Miter Cutting; Compound Cutting - Makita LS0816F Instruction Manual

Press cutting
WARNING:
Always lock the sliding movement
of the carriage when performing a press cutting.
Cutting without lock may cause possible kickback
which may result in serious personal injury.
Workpieces up to 65 mm high and 80 mm wide can be
cut in the following manner.
1. Push the carriage toward the guide fence until it
stops and lock it with the thumb screw.
2. Secure the workpiece with the proper type of vise.
3. Switch on the tool without the circular saw blade
making any contact and wait until the circular saw blade
attains full speed before lowering.
4.
Gently lower the handle to the fully lowered posi-
tion to cut the workpiece.
5. When the cut is completed, switch off the tool and
wait until the circular saw blade has come to a com-
plete stop before returning the circular saw blade to its
fully elevated position.
► Fig.41: 1. Thumb screw
Slide (push) cutting (cutting wide
workpieces)
WARNING:
Whenever performing a slide cut,
first pull the carriage full towards you and press
the handle all the way down, then push the car-
riage toward the guide fence. Never start the cut
with the carriage not pulled fully toward you. If
you perform the slide cut without the carriage pulled
fully toward you, unexpected kickback may occur and
serious personal injury may result.
WARNING:
Never attempt to perform a slide
cut by pulling the carriage towards you. Pulling
the carriage towards you while cutting may cause
unexpected kickback resulting in possible serious
personal injury.
WARNING:
Never perform the slide cut with
the handle locked in the lowered position.
1. Loosen the thumb screw so that the carriage can
slide freely.
2. Secure the workpiece with the proper type of vise.
3. Pull the carriage toward you fully.
4.
Switch on the tool without the circular saw blade
making any contact and wait until the saw blade attains
full speed.
5. Press the handle down and push the carriage
toward the guide fence and through the workpiece.
6. When the cut is completed, switch off the tool and
wait until the saw blade has come to a complete
stop before returning the saw blade to its fully elevated
position.
► Fig.42: 1. Thumb screw

Miter cutting

Refer to the section for adjusting the miter angle.
Bevel cut
WARNING:
bevel cut, ensure that the carriage and saw blade
will have free travel throughout the entire range
of the intended cut before operating the tool.
Interruption of the carriage or blade travel during the
cutting operation may result in kickback and serious
personal injury.
WARNING:
hands out of the path of the saw blade. The angle
of the saw blade may confuse the operator as to the
actual blade path while cutting and contact with the
saw blade will result in serious personal injury.
WARNING:
raised until it has come to a complete stop. During
a bevel cut, the piece cut off may come to rest against
the saw blade. If the saw blade is raised while it is
rotating, the cut-off piece may be ejected by the saw
blade causing the material to fragment which may
result in serious personal injury.
NOTICE:
When pressing down the handle, apply
pressure in parallel with the saw blade. If a force
is applied perpendicularly to the turn base or if the
pressure direction is changed during a cut, the preci-
sion of the cut will be impaired.
1. Set the sliding fence on the left to prevent the
carriage from contacting.
2. Unlock the stopper pin and loosen thumb screw on the
arm so that the carriage can be elevated and slid freely.
3.
Adjust the bevel angle according to the procedure
explained in the section for bevel angle adjustment.
Then tighten the grip.
4. Secure the workpiece with a vise.
5. Pull the carriage toward you fully.
6. Switch on the tool without the circular saw blade
making any contact and wait until the circular saw blade
attains full speed.
7. Gently lower the handle to the fully lowered posi-
tion while applying pressure in parallel with the circular
saw blade and push the carriage toward the guide
fence to cut the workpiece.
8. When the cut is completed, switch off the tool and
wait until the circular saw blade has come to a com-
plete stop before returning the saw blade to its fully
elevated position.
► Fig.43

Compound cutting

Compound cutting is the process in which a bevel
angle is made at the same time in which a miter angle
is being cut on a workpiece. Compound cutting can be
performed at the angle shown in the table.
Miter angle
Left and Right 0° - 45°
When performing compound cutting, refer to the section
for press cutting, slide (push) cutting, miter cutting and
bevel cut.
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After setting the saw blade for a
While making a bevel cut, keep
The saw blade should not be
Bevel angle
Left 0° - 45°