Features; Cutting Capacities; Product View - Craftsman 12 IN. COMPOUND MITER SAW 315.21222 Owner's Manual

KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER
SAW
See Figure 3.
Before attempting to use your saw, familiarize yourself
with all operating features and safety requirements.
dl_ WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with your
saw to make you careless. Remember that a
careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict
severe injury.
15 AMP MOTOR
Your saw has a powerful 15 amp motor with sufficient
power to handle tough cutting jobs. It is made with all
ball bearings, and has externally accessible brushes
for ease of servicing.
12 in. BLADE
A 12 in. saw blade is included with your compound
miter saw. It will cut materials up to 7-7/8 in. wide,
depending upon the thickness of the material and the
setting at which the cut is being made.
PALMPAD
(LOCK-OFF)
UPPER
BLADEGUARD
CUTTING CAPACITIES
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 0 ° and
the bevel angle is set at 0°:
Your saw will cut materials up to:
width x height 7-7/8 in. x 2-1/2 in.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 45 ° and
the bevel angle is set at 0°:
Your saw will cut materials up to:
width x height 5-1/2 in. x 2-1/2 in.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 0 ° and
the bevel angle is set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to:
width x height 7-7/8 in. x 1-3/4 in.
SAWARM
SWITCH
TRIGGER
6mm
HEXKEY
DUSTGUIDE
BEVEL
LOCKKNOB
BEVEL
SCALE
FENCE
LOWER
BLADEGUARD
MITERTABLE
"NO HANDSZONE"
BOUNDARYLINE
NO HANDS
ZONELABEL
ZEROCLEARANCE
THROATPLATE
MITERSCALE
HEX KEY
STORAGEAREA
MITER
TABLE FRAME
CONTROLARM
POSITIVESTOP(S)
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
MITER
LOCKPLATE
Fig. 3
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