Operation - Craftsman 315.21234 Operator's Manual

This saw has two scale indicators, one on the bevel scale
and one on the miter scale. After squaring adjustments
have been made, it may be necessary to loosen the indi-
cator screws and reset them to zero.
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to
make you careless. Remember that a careless frac-
tion of a second is sufficient to inflict severe injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety
glasses with side shields when operating tools. Fail-
ure to do so could result in objects being thrown into
your eyes resulting in possible serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or acces-
sories not recommended by the manufacturer of
this tool. The use of attachments or accessories not
recommended can result in serious personal injury.
APPLICATIONS
This product has been designed only for the purposes
listed below:
n Cross cutting wood and plastic
n Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames
moldings, door casings, and fine joinery
n Bevel cutting and compound cutting
NOTE: The blade provided is fine for most wood cutting
operations, but for fine joinery cuts or cutting plastic, use
one of the accessory blades available from your nearest
Sears retail store.
WARNING:
Before starting any cutting operation,
clamp or bolt the compound miter saw to a work-
bench. Never operate the miter saw on the floor or in
a crouched position. Failure to heed this warning can
result in serious personal injury.
ASSEMBLY
FENCE
COMBINATION
SQUARE
VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER

OPERATION

CUTTING WITH THE COMPOUND MITER
SAW
WARNING:
to secure the 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.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 32.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight crosscut is made with the miter
table set at the 0
the miter table set at some angle other than zero.
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TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
When using a work clamp or C-clamp
position. Miter crosscuts are made with
°
BLADE
MITER
TABLE
Fig. 31
STRAIGHT
CROSSCUT
Fig. 32