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DW

715

12"

(305 m

m)

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lets

mix

tes,

305 m

m (

12 p

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tad

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de

305 m

m (

12")

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4

DW

7080

EN

D

PLA

TE

LOC

K

NU

TS

DW

7084

DW

7082

FIG

. 1

DW

7051

KN

OB

S

BR

AC

KE

T

DW

7055

SA

W B

LA

DE

S:

ALW

AYS

US

E 1

2" (

305

mm

) S

AW

BLA

DE

S W

ITH

1"

(25.

4 m

m)

AR

BO

R

HO

LES

. S

PE

ED

RAT

ING

MU

ST

BE

AT

LEA

ST

4800

RP

M.

Nev

er u

se a

sm

alle

r d

iam

eter

b

lad

e. It

will

not b

e gu

ard

ed p

rop

erly.

Use

cro

sscu

t b

lad

es o

nly!

Do

not

use

bla

des

des

igne

d

for

ripp

ing,

com

bin

atio

n b

lad

es o

r b

lad

es w

ith h

ook

angl

es in

exc

ess

of 7

˚.

BL

AD

E D

ES

CR

IPT

ION

S

AP

PL

ICA

TIO

ND

IAM

ET

ER

TE

ET

H

Co

nstr

uc

tio

n S

aw

Bla

de

s (th

in k

erf w

ith a

nti-

stic

k rim

)

Gen

eral

Pur

pos

e12

" (3

05 m

m)

40Fi

ne C

ross

cuts

12"

(305

mm

)60

Wo

od

wo

rkin

g S

aw

Bla

de

s (p

rovi

de s

mooth

, cle

an c

uts

)

Fine

cro

sscu

ts12

" (3

05 m

m)

80N

on-f

erro

us m

etal

s12

" (3

05 m

m)

96N

OT

E:

For

cutt

ing

non-

ferr

ous

met

als,

use

onl

y sa

w b

lad

es w

ith

TCG

tee

th d

esig

ned

for

this

pur

pos

e.

Unpackin

g Y

our

Saw

Che

ck t

he c

onte

nts

of y

our

mite

r sa

w c

arto

n to

mak

e su

re t

hat

you

have

rec

eive

d a

ll p

arts

. In

add

ition

to

this

inst

ruct

ion

man

ual,

the

cart

on s

houl

d c

onta

in:

One

No.

DW

715

mite

r sa

w.

One

DEW

ALT

12"

(305

mm

) dia

. sa

w b

lad

e

• O

ne b

lad

e w

renc

h in

wre

nch

poc

ket

show

n in

Fig

ure

2.

• O

ne D

W70

53 d

ustb

ag (s

ome

mod

els)

.

Specifi c

ati

ons

CA

PA

CIT

Y O

F C

UT

50°

mite

r le

ft an

d r

ight

48°

bev

el le

ft, 3

° b

evel

rig

ht

0° m

iter

M

ax. H

eigh

t 3.

5" (8

9 m

m)

Res

ult

Wid

th 6

.5"

(165

mm

)

M

ax. W

idth

7.7

" (1

96 m

m)

Res

ult

Hei

ght

2.6"

(66

mm

)

45°

mite

r

M

ax. H

eigh

t 3.

5" (8

9 m

m)

Res

ult

Wid

th 4

.7"

(120

mm

)

M

ax. W

idth

5.5

" (1

40 m

m)

Res

ult

Hei

ght

2.6"

(66

mm

)

45°

beve

l - L

eft

Max

. Hei

ght

2.3"

(58

mm

) R

esul

t W

idth

6.7

" (1

70 m

m)

Max

. Wid

th 7

.7"

(196

mm

) R

esul

t H

eigh

t 1.

7" (4

3 m

m)

DR

IVE

120 V

olt

Mo

tor

1600

Wat

ts (m

ax in

) 15

Am

p M

otor

4000

RP

M

Cut

Hel

ical

Gea

rs

Rol

ler

Bea

rings

C

arb

ide

Bla

de

Aut

omat

ic E

lect

ric B

rake

Fam

ilia

rizati

on

Your

mite

r sa

w is

ful

ly a

ssem

ble

d in

the

car

ton.

FIG

. 1A

O

pen

th

e b

ox

and

lif

t th

e sa

w

out

by

the

conv

enie

nt

carr

y ing

ha

ndle

, as

sh

ow

n in

Fi

gure

 1A

. P

lace

th

e sa

w

on

a sm

ooth

, fla

t su

rface

suc

h as

a w

orkb

ench

or

a st

rong

tab

le.

