English CONTENTS GENERAL POWER TOOL SAFETY WARNINGS......... 57 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR MITER SAW..........60 PRECAUTIONS ON USING SLIDE COMPOUND MITER SAW....62 CAUTION ON LITHIUM-ION BATTERY............64 REGARDING LITHIUM-ION BATTERY TRANSPORTATION...... 67 USB DEVICE CONNECTION PRECAUTIONS (UC18YSL3) (sold separately)....................
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English b) Do not operate power tools in explosive atmospheres, such as in the presence of flammable liquids, gases or dust. Power tools create sparks which may ignite the dust or fumes. Keep children and bystanders away while operating a power tool. Distractions can cause you to lose control.
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English Loose clothes, jewellery or long hair can be caught in moving parts. g) If devices are provided for the connection of dust extraction and collection facilities, ensure these are connected and properly used. Use of dust collection can reduce dust-related hazards. h) Do not let familiarity gained from frequent use of tools allow you to become complacent and ignore tool safety principles.
English When battery pack is not in use, keep it away from other metal objects, like paper clips, coins, keys, nails, screws or other small metal objects, that can make a connection from one terminal to another. Shorting the battery terminals together may cause burns or a fire. d) Under abusive conditions, liquid may be ejected from the battery;...
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English Unrestrained or moving workpieces could be thrown at high speeds, causing injury. Push the saw through the workpiece. Do not pull the saw through the workpiece. To make a cut, raise the saw head and pull it out over the workpiece without cutting, start the motor, press the saw head down and push the saw through the workpiece.
English 14. The cut-off piece must not be jammed or pressed by any means against the spinning saw blade. If confined, i.e. using length stops, the cut-off piece could get wedged against the blade and thrown violently. 15. Always use a clamp or a fixture designed to properly support round material such as rods or tubing.
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20. Do not use saw blades which are damaged or deformed. 21. Do not use saw blades manufactured from high speed steel. 22. Use only saw blades recommended by HiKOKI. 23. The saw blades should be 305 mm external diameter ranges.
English 37. During a miter or bevel cut the blade should not be lifted until it has stopped rotation completely. 38. During slide cutting operation, the saw must be pushed and slided away from the operator. 39. Take all the possibility of residual risks in cutting operation into your consideration, such as the inadvertent access to moving parts on slide mechanical parts on machine and so on.
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English If the tool is overloaded, the motor may stop. In this case, release the switch of tool and eliminate causes of overloading. After that, you can use it again. If the battery is overheated under overload work, the battery power may stop. In this case, stop using the battery and let the battery cool.
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English 15. Never short-circuit the battery. Short-circuiting the battery will cause a great electric current and overheat. It results in burn or damage to the battery. 16. Do not dispose of the battery in fire. If the battery burnt, it may explode. 17.
English WARNING If a conductive foreign matter enters in the terminal of lithium ion battery, the battery may be shorted, causing fire. When storing the lithium ion battery, obey surely the rules of following contents. ○ Do not place conductive debris, nail and wires such as iron wire and copper wire in the storage case.
English USB DEVICE CONNECTION PRECAUTIONS (UC18YSL3) (sold separately) When an unexpected problem occurs, the data in a USB device connected to this product may be corrupted or lost. Always make sure to back up any data contained in the USB device prior to use with this product. Please be aware that our company accepts absolutely no responsibility for any data stored in a USB device that is corrupted or lost, nor for any damage that may occur to a connected device.
English NAME OF PARTS 1. POWER TOOL Mode selector lamp Mode selector switch LED light switch Motor head Battery Motor Dust bag Lock-off button Left hex. 10 mm Handle socket bolt Locking pin Gear case LED light Holder (A) Rotation direction Hinge Saw blade Indicator...
2. Battery (Optional accessories) 3. Battery Charger (Optional accessories) Ventilation holes Charge indicator lamp Cord Battery cover Dispay panel Ventilation holes Nameplate Terminals Guide rail Latch <BSL36A18X> <UC18YSL3> Fig. 6 Fig. 7 SPECIFICATIONS POWER TOOL Model C 3612DRA Motor DC brushless motor LED light...
