Craftsman 172.24360 Owner's Manual page 30

To Crosscut With Your Miter Saw cont.
12. BEFORE turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation
just to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut is made.
13. Hold the saw handle firmly, when squeezing the trigger switch.
Allow several seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.
14. Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece, (See Figure 22.)
15. Release the trigger switch and allow the saw blade to stop rotating BEFORE
raising the blade out of the workplece.Wait until the electric brake stops the
blade from turning BEFORE removing the workpiece from the miter table.
BEVEL CU'I-FING
(See Figures 23 and 24)
A bevel cut is a cut made across
the grain of the workpiece with the
blade at an angle to the workpiece.
A straight bevel cut is made
with the miter table set in the
0° position and the blade set
at an angle between 0° and 45 o.
To Bevel Cut With Your Miter Saw
1. Unplug the saw.
/_ WARNING:
To prevent personal injury, ALWAYS disconnect the
plug from power source BEFORE assembling parts, making adjustments
or changing blades.
2. Pull out the lock pin and lift the saw arm to its full height.
3. Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter lock
handle approximately one-half turn to the left to loosen,
4. Press down on miter lock plate to disengage.
5. Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with zero on the miter scale.
6. Release the miter lock plate.
NOTE: You can quickly locate 0 ° by releasing the 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.
7. Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
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