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WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, do
not use saw without chip shield properly in place.
GENERAL
CUTTING
See Figure 6.
Rest the front of the saw base on the workpiece and
align cutting edge of the blade with the line on your
workpiece. Make sure the power cord is out of your
way and not in the line of cut. Start your saw and
move it forward on the work surface. Apply downward
pressure to keep the sew steady and only enough
forward pressure to keep the blade cutting.
ORBITAL
MOTION
See Figure 6.
The blade of your saw cuts in orbital motion. This
feature is adjustable and provides faster more efficient
cutting. With orbital motion the blade cuts through
your work in the upstroke but does not drag across
your work in the downstroke. The higher settings
should be used when fast cutting in soft material is
desired. The lower settings should be used when
cutting materials with more resistance.
STRAIGHT
CUT
See Figure 6.
A straight cut can be made by clamping a piece of
wood or straightedge to the workpiece and guiding the
edge of your saw against it. Make the cut from one
direction only: don't cut halfway and complete the cut
from the opposite end.
SCROLL CUTTING
See Figure 7.
Scroll cuts can be made with your saw by guiding the
direction of the cut with applied pressure on the
handle as shown in Figure 7.
TO DECREASE
ORBITAL SETTING
ro INCREASE
ORBITALSETrlNG
Fig. 6
DO NOT FORCE
YOUR SAW
Forcing your saw may overheat the motor and break
saw blades. Broken blades can be reused by loosen-
ing the blade screws until the portion left in the blade
clamp drops out, then putting the remainder of the
blade back into the blade clamp and retightening the
blade screws. It may be necessary to flatten the tooth
set in the area to be inserted into the blade clamp
when using broken blades.
Fig. 7
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WARNING:
Excessive side pressure to the
blade could result in broken blades or damage to
the material being cut.
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