Ryobi TS1141 - Manual (Page 22)

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OPERATION
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you care-
less. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is
sufficient to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear eye protection with side shields marked to
comply with ANSI Z87.1. Failure to do so could result in
objects being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or accessories not
recommended by the manufacturer of this tool. The use
of attachments or accessories not recommended can
result in serious personal injury.
APPLICATIONS
This product has been designed only for the purposes listed
below:

Cross cutting wood and plastic (do not cut metals,
ceramics, or masonry products.)
 Cross cutting miters, joints, etc. for picture frames mold-
ings, door casings, and fine joinery
 Bevel cutting and compound cutting
NOTE: The 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 the dealer.
WARNING:
Before starting any cutting operation, clamp or bolt the
compound miter saw to a workbench or an approved
workstand. Never operate the miter saw on the floor or
in a crouched position. Failure to heed this warning can
result in serious personal injury.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always lock the miter
lock lever before making a cut. Failure to do so could
result in movement of the control arm or miter table while
making a cut.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep hands outside
the no hands zone, at least 3 in. from the blade. Never
perform any cutting operation freehand (without holding
workpiece against the fence). The blade could grab the
workpiece if it slips or twists.
CUTTING WITH yOUR COMPOUND
MITER SAW
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.
WARNING:
NEVER move the workpiece or make adjustment to any
cutting angle while the saw is running and the blade is
rotating. Any slip can result in contact with the blade
causing serious personal injury.
TO CROSS CUT
See Figures 29 - 30.
A cross cut is made by cutting across the grain of the
workpiece. A straight cross cut is made with the miter table
set at the 0° position. Miter cross cuts are made with the
miter table set at some angle other than zero.

Pull out the lock pin and lift saw arm to its full height.
 Lift the miter lock lever.
 Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with zero
on the miter scale.
Fig. 29
work
cLaMp
cross cut