Features; Know Your Compound Miter Saw; Cutting Capacities - Craftsman 315.212300 Owner's Manual

KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER
SAW
See Figure 3.
Before attempting to use your saw, familiarize yourself
with all operating features and safety requirements.
A WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with your
saw to make you careless. Remember that a
careless fraction of a second is sufficient to inflict
severe injury.
15 AMP MOTOR
Your saw has a powerful 15 amp motor with sufficient
power to handle tough cutting jobs. It is made with all
ball beadngs, and has externally accessible brushes
for ease of servicing.
10 in. BLADE
A 10 in. saw blade is included with your compound
miter saw. It will out materials up to 3-9/16 in. thick or
5-9/16 in. wide, depending upon the thickness or
width of the material and the setting at which the cut is
being made.
SWITCH
LOCK-OFFLEVER
UPPER
BLADEGUARD
CUTTING CAPACITIES
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 0 ° and
the bevel angle is set at O°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
5-9/16 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
It will cut materials up to a maximum thickess of
3-9116 in. thick X 4 in, wide.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at 45 ° and
the bevel angle is set at O°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
3-15116 in. wide X 2-9/32 in. thick.
When the miter angle (miter table) is set at O° and
the bevel angle Is set at 45°:
Your saw will cut materials up to a maximum of
5-9/16 in. wide X 1-9/16 in. thick.
SAWARM
SWITCHTRIGGER
DUSTGUIDE
BEVEL
LOCKKNOB
LOWER
BLADEGUARD
MITERTABLE
NO HANDS
ZONE LABEL
"NO HANDSZON_
BOUNDARY UNE
ZEROCLEARANCE
MITER
LOCK PLATE
MITER
TABLEFRAME
CONTROLARM
POSITIVESTOP(S)
10
MITER
LOCKHANDLE
Fig. 3