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Safety “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by ! WARNING BULLET (l) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. l Do not expose power tools to rain or wet General Safety Rules conditions. Water entering a power tool will increase the risk of electric shock. For Bench Top Tools l Do not abuse the cord. Never use the cord Work Area to carry the tools or pull the plug from an l Keep work area clean and well lit.
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Safety “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by ! WARNING BULLET (l) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. l Use safety equipment. Always wear safety Service goggles. Dust mask, safety shoes, hard hat or l Tool service must be performed only by hearing protection must be used for qualified repair personnel. Service or mainte- appropriate conditions. Everyday eyeglasses nance performed by unqualified pers
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Safety “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by ! WARNING BULLET (l) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. l Inspect your workpiece before cutting. If l When cutting irregularly shaped work- workpiece is bowed or warped, clamp it with pieces, plan your work so it will not slip and the outside bowed face toward the fence. pinch the blade and be torn from your hand. A piece of molding, for example, must lie fl
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Safety “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by ! WARNING BULLET (l) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. l Do not allow familiarity gained from frequent Some dust created by power ! WARNING use of your miter saw to become common- sanding, sawing, grinding, place. Always remember that a careless frac- drilling, and other construction activities contains tion of a second is sufficient to inflict severe chemicals
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Safety “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by ! WARNING BULLET (l) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. Double Insulated Tools Extension Cords l Replace damaged cords immediately. Use of Double insulation is a design concept used in damaged cords can shock, burn or electrocute. electric power tools which eliminates the need for the l If an extension cord is necessary, a cord with three wire grounded powe
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Electrical Requirements 1. Connect this saw to a 120V, 15-amp branch cir- When electrical power is lost due to ! WARNING cuit with a 15-amp time delay fuse or circuit blown fuse or other causes, the breaker. Using the wrong size fuse can damage motor will gradually slow down and the braking the motor. action is initiated ONLY by the release of the trigger switch. 2. Fuses may “blow” or circuit breakers may trip frequently if motor is overloaded. Overloading The electric blade brake of your m
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Getting To Know Your Miter Saw 1 3 4 30 40 28 2 29 22 5 32 26 27 6 21 7 23 25 24 18 8 19 7 20 9 16 41 40 43 10 12 18 11 34 14 15 13 17 16 5. Lower Blade Guard/Lower Guard Lip To avoid injury from accidental ! WARNING The lower blade guard helps protect your hands from the starting, remove plug from power spinning blade. It retracts as the blade is lowered. Guard source outlet before making any adjustments. Lip can be used to raise the lower guard manually, only as 1. Switch “Lock-OFF” Button
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Getting To Know Your Miter Saw 10. Miter Lock Knob The miter lock knob locks the miter saw table at any 2 desired miter angle. 11. Miter Detent Trigger The trigger releases the table from the detent. 12. Miter Scale/Miter Angle Indicator Scale is cast in on the base of the saw. Indicator is fas- tened to the table. 13. Miter Detents 38 37 There are ten (10) miter detents for fast and accurate miter 32 cuts of common miter angles. 36 14. Table 39 42 Sits in base, provides workpiece support
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Assembly Tools Needed For Assembly And Alignment Blade Wrench (supplied), hex on Phillips Screwdriver other side of phillips. Combination Square Must be True Draw Light Straight Edge of Line on Board Board 3/4" Thick Along this Edge This Edge Must be Combination Square Perfectly Straight Should be no Gap or Overlap when Square is Flipped Over in Dotted Position Disconnect plug from power source before performing any assembly, adjustment or repair to avoid possible injury. Unpacking And Checking
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1 Assembly Shaft Miter Gauge Lock Knob Attaching Miter Lock Knob Locate the miter lock knob from among the loose parts and thread shaft into miter detent assembly as shown in Figure 4. Figure 4: Miter Lock Knob Assembling Dust Elbow And Dust Bag 1. Push the dust elbow onto the dust nozzle. 2. The dust bag attaches to the dust chute elbow Rotate elbow to the desired position. (Figure 5). and is used to collect sawdust. The dust elbow can also be attached to a standard 2" vacu- um tube for dust
