Craftsman 315.212080 - Manual (Page 22)

OPERATION
BEVEL CUT
Fig. 28
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°.
Align the indicator point 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 waiped, 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.
See Figures 33 and 34.
When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding,
support the overhanging end(s) 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 a C-ctamp to secure the
workpiece when possible. See Figure 28.
^ WARNING: To avoid serious personal injury,
keep your hands outside the no hands zone; at
least 3 in. from blade. Never perform any cutting
operation freehand (without holding workpiece
against №e 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, press the lock-off
lever down, 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.
COMPOUND MITER CUT
See Figures 29 and 30.
A compound miter cut is a cut made using a miter
angle and a bevel angle at the same time. This type of
cut is used to make picture frames, cut molding, make
boxes with sloping sides, and for certain roof framing
cuts.
To make this type of cut the miter table must be
rotated to the correct angle and the saw arm must be
tilted to the correct bevel angle. Care should always
be taken when making compound miter setups due to
the interaction of the two angle settings.
Adjustments of miter and bevel settings are interde­
pendent with one another. Each time you adjust the
miter setting you change the effect of the bevel
setting. Also, each time you adjust the bevel setting
you change the effect of the miter setting.
It may take several settings to obtain the desired cut.
The first angle setting should be checked after setting
the second angle, since adjusting the second angle
affects the first.
Once the two correct settings for a particular cut have
been obtained, always make a test cut in scrap
material before making a finish cut in good material.
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