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English Outside Dia. 305 mm, Applicable saw blade Hole Dia. 25.4 mm 4000 /min (Auto Switch mode) / No load speed 3200 /min (High Torque mode) Miter sawing range Left 0°–45° Right 0°–57° Bevel sawing range Left 0°–45° Right 0°–45° Left (Bevel) 0°–45° Left (Miter) 0°–45°, Right (Miter) 0°–45° Compound sawing range Right (Bevel) 0°–45°...
English Left 45° *75 mm 180 mm 25 mm Left 45° 70 mm 220 mm Right 45° *75 mm 180 mm 25 mm Compound 45 mm 220 mm Left 45° *50 mm 180 mm 25 mm Right 45° 45 mm 220 mm Right 45°...
English Sub Fence (mounted on tool) APPLICATIONS Cutting various types of aluminium sash and wood. BATTERY REMOVAL / INSTALLATION Battery removal Withdraw battery from the tool handle while pressing the latch (2 pcs) of the battery (Fig. 8). Battery Pull out Latch Insert Push...
English CHARGING Before using the power tool, charge the battery as follows. <UC18YSL3 (sold separately)> Connect the charger’s power cord to the receptacle. When connecting the plug of the charger to a receptacle, the charge indicator lamp will blink in red (See Table 3). Insert the battery into the charger.
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English Lights continuously (Continuous buzzer sound: about 6 sec.) (GREEN) Charging complete ON/OFF at 0.3 sec. intervals (RED) Overheat standby* ON/OFF at 0.1 sec. intervals (Intermittent buzzer sound: about 2 sec.) (PURPLE) Charging impossible* NOTE If the red lamp continues to blink even after the charger has been attached, check to confirm that the battery has been fully inserted.
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– Do not block the air vent. Otherwise the interior will overheat, reducing the charger’s performance. – If the cooling fan is not operating, contact a HiKOKI Authorized Service Center for repairs. Disconnect the charger’s power cord from the receptacle.
English How to make the batteries perform longer. Recharge the batteries before they become completely exhausted. When you feel that the power of the tool becomes weaker, stop using the tool and recharge its battery. If you continue to use the tool and exhaust the electric current, the battery may be damaged and its life will become shorter.
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English Base holder adjustment (Fig. 11) Loosen the 6 mm bolt with the 10 mm box wrench. Adjust the base holder until its bottom surface contacts the bench or the floor surface. After adjustment, firmly tighten the 6 mm bolt. Holder 6 mm bolt Fig.
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English bag before it gets full. When bevel angle cutting, adjust the support bar and Install the dust bag so that it hangs down vertically. Vertical Dust bag Gear case Dust port Support bar Fig. 13 WARNING Do not use this saw to cut and/or sand metals. The hot chips or sparks may ignite saw dust from the bag material.
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English Lower guard is designed to protect the operator from coming into contact with the saw blade during operation of the tool. Always check that the lower guard moves smoothly and covers the saw blade properly. (Fig. 14) Lower guard Fig.
English Indicator Indicator 8 mm set screw (For bevel scale) (For bevel scale) (For right angle) Set pin (A) 8 mm set screw (For right 45° bevel angle) 8 mm set screw (For left 45° bevel angle) Fig. 15 Checking the saw blade lower limit position Check that the saw blade can be lowered 9 mm to 11 mm below the table insert.
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English Right angle cutting (Fig. 17-a) Loosen the three 5 mm machine screws, then secure the left side table insert and temporarily tighten the 5 mm machine screws of both ends. Then fix a workpiece (about 200 mm wide) with the vise assembly and cut it off. After aligning the cutting surface with the edge of the table insert, securely tighten the 5 mm machine screws of both ends.
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English Saw Blade Table Insert 5 mm Machine screw Right bevel angle cutting Fig. 17-c CAUTION After adjusting the table insert for right angle cutting, the table insert will be cut to some extent if it is used for bevel angle cutting. When bevel cutting operation is required, adjust the table insert for bevel angle cutting.
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English CAUTION In the case of direct angle cutting and left bevel angle cutting, slide inward to the position where the sub fence (A) hits, and secure it with 6 mm wing bolt. (as shown in Fig. 18) Sub fence (A) Mounting position of the sub fence (A) 6 mm wing bolt...
