Cutting compound miters – Black & Decker 81/4" COMPUND MITER SAW 9425 User Manual

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6. Remove the old blade and insiall the

new one taking care to orient the two

blade washers carefully, as shown in
Figure 13.

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7. Manually tower the blade guard as far

as it will go.

8. Tighten hex screw ‘’A * clockwise until

tight. (DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN.)
Replace the hex wrench in the saw

table.

Picture Frames,

Shadow Boxes &
Similar Four-Sided

Projects

For a more thorough understanding,

we suggest that you perform these cuts
using scrap wood. Your new saw is the
perfect tool for making closed objects

where it’s necessary to join wood sides
and construct corners. Figure 14 shows
two typical types of mitered corners.

The example in Figure A is a joint

made by using the bevel adjustment to
bevel the edges of the boards (at 45°

each) to form a 90° miter corner. For this
operation, set the bevel post adjustment
at 45° and the miter table adjustment at
0°. Position the wood with the broad flat
side against the table and the narrow

edge against the fence.

The example shown in Figure B

is a joint made by using the miter table
adjustment to miter the width of the board
(at 45° each) to form a miter corner of

90°. For this operation, set the bevel post
adjustment at 0° and the miter table
adjustment at 45°. Position the wood with
the broad flat surface against the table
and the narrow edge against the fence.

NOTE: The examples shown and

discussed above are for four-sided fig­

ures only. The chart in Figure 15 shows

the setting for the miter table or bevel
post for several different shapes.
Observe that the angle of cut decreases
as the number of sides increases. These

angles are derived from the formula:

180° T number of sides in desired object

= miter angle for each joint

FIG. 15

— EXAMPLES —

NO.

SIDES

ANGLE

MITER OR BEVEL

4

45°

5

36°

6

■•■s ■ 30°

7

26.7°

8

22.5°

-... 9....... .

---20^—:: ............ ...

10

18°

Cutting
Compound Miters

A compound miter is a cut made

using both a miter setting (made by

adjusting the miter table) and a bevel set­
ting (made by adjusting the bevel post).
The resulting cut is a beveled (or com­
pound) miter. These cuts are used for
making frames or boxes with sloping
sides like those shown in Figure 16. The
important thing to remember when mak­
ing compound miters is that the adjust­
ments of miter and bevel are inter­

dependent with one another. Each time
you adjust the miter table you change the
bevel setting; and every adjustment to
bevel changes the miter setting, it may
take several settings to obtain the
desired cut. ALWAYS MAKE TEST

CUTS IN SCRAP MATERIAL
BEFORE ATTEMPTING FINISHED

WORK.

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