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CUTTING
A SLOT
IN THE ZERO
CLEARANCE
THROAT
PLATE
In order to use your compound miter saw, you must
cut a slot through the zero clearance throat plate to
allow for blade clearance. To cut the slot, set your
saw at O degrees miter, turn saw on and allow the
blade to reach full speed, then carefully make a
straight cut as far as it will go through the throat plate.
Turn your saw off and allow the blade to come to a
complete stop before raising the saw arm.
Next, adjust the bevel angle to 45 degrees, turn your
saw on and allow the blade to reach full speed, then
carefully make another cut through the zero clearance
throat plate. The throat plate will then be wide enough
to allow the blade to pass through it at any angle from
0 to 45 degrees.
SQUARING
THE
MITER
TABLE
TO THE
FENCE
See Figures 13 - 16.
•
Unplug your saw.
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WARNING:
Failure to unplug your saw could
result in accidental starting causing possible
serious personal injury.
•
Push down on the saw arm and pull out the lock
pin to release
the saw arm.
•
Raise saw arm to its furl raised position.
•
Loosen the miter lock handle approximately
one-
half turn.
•
Depress the miter lock plate and rotate the miter
table until the pointer on the control arm is posi-
tioned at 0°.
•
Release
the miter lock plate and securely tighten
the miter lock handle.
•
Lay a framing
square flat on the miter table. Place
one leg of the square against the fence. Place the
other leg of the square
beside the zero clearance
throat plate in the miter table. The edge of the
square
and the zero clearance
throat plate in
the miter table should be parallel as shown in
figure
13.
•
If the edge of the framing square and the zero
clearance
throat plate in the miter table are not
parallel as shown in figures 14 and 15, adjust-
ments are needed.
FRAMING
SQUARE
MITER TABLE
MITER
LOCK PLATE
THROAT PLATE
MITER
LOCK HANDLE
VIEW OF MITER TABLE SQUARE WITH FENCE
AND CORRECTLY ADJUSTED
Fig. 13
FENCE
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TABLE
VIEW OF MITER TABLE NOT SQUARE WITH
FENCE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED
Fig. 14
FENCE
MITER TABLE
FRAMING
ZERO CLEARANCE
SQUARE
THROAT PLATE
VIEWOFMITERTABLENOTSQUARE WITH
FENCE, A DJUSTMENTS A REREQUIRED
Fig. 15
15
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