Craftsman 315.235380 - Manual (Page 19)

ADJUSTMENTS
■ Lower the blade into the zero clearance throat
plate of the miter table. Check blade clearance
and maximum cutting distance (distance from
fence where blade enters) to front of miter table
slot.
■ Readjust if necessary.
A WARNING: Do not start your compound miter
saw without checking for interference between
the blade and the miter table support. Damage
could result to the blade if it strikes the miter
table support during operation of the saw.
■ Tighten the hex nut with a 17 mm wrench or
adjustable wrench.
■ To prevent the depth stop adjustment screw from
turning while tightening the hex not, carefully hold
it with the hex key while tightening the hex nut.
APPLICATIONS
i(Use only for the purposes listed below)
■ Cross cutting wood and plastic.
■ Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames,
moldings, door casings, and fine joinery.
Note: The 104 tooth crosscut blade provided is fine
for most wood cutting operations, but for fine joinery
cuts or cutting plastic, use one of the accessory
blades available from your nearest Sears store.
WARNING: Before starting any cutting
operation, clamp or bolt your compourKl miter
saw to a workbench. Never operate your miter
saw on the floor or in a crouched position.
Failure to heed №is warning can result in serious
personal injury.
CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
A WARNING; When using a work clamp or
C'Clamp to secure your workpiece, clamp
workpiece on one side of the blade only. The
workpiece must remain free on one side of the
blade to prevent the blade from binding in
workpiece. The workpiece binding the blade will
cause motor stalling and kickback. This situation
could cause an accident resulting in possible
serious personal injury.
CROSSCUTTING
See Figure 26.
A crosscut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight crosscut is made with №e miter
table set at the zero degree position. Miter crosscuts
are made with the miter table set at some angle other
than zero.
TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER
SAW:
■ Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full
height.
■ Loosen the miter lock handle. Rotate the miter
lock handle approximately one-half turn to the left
to loosen,
■ Press the miter lock plate down with your thumb
and hold,
■ Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with
the desired angle on the miter scale.
■ Release the miter lock plate.
Note: You can quickly locate 0“, 22-1/2* left or
right, 31.6“ left or right, and 45* left or right by
releasing the lock plate as you rotate the control
arm. The lock plate will seat itself in one of the
positive stop notches, located in the miter table
frame.
■ Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
A WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury,
always tighten the miter lock handle securely
before making a cut. Failure to do so could result
in movement of the control arm or miter table
while making a cut.
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