Cutting Crown Molding - Black & Decker BES701 Manual

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Body and hand position (Fig. O – O3)

Proper positioning of your body and hands when operating the

miter saw will make cutting easier, more accurate and safer.

Never place hands near cutting area.

Place hands no closer than 152 mm from the blade. Hold

the workpiece tightly to the table and the fence when cutting.

Keep hands in position until the trigger has been released

and the blade has completely stopped. ALWAYS MAKE DRY

RUNS (UNPOWERED) BEFORE FINISH CUTS SO THAT

YOU CAN CHECK THE PATH OF THE BLADE.

DO NOT CROSS HANDS, AS SHOWN IN FIGURE O3 and

O4.

Keep both feet firmly on the floor and maintain proper

balance. As you move the miter arm left and right, follow it and

stand slightly to the side of the saw blade. Sight through the

guard louvers when following a pencil line.

Bevel square to table adjustment (Fig. O4)

To align the blade square to the table, lock the arm in the

down position with the lock down pin. Place a square

against the blade, ensuring the square is not on top of a tooth.

Loosen the bevel lock knob and ensure the arm is firmly

against the 0° bevel stop. Rotate the 0° bevel adjustment

screw with the 10 mm spanner (not provided) as necessary so

that the blade is at 0° bevel to the table, as measured

with the square.

Cutting picture frames, shadow boxes and other

four-sided projects (Fig. P, P1, P2)

To best understand how to make the items listed here, we

suggest that you try a few simple projects using scrap wood

until you develop a "feel" for your saw.

Your saw is the perfect tool for mitering corners like the one

shown in Figure P. Sketch A in Figure P1 shows a joint made

by using the bevel adjustment to bevel the edges of the two

boards at 45º each to produce a 90º corner. For this joint the

miter arm was locked in the zero position and the bevel ad-

justment was locked at 45º. The wood was positioned with the

broad flat side against the table and the narrow edge against

the fence. The cut could also be made by mitering right and

left with the broad surface against the fence.

Cutting trim molding and other frames (Fig. P1)

Sketch B in Figure P1 shows a joint made by setting the miter

arm at 45º to miter the two boards to form a 90º corner. To

make this type of joint, set the bevel adjustment to zero and

the miter arm to 45º. Once again, position the wood with the

broad flat side on the table and the narrow edge against the

fence.

Figures P1 and P2 are for four-sided objects only.

As the number of sides changes, so do the miter and bevel

angles.

(Original instructions)

The chart below gives the proper angles for a variety

of shapes.

Number of Sides

The chart assumes that all sides are of equal length. For a

shape that is not shown in the chart, use the following formula:

180º divided by the number of sides equals the miter (if the

material is cut vertically) or bevel angle (if the material is cut

laying flat).

Cutting compound miters (Fig. P2)

A compound miter is a cut made using a miter angle and a

bevel angle at the same time. This is the type of cut used to

make frames or boxes with slanting sides like the one shown

in figure P2.

Note: If the cutting angle varies from cut to cut, check that

the bevel lock knob and the miter lock handle are securely

locked. These must be locked after making any changes in

bevel or miter.

Cutting base molding (Fig. Q)

Straight 90º cuts:

Position the wood against the fence and hold it in place as

shown in Figure Q. Turn on the saw, allow the blade to reach

full speed and lower the arm smoothly through the cut.

Position material as shown in Figure O. All cuts should be

made with the back of the molding against the fence and with

the bottom of the molding against the table.

Inside Corner

Left Side

Miter left 45°

Save left side of cut

Right Side

Miter right 45°

Save right side of

cut

Material up to 70 mm can be cut as described above.

BES701 - 70 mm for 216 mm