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English Slide carriage system (Fig. 20) WARNING To reduce the risk of injury, return slide carriage to the full rear position after each crosscut operation. For chop cutting operations on small workpieces, slide the cutting head assembly completely toward the rear of the unit and tighten the slide securing knob. To cut wide boards up to 312 mm, the slide securing knob must be loosened to allow the cutting head slide freely.
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English Locking pin Fence Miter lock handle 6 mm machine screw Indicator (For miter scale) 4 mm screw Miter scale Fig. 21 Miter angle adjustment The slide compound miter saw scale can be easily read, showing miter angles from 0° to 45°...
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English 4 mm screw Positive stop lever Detent lever Indicator (For miter scale) Miter lock handle Bevel lock handle Fig. 22 LED lighting system (Fig. 23) [XACT CUT LED™] CAUTION Do not stare at operating lamp. Staring into the light beam may result in serious injury or vision loss.
English If the load increases while the motor is operating in Auto Switch mode, it automatically changes to High Torque mode. Additionally, if the load decreases again, it automatically returns to Auto Switch mode. In the High Torque mode, it does not change to the Auto Switch mode even when the load decreases.
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English ○ If the shavings accumulate too much, the saw blade from the cutting material will be exposed. Never subject your hand or anything else to go near the exposed blade. Switch operation Pull the switch while pressing the switch lock to either side of the arrow to make the saw blade rotate.
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English The vise assembly can be mounted on the base. Turn the upper knob and securely fix the workpiece in position. (Fig. 26) Knob Screw Holder Hex. socket set screw (Optional accessory) Vise Plate Vise Shaft Workpiece Sub Fence (A) (Sub Fence (B)) Fence (A) (Fence (B)) Fig.
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English Once the saw blade contacts the workpiece, push the handle down gradually to cut into the workpiece. After cutting the workpiece to the desired depth, turn the power tool OFF and let the saw blade stop completely before raising the handle from the workpiece to return it to the full retract position.
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English Cutting large workpieces (Fig. 29, Fig. 30) There may be case when a complete cutting cannot be done depending on the height of workpiece. In this case, mount an auxiliary board with the 6 mm flat head screws and the 6 mm nuts using the 7 mm holes on the fence surface (two holes on each side).
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English Cutting wide workpieces (Slide cutting) (Fig. 31) Workpieces up to 107 mm high and 312 mm wide: Loosen the slide securing knob (A) (Fig. 5 on page 70), grip the handle and slide the saw blade forward. Then press down on the handle and slide the saw blade backward to cut the workpiece.
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English Bevel cutting procedures WARNING When changing the oblique angle, hold down the motor head. If the motor head moves to an oblique angle suddenly, it may result in injury or damage to the main body. Loosen the bevel lock handle and bevel the saw blade to the left or to the right. To change the bevel angle to the right, loosen the bevel lock handle, then pull out the set pin (A) toward the front, and tilt the motor head to the right.
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English WARNING ○ When the workpiece is secured on the left or right side of the blade, the short cut- off portion will come to rest on the right or left side of the saw blade. Always turn the power off and let the saw blade stop completely before raising the handle from the workpiece.
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English ○ Operation of the saw with the miter scale and indicator out of alignment, will result in poor cutting precision. Turntable Positive stop lever Tighten Indicator Miter scale Miter lock handle (For miter scale) Fig. 33 10. Compound cutting procedures Compound cutting can be performed by following the instructions in 8 and 9 above.
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English As indicated in Fig. 34, use a steel square for aligning the upper edge of the holders with the base surface. Loosen the 6 mm wing nut. Turn a height adjustment bolt 6 mm, and adjust the height of the holder.
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English 14. Confirmation for use Crown molding vise, Crown molding Stopper (L) and (R) (Optional accessory) Crown molding Stopper (L) and (R) (optional accessories) allow easier cuts of crown molding without tilting the saw blade. Install them in the base both-sides side to be shown in Fig.
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English Position crown molding with its WALL CONTACT EDGE against the guide fence and its CEILING CONTACT EDGE against the crown molding Stoppers as shown in Fig. 37. Adjust the crown molding Stoppers according to the size of the crown molding. Crown molding Vise Ass’y (Optional accessory) Hex.
