Ryobi TS230 - Manual (Page 20)

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Fig. 27
Fig. 28
OPERATION
BEVEL CUT
See Figures 27 and 28.
A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece with the blade angled to the workpiece. A straight
bevel cut is made with the miter table set at the zero degree
position and the blade set at an angle between 0
°
and 45
°
.
TO BEVEL CUT 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 lock plate down with your thumb and hold.
■ Rotate the control arm until the pointer aligns with zero
on the miter scale.
■ Release the lock plate.
NOTE: You can quickly locate zero by releasing the lock
plate as you rotate the control arm. The lock plate will
seat itself in one of the built-in positive stop notches,
located in the miter table frame.
■ Tighten the miter lock handle securely.
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.
■ Loosen the bevel lock knob and move the saw arm to the
left to the desired bevel angle.
■ Bevel angles can be set from 0
°
to 45
°
.
■ For your convenience there is a double scale located on
the mounting bracket.
See Figure 27. If one side be-
comes difficult to read as you move the saw arm to the
left, simply refer to the other side. Align the indicator
point for the side you choose with the desired angle.
■ Once the saw arm has been set at the desired angle,
securely tighten the bevel lock knob.
■ Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge
securely against the fence. If the board is warped, place
the convex side against the fence. If the concave edge
of a board is placed against the fence, the board could
collapse on the blade at the end of the cut, jamming the
blade.
■ When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support
the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand or with
a work surface level with the saw table.
■ Align the cutting line on the workpiece with the edge of
saw blade.
■ Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it
against the fence. Use the work clamp or a C-clamp to
secure the workpiece when possible.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep your hands outside
the no hands zone; at least 3 in. (76.2 mm) from blade.
Never perform any cutting operation freehand (without
holding workpiece against the fence). The blade could
grab the workpiece if it slips or twists.
■ Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of the
cutting operation just to make sure that no problems will
occur when the cut is made.
■ Grasp the saw handle firmly, slide the lock-off lever
back, then squeeze the switch trigger. Allow several
seconds for the blade to reach maximum speed.
■ Slowly lower the blade into and through the workpiece.
See Figure 28.
■ Release the switch trigger and allow the saw blade to
stop rotating before raising the blade out of workpiece.
Wait until the electric brake stops blade from turning
before removing the workpiece from miter table.
LEFT SIDE
LEFT
INDICATOR
POINT
SCALE
SCALE
MOUNTING BRACKET
RIGHT SIDE
RIGHT
INDICATOR
POINT
BEVEL CUT