Exa

min

e Fi

gur

e 2

to

b

eco

me

fam

iliar

w

ith

the

saw

and

its

var

ious

par

ts.

The

sect

ion

on

adju

s tm

ents

will

refe

r to

the

se t

erm

s an

d y

ou

mus

t kn

ow w

hat

and

whe

re t

he p

arts

are

.C

AU

TIO

N:

Pin

ch H

aza

rd.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

keep

thum

b u

nd

ern

eath

the h

and

le

when p

ulling t

he h

and

le d

ow

n.

The low

er

guard

will m

ove

up

as t

he h

and

le is p

ulle

d d

ow

n

whic

h c

ould

cause p

inchin

g.

The h

and

le is p

laced

clo

se t

o t

he g

uard

for

sp

ecia

l cuts

.

Pre

ss d

own

light

ly o

n th

e op

erat

ing

hand

le a

nd p

ull o

ut th

e lo

ck d

own

pin,

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

2.

Gen

tly r

elea

se t

he d

ownw

ard

pres

sure

and

hol

d th

e ar

m a

llow

ing

it to

ris

e to

its

full

heig

ht. U

se

the

lock

dow

n pi

n w

hen

carr

ying

the

saw

fro

m o

ne p

lace

to

anot

her.

Alw

ays

use

the

carr

ying

ha

ndle

to

tran

spor

t th

e sa

w o

r th

e ha

nd in

dent

atio

ns s

how

n in

Fig

ure

2 an

d 4.

Bench M

ounti

ng

Hol

es a

re p

rovi

ded

in a

ll fo

ur f

eet

to f

acilit

ate

ben

ch m

ount

ing,

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

2. (

Two

diff

eren

t si

zed

hol

es a

re p

rovi

ded

to

acco

mm

odat

e d

iffer

ent

size

s of

scr

ews.

Use

eith

er h

ole,

it

is n

ot n

eces

sary

to

use

bot

h.) A

lway

s m

ount

you

r sa

w f

irmly

to

a st

able

sur

face

to

pre

vent

m

ovem

ent.

To e

nhan

ce t

he t

ool’s

por

tab

ility,

it c

an b

e m

ount

ed t

o a

pie

ce o

f 1/

2" (1

2.7

mm

)

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5

Changin

g o

r In

sta

llin

g a

New

Saw

Bla

de (Fig

. 3

)W

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e ri

sk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

o

ff th

e to

ol

an

d

dis

co

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

CA

UT

ION

:

Neve

r d

ep

ress t

he s

pin

dle

lock

butt

on w

hile

the b

lad

e is u

nd

er

pow

er

or

coastin

g.

Do n

ot

cut

ferr

ous m

eta

l (c

onta

inin

g iro

n o

r ste

el)

or

masonry

or

fiber

cem

ent

pro

duct

with

this

mite

r saw

.

Rem

ovin

g t

he B

lade (Fig

. 3

, 3

A)

1.

Unp

lug

the

saw

.

2. R

aise

the

arm

to

the

upp

er p

ositi

on a

nd r

aise

the

low

er g

uard

(A) a

s fa

r as

pos

sib

le.

or t

hick

er p

lyw

ood

whi

ch c

an t

hen

be

clam

ped

to

your

wor

k su

pp

ort

or m

oved

to

othe

r jo

b

site

s an

d r

ecla

mp

ed.

NO

TE

: If

you

elec

t to

mou

nt y

our

saw

to

a p

iece

of

ply

woo

d,

mak

e su

re t

hat

the

mou

ntin

g sc

rew

s d

on’t

pro

trud

e fro

m t

he b

otto

m o

f the

woo

d. T

he p

lyw

ood

mus

t si

t flu

sh o

n th

e w

ork

sup

por

t. W

hen

clam

pin

g th

e sa

w t

o an

y w

ork

surfa

ce,

clam

p o

nly

on t

he c

lam

pin

g b

osse

s w

here

the

mou

ntin

g sc

rew

hol

es a

re lo

cate

d.

Cla

mp

ing

at a

ny o

ther

poi

nt w

ill su

rely

inte

rfere

w

ith t

he p

rop

er o

per

atio

n of

the

saw

.C

AU

TIO

N: To

pre

vent b

ind

ing a

nd

inaccura

cy,

be s

ure

the m

ountin

g s

urface is

not w

arp

ed

or

oth

erw

ise u

neve

n. If

the s

aw

rocks

on t

he s

urface p

lace a

thin

pie

ce o

f m

ate

rial u

nd

er

one

saw

foot

until

the s

aw

sits

firm

ly o

n t

he m

ountin

g s

urface.