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Assembly Installation And Removal Of The Blade 6. To install the 10" blade, fit blade between the Disconnect plug from power source ! WARNING chip deflectors and onto arbor shaft (Figure 3). before performing any assembly, NOTE: Make sure the rotation arrow on the adjustment or repair to avoid possible injury. blade matches the clockwise rotation arrow on 1. Loosen rear cover plate screw one full turn. Do not completely remove screw. the lower guard. 2. Loosen front cover plate screw (
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Adjustments Disconnect plug from power source ! WARNING before performing any assembly, adjustment or repair to avoid possible injury. NOTE: Your slide compound miter saw was com- pletely adjusted at the factory. However, during ship- ment, slight misalignment may have occurred. Check the following settings and adjust if necessary prior to using this compound miter saw. 0º Stop Blade Square (90°) Screw To Table Jam Nut 90° Blade Alignment Check 1. Rotate table to 0° position and lock in plac
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Adjustments Blade 45° To Table 45° Blade Alignment Check 1. Rotate table to 0° position and lock in place. 2. Make sure head assembly is pushed back fully against stop and slide rail lock knob is tightened. Blade 3. Lower head assembly. Lock in place. 4. Make sure the 33.9º bevel stop screw jam nut is in the passive position, out of line with the 90º and 45º bevel stop screw jam nuts. 5. Loosen bevel lock handle and tilt the head assembly to 45° bevel. Check the 45° bevel stop. The bevel ind
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Adjustments Blade 33.9° To Table 33.9° Blade Alignment Check NOTE: You must check and align 45º and 90º set- tings first before doing 33.9º (See pages 13 and 14). 1. Rotate table to 0° position and lock in place. 2. Make sure head assembly is pushed back fully against stop and slide rail lock knob is tightened. 3. Lower head assembly. Lock in place. 4. Make sure the 33.9º bevel stop screw jam nut is in the active position, in-line with the 90º and 45º bevel stop screw jam nuts. 5. Loosen beve
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Adjustments Fence Alignment Adjustment Blade Square to Fence 1. The head assembly should remain in lowered Fence Alignment Check position. 1. Make sure head assembly is pulled forward near 2. Extend sliding fence. Use blade wrench (sup- the center of the table and slide rail lock knob is plied) and loosen three (3) bolts behind fence tightened (Figure 13). (Figure 14). 2. Lower the head assembly, and lock in the lower position. 3. Adjust fence until blade and the fence has full 3. Make su
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Installation l Never carry the miter saw by the power cord or To avoid injury always observe ! WARNING the following: the operational handle. Attempting to lift or carry the tool by the power cord will damage l Unplug electric cord. Before transporting the the insulation and the wire connections result- saw, rotate head assembly to 45° right miter, ing in electric shock or fire. lock into detent, pull the head assembly com- l Observe the position of the saw. People pletely forward toward y
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Installation Portable Mounting Using Clamps • If using bolts or screws is not possible, clamp the slide compound miter saw to a workbench or table top using clamps. Clamping Area • Place a “C” clamp on each of the clamping areas and secure (Figure 17). Note: Use of clamps will limit use of extreme miter angles. Clamping Area Figure 17. Portable Mounting Using Clamps Stability Bar Adjustment For added support of the table during cutting, the stability bar should be adjusted before use. 1. Lo
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50 50 50 50 45 45 45 45 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 35 35 35 35 25 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 Basic Saw Operations Body and Hand Position Position your body and hands prop- The lower guard may not automati- ! WARNING ! WARNING erly to make cutting easier and cally open under certain cutting safer. Observe the following instructions (Figure 18). conditions. l Never place hands near cutting area. Keep l Typically this may occur when trying to cut work- hands outside the “No Hands
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Basic Saw Operations Workpiece Support Long workpieces have a tendency There may be extreme compound ! WARNING ! WARNING to tip over unless clamped down cuts where clamp cannot be used. and properly supported from underneath. Support workpiece with hand outside No Hands Zone. Do not try to cut short pieces that cannot be clamped and cause your hand to be in the No Hands Clamps Zone. Workpiece Clamp - This clamp easily secures a workpiece in any of three (3) clamp holes behind the fence (Figure 2
