Bevel Cutting - Craftsman 320.21180 Operator's Manual

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CROSSCUTTING cont. (Fig. 13 and 14)
A WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, ALWAYS keep your hands
outside the "no hands zone", as marked on the saw table, which is at least 3
inches from the blade. Also, NEVER perform any cutting operation "freehand"
(i.e. without holding the workpiece against the fence); the blade could grab the
workpiece, causing it to slip and twist.
12. BEFORE turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation by
lowering the saw arm to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut
is made.
13. Hold the saw handle and use your index finger to turn on the laser switch by
pushing it forward.
14. To turn on saw, push the safety lock button in with your thumb while squeezing
the On/Off trigger switch located under the handle (Fig. la and lb). Allow several
seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.
15. Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
16. Release the safety lock and trigger switch and turn off the laser switch. Allow the
saw blade to stop rotating BEFORE raising the blade out of the workpiece.
BEVEL CUTTING (Fig. 15)
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 O° position and
the saw arm set at a bevel angle
between O° and 45 °.
To Bevel Cut With Your Miter Saw
1. Unplug the saw.
Fig. 15
45 ° Bevel Cut
z& WARNING:
Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting
causing serious injury.
2. Make sure the miter table is at 0 ° and locked, and check that the miter table lock
lever is down and secured in position.
/k WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, ALWAYS tighten the miter I
lock lever securely BEFORE making a cut. Failure to do so could result in
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movement of the control arm or miter table while making a cut.
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BEVEL CUTTING cont. (fig. 15)
3. Release the saw arm by pulling out the locking pin.
4. To make a bevel cut, loosen the bevel lock knob (Fig. lb) by turning the knob
counterclockwise.
5. Tilt the saw arm to the desired bevel angle as shown on the bevel scale. The blade
can be positioned at any angle, from a 90 ° straight cut (0 ° on the scale) to a 45 °
left bevel (Fig. 15).
I/k WARNING:
the bevel lock knob the in its
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Tighten
to secure
saw
arm
position.
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6. Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge securely against the
fence. If the board is warped, place the convex side against the fence. If the
concave edge of the board is against the fence, the board could collapse on the
blade at the end of the cut and jam the blade (Fig. 19 and 20).
7. Align the "red laser line" to touch the right edge of your pencil line on the
workpiece.
8. Use the hold down clamp to secure workpiece against saw table and fence.
9. When cutting long workpieces, support the opposite end of the workpiece with a
roller stand or with another work surface that is level with the saw table.
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CAUTION:
NEVER use another person as an additional support for a I
workpiece that is longer or wider than the basic saw table, or to help feed,
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support, or pull the workpiece.
A WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, ALWAYS keep your hands
outside the "no hands zone", as marked on the saw table, which is at least 3
inches from the blade. Also, NEVER perform any cutting operation "freehand"
(i.e. without holding the workpiece against the fence); the blade could grab the
workpiece, causing it to slip and twist.
BEFORE turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the cutting operation by
lowering the saw arm to make sure that no problems will occur when the cut
is made.
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11. Hold the saw handle and use your index finger to turn on the laser switch by
pushing it forward.
12. To turn on saw, push the safety lock button in with your thumb while squeezing
the On/Off trigger switch located under the handle (Fig.la and lb). Allow several
seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.
13. Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
14. Release the safety lock and trigger switch, and turn off the laser switch. Allow the
saw blade to stop rotating BEFORE raising the blade out of the workpiece.
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