PLUNGE CUTS
Disconnect
battery
pack
from
tool
before
making
adjustments.
Set depth
adjustment
according
to material
to be cut.
Tilt
saw
forward with cutting
guide notch lined up with
the line you've drawn.
Raise the lower guard,
using lift lever and hold the saw by the front
and rear handles
(Fig. 10).
With the blade just clearing the material to be
cut, start the motor. Gradually
lower the back
end of saw using the front end of the foot as
the hinge point. WARNING:
As blade
starts
cutting
the
material,
release
the
lower
guard
immediately.
When
the foot rests flat
on the surface
being cut, proceed
cutting
in
forward
direction
to end of cut. WARNING:
Allow
blade
to come
to a complete
stop
before
lifting
the saw from
cut. Also,
never
pull
the
saw
backward
since
blade
will
climb
out of the material
and
KICKBACK
will occur.
Turn saw around and finish the cut
in the normal
manner,
sawing
forward.
If
corners of your pocket cut are not completely
cut through, use a jigsaw or hand saw to finish
the corners.
CUTTING
LARGE
SHEETS
Large sheets
and long boards
sag or bend,
depending
on support.
If you attempt
to cut
without
leveling
and properly
supporting
the
piece,
the blade
will tend
to bind,
causing
KICK-BACK and extra load on the motor (Fig. 11).
Support the panel or board close to the cut, as
shown in (Fig. 12). Be sure to set the depth of
the cut so that you cut through
the sheet
or
board only and not the table or work bench.
The two-by-fours
used to raise and support
the work should
be positioned
so that the
broadest
sides
support
the work and rest on
the table or bench.
Do not support
the work
with the narrow
sides as this is an unsteady
arrangement.
If the sheet or board to be cut is
too large for a table or work bench,
use the
supporting
two-by-fours
on the floor
and
secure.
WRONG
LOWER
GUARD
LIFT
LEVER
RIGHT
RIP CUTS
The combination
blade provided with your saw
is for both cross cuts and rip cuts. Ripping is
cutting lengthwise
with the grain of the wood.
Rip cuts
are
easy
to do with
a rip fence
(Fig. 13). To attach fence, insert fence through
slots in foot to desired
width
as shown
and
secure with the knob.
DESIRED
WIDTH
OFCUT
RIP BOARD GUIDE
When
rip cutting
large
sheets,
the rip fence
may not allow the desired width of cut. Clamp
or nail a straight piece of 1" (25 mm) lumber to
the sheet as a guide (Fig. 14). Use the right
side of the foot against the board guide.
DESIRED
LINE
OFCUT
GUIDE
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