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guide surfaces on top of the front
rail.
∙ Push the rip fence lever down to automatically
align and secure the fence. The
trigger lock must engage.
Check for a smooth gliding action. If adjustments
are needed, see To Check the Alignment of
the Rip Fence to the Blade in the Adjustment
section of this manual.
TO SET THE RIP FENCE SCALE INDICATOR TO
THE BLADE
See Figure 17.
Beginning with the blade at a 0° angle (straight
up), use the following steps to set
the rip fence scale indicator to the blade:
∙ Unplug the saw.
∙ Loosen the rip fence by depressing the trigger
lock and lifting the locking handle.
∙ Using a framing square, set the rip fence 2 in.
from the blade tip edge.
∙ Loosen the screw for the scale indicator and
align with the 2 in. mark as shown.
∙ Retighten the screw.
TO USE THE MITRE GAUGE
See Figure 18.
The mitre gauge provides greater accuracy in
angled cuts. For very close
tolerances, test cuts are recommended.
There are two mitre gauge channels, one on
either side of the blade. When making
a 90° cross cut, you can use either mitre gauge
channel. When making a beveled cross
cut (the blade tilted in relation to the table) the
mitre gauge should be located in the
slot on the right so that the blade is tilted away
from the mitre gauge and your hands.
The mitre gauge can be turned 60° to the right or
left.
∙ Loosen the lock knob.
∙ With the mitre gauge in the mitre gauge slot,
rotate the gauge until the desired
angle is reached on the scale.
∙ Retighten the lock knob.
CROSS-CUTTING
1. Cross-cutting requires the use of the mitre
gauge to position and guide the work. It is best
to set aside the rip fence when cross-cutting.
2. Place the work against the mitre gauge and
advance both the gauge and work towards the
saw blade ( see fig.19).
3. The mitre gauge may be used in either table
slot.
4. When bevel cross-cutting (blade tilted), use the
mitre gauge in the right table slot only, where
the blade is tilted away from the mitre gauge and
your hands.
WARNING: The saw guard must always be used.
5. Start the cut slowly and hold the work firmly
against the mitre gauge and the table.
6. One of the rules in running a saw is that you
never hang onto or touch a free piece of work.
Hold the supported piece, not the free piece that
is cut off.
7. The feed in cross-cutting continues until the
work is cut in two, and the mitre gauge and work
are pulled back to the starting point. Before
pulling the work back it is good practice to give
the work a little sideways shift to move the work
slightly away from the saw blade.
8. Never pick up any short length of free work
from the table while the saw is running.
9. Never touch a cut-off piece while the saw is
running unless the piece is at least 30 cm (1 foot)
long.
WARNING: Never use the fence as a cut-off
gauge when cross-cutting.
10. For added safety and convenience the mitre
gauge can be fitted with an auxiliary facing.
This auxiliary wood-facing can be fastened to
the front of the mitre gauge by using two wood
screws through the slots provided in the mitre
gauge body and into the wood facing.
RIPPING
Ripping is the operation of making a length-wise
cut through a board.
1. The rip fence (N, fig.20) is used to position
and guide the work. One edge of the work rides
against the rip fence while the flat side of the
board rests on the table.
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