigger. Release the trigger to turn off the mitre saw.
POSITIVE STOP LOCKING LEVER – Locks the mitre saw at
a preset positive stop for the desired mitre angle.
STOP LATCH – Locks the mitre saw in the lowered position
for compact storage and transportation.
SWITCH HANDLE – The switch handle contains the trigger
switch and the laser on/off switch. The blade is lowered into
the workpiece by pushing down on the handle. The saw will
return to its upright position when the handle is released.

ASSEMBLY AND ADJUSTMENTS

INSTALLING THE MITRE HANDLE (FIG. A)
1. Thread the mitre handle (1) into the hole (2) located at
the front of the mitre table.
WARNING
To avoid injury and damage to the saw,
transport or store the mitre saw with the cutting head
locked in the down position. Never use the stop latch
to hold the cutting head in a down position for cutting
operations.
Fig. A
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WARNING LABELS – Read and understand for your own
safety. Make sure all labels are present on machine and legible.
WRENCH STORAGE – Convenient storage to prevent mis-
placing of the blade wrench.
WOODWORKING TERMS
ARBOUR – The shaft on which a blade is mounted.
BEVEL CUT – An angle cut made through the face of the
workpiece.
COMPOUND CUT – A simultaneous bevel and mitre cut.
CROSS CUT – A cut made across the width of the workpiece.
FREEHAND – Performing a cut without using a fence (guide),
hold down or other proper device to keep the workpiece from
twisting during the cutting operation.
GUM – A sticky sap from wood products.
HEEL – Misalignment of the blade.
KERF – The amount of material removed by blade cut.
MITRE CUT – An angle cut made across the width of the
workpiece.
RESIN – A sticky sap that has hardened.
REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) – The number of turns
completed by a spinning object in one minute.
SAW BLADE PATH – The area of the workpiece or table top
directly in line with the travel of the blade or the part of the
workpiece which will be cut.
SET – The distance between two saw blade tips, bent outward
in opposite directions to each other. The further apart the tips
are, the greater the set.
WORKPIECE – The item being cut. The surfaces of a work-
piece are commonly referred to as faces, ends and edges.
CUTTING HEAD (FIG. B)
Raising the Cutting Head
1. Push down slightly on the switch handle (1).
2. Pull the hold-down latch (2) out of the long slot (5) of
locking hole (3) and turn 90º to insert into the short slot (6).
3. Pull up the switch handle (1) to raise to the up position.
Fig. B
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