Applications; Cutting With Your Compound Miter Saw; Crosscutting; To Crosscut With Your Miter Saw - Craftsman 315.2121O0 Owner's Manual

DEPTH STOP L...
SCREW
BEVEL
MITER
TABLE
POSITIVE LOCKNUT(S)
STOP ADJUSTMENT
SCREW FOR 0° ANGLES
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Lower the blade into the zero clearance throat
plate of the miter table. Check blade clearance
and maximumcutting distance (distancefrom
fence where blade enters) to front of miter table
slot.
• Readjust if necessary.
_k WARNING: Do not start yourcompound miter
sew withoutchecking for interference between
the blade and the miter table support. Damage
could resultto the blade if it strikesthe miter
table supportduring operation of the saw.
• Tightenthe hex nut with a 17 mm wrench or
adjustablewrench.
• To preventthe depth stop adjustment screw from
tuming while tightening_thehex nut, carefully hold
it with the hex key wrench while tighteningthe
hsx nut.
APPLICATIONS
(Use only for the purposes nsted below)
• Cross cuttingwood and plastic.
• Cross cuffing miters,joints, etc. for pictureframes,
moldings,door casings, and fine joinery.
Note: The 104 tooth crosscutblade provided is fine
for mostwood cutting operations,but for fine joinery
cuts or cuffingplastic, use one of the accessory
blades available from your nearest Sears store.
WARNING: Beforestarting any cutting
operation,clamp or bolt your compoundmiter
saw to a workbench. Never operate your miter
sew on the floor or in a crouchedposition.
Failure to heed this warningcan result in serious
personal injury.
CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
_, WARNING: When using a work clamp or
C-clamp to secure your workpieca,clamp
workpiece on one side of the blade only. The
workpisce must remainfree on one side of the
blade to preventthe blade from bindingin
workplece. The workpiece bindingthe blade will
cause motorstallingand kickback.This situation
could cause an accident resultingin possible
sedous personal Injury.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 26.
A crosscutis made by cutting acrossthe grain of the
workplace. A straightcrosscutis made with the miter
table set at the zero degree position. Miter crosscuts
are made with the miter table set at some angle other
then zero.
TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER
SAW:
• Pull out the lock pin and lift sew arm to its full
height.
• Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter
lock handle approximatelyone-half tum to the left
to loosen.
• Press the miter lock plate down with your thumb
and hold.
• Rotate the controlarm untilthe pointer aligns with
the desired angle on the miter scale,
• Release the miter lock plate.
Note: You can quicklylocate 0 °, 22-1/2 ° leftor
dght, and 45' left or rightby releasingthe lock
plate as you rotate the control arm. The lock plate
will seat itself in one of the positive stop notches,
located in the miter table frame.
• Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
WARNING: To avoidsedous personalinjury,
always tighten the miter lock handle securely
before making a cut. Failure to do so could result
in movement of the controlarm or miter table
while making a cut.
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