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English Adjust to the desired cutting depth by setting the distance between the saw blade and the surface of the base (Fig. 38). 6 mm depth adjustment bolt Groove Bottom line of the groove ⓐ Hinge ⓑ ⓑ Turntable Fig. 38 NOTE When cutting a single groove at either end of the workpiece, remove the unneeded portion with a chisel.
English Dust extractor Hose (id 38 mm) Dust collection adapter (Optional accessory) Adapter (Dust extractor's standard accessory) Joint (C) (Optional accessory) Hose band (Optional accessory) Duct Fig. 39 MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING SAW BLADE WARNING To prevent an accident or personal injury, always turn off the trigger switch and remove the battery pack before removing or installing a saw blade.
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English Remove the bolt and washer (B). Spindle lock Washer (B) Loosen Dust guide 10 mm bolt Tighten 8 mm hex. bar wrench Fig. 40-a Saw blade Left hex. 10 mm socket bolt Washer (A) Washer (B) Fig. 40-b Lift the lower guard and mount the saw blade. WARNING When mounting the saw blade, confirm that the rotation indicator mark on the saw blade and the rotation direction of the gear case (Fig.
English CAUTION ○ A dust guide is installed inside behind the hinge. When removing or installing the saw blade, do not make contact with the dust guide. Contact may break or chip saw blade tips. (Fig. 40-a) ○ Confirm that the spindle lock has returned to the retract position after installing or removing the saw blade.
English REMAINING BATTERY INDICATOR You can check the battery’s remaining capacity by pressing the remaining battery indicator switch to light the indicator lamp. (Fig. 41, Table 6) Remaining battery Remaining battery indicator lamp indicator switch Display panel Fig. 41 It is best to use the remaining battery indicator as a guide since there are slight differences such as ambient temperature and the condition of the battery.
English As the remaining battery indicator shows somewhat differently depending on ambient temperature and battery characteristics, read it as a reference. CAUTION Do not give a strong shock to the display panel or break it. It may lead to a trouble. TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAIN BODY WARNING To avoid an accident or personal injury, always confirm that the trigger switch is...
English HOW TO RECHARGE USB DEVICE (UC18YSL3) WARNING ○ Prior to use, check the connecting USB cable for any defect or damage. Using a defective or damaged USB cable can cause smoke emission or ignition. ○ When the product is not being used, cover the USB port with the rubber cover. Buildup of dust etc.
English When charging is completed ○ To verify charge status, check the USB device. ○ Unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet. (Fig. 45) ○ Place the rubber cover over the USB port. Rubber cover USB port USB cable Fig.
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English Never use the tool unless the lower guard operates properly and it is in good mechanical condition. Inspection of terminals (tool and battery) Check to make sure that swarf and dust have not collected on the terminals. On occasion check prior, during and after operation. CAUTION Remove any swarf or dust which may have collected on the terminals.
TROUBLESHOOTING Use the inspections in the table below if the tool does not operate normally. If this does not remedy the problem, consult your dealer or the HiKOKI Authorized Service Center. Symptom Possible cause Remedy Tool doesn’t run...
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English Symptom Possible cause Remedy Cannot be tilted The bevel lock handle has not Loosen the bevel lock handle been loosened. and then tilt the tool. After adjusting the loosened component, make sure to tighten it once again. Cannot be tilted to the right Set pin (A) has not been Tilt to the right after pulling out pulled out.
English SELECTING ACCESSORIES Select accessories that are suited to a specific task. For details contact HiKOKI Authorized Service Center. Part Number: Part Number: 308325 324452 Part Number: 339652 Part Number: Part Number: 322955 380840 Part Number: Part Number: 955857 376730...
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English Part Number: Part Number: 339661 339625 Part Number: 339662 Part Number: 307956 Part Number: Part Number: 307956 Part Number: 996722 322677 Part Number: Part Number: Part Number: 322047 965841 339626 Part Number: Part Number: 996722 304043 Part Number: 996247 Part Number: 339624 Part Number: 339660 Part Number:...
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English BSL36..18.. UC18YSL3 Part Number: 329897 Battery (14.4 V–18 V) Battery cover Charger...
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