IMP

OR

TA

NT S

AFE

TY IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

BLA

DE

W

RE

NC

H

CA

RR

Y

HA

ND

LE

FIG

. 2

TRIG

GE

R

SW

ITC

H

HA

ND

IN

DE

NTA

TIO

NS

FEN

CE

LO

CK

K

NO

B

LEFT

SID

E

FEN

CE

OP

ER

ATIN

G

HA

ND

LE

LOC

K

DO

WN

PIN

BE

NC

H

MO

UN

TIN

GH

OLE

S

BE

NC

H

MO

UN

TIN

GH

OLE

S

MIT

ER

SC

ALE

MIT

ER

LOC

K L

EV

ER

BE

VE

L S

CA

LEMO

TOR

HO

US

ING

MO

TOR

E

ND

CA

P

GU

AR

D

MIT

ER

LATC

H

KE

RF

PLA

TE

LOC

K D

OW

N

PIN

DU

ST

SP

OU

T

BE

VE

L LO

CK

K

NO

B

0°/4

5° B

EV

EL

OV

ER

RID

E

LEV

ER

S

BE

VE

L S

TOP

A 3

3,85

° PA

WL

0°B

EV

EL

STO

P

AD

JUS

TME

NT

SC

RE

W

BLA

DE

W

RE

NC

HHA

ND

IN

DE

NTA

TIO

NS

FEN

CE

LO

CK

K

NO

B

LEFT

SID

E

FEN

CE

CA

RR

Y

HA

ND

LE

45°

BE

VE

L S

TOP

A

DJU

STM

EN

T S

CR

EW

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6

3.

Loo

sen,

but

do

not

rem

ove

guar

d b

rack

et s

crew

(B

) un

til t

he b

rack

et c

an b

e ra

ised

far

en

ough

to

acce

ss t

he b

lad

e sc

rew

. Lo

wer

gua

rd w

ill re

mai

n ra

ised

due

to

the

pos

ition

of

the

guar

d b

rack

et s

crew

.FI

G.

3

A

B D

4.

Dep

ress

the

sp

ind

le lo

ck b

utto

n (C

) w

hile

car

eful

ly r

otat

ing

the

saw

bla

de

by

hand

unt

il th

e lo

ck e

ngag

es.

5.

Kee

pin

g th

e b

utto

n d

epre

ssed

, use

the

othe

r han

d a

nd th

e w

renc

h p

rovi

ded

(D) t

o lo

osen

th

e b

lad

e sc

rew

. (T

urn

cloc

kwis

e, le

ft-ha

nd t

hrea

ds.

)

6. R

emov

e th

e b

lad

e sc

rew

(E),

oute

r b

lad

e cl

amp

(F),

and

bla

de

(G).

The

inne

r b

lad

e cl

amp

(I)

, an

d if

use

d,

the

1" (2

5.4

mm

) bla

de

adap

ter

(H),

may

be

left

on t

he s

pin

dle

.

N

OT

E: F

or b

lad

es w

ith a

bla

de

hole

of 5

/8"

(15.

88 m

m),

the

1" (2

5.4

mm

) bla

de

adap

ter

is n

ot u

sed

.

Insta

llin

g a

Bla

de

1.

Unp

lug

the

saw

.

2. W

ith t

he a

rm r

aise

d,

the

low

er g

uard

hel

d o

pen

and

the

gua

rd b

rack

et,

pla

ce t

he b

lad

e on

the

sp

ind

le,

onto

the

bla

de

adap

ter

[if u

sing

a b

lad

e w

ith a

1"

(25.

4 m

m)

dia

met

er

bla

de

hole

] and

aga

inst

the

inne

r b

lad

e cl

amp

with

the

tee

th a

t th

e b

otto

m o

f th

e b

lad

e p

oint

ing

tow

ard

the

bac

k of

the

saw

.

3. A

ssem

ble

the

out

er b

lad

e cl

amp

ont

o th

e sp

ind

le.

4.

Inst

all t

he b

lad

e sc

rew

(E

) an

d,

enga

ging

the

sp

ind

le lo

ck,

tight

en t

he s

crew

firm

ly w

ith

wre

nch

pro

vid

ed.

(Tur

n co

unte

rclo

ckw

ise,

left-

hand

thr

ead

s.)

NO

TE

: W

hen

usin

g b

lad

es w

ith a

5/8

" (1

5.88

mm

) dia

met

er b

lad

e ho

le, t

he b

lad

e ad

apte

r will

not

be

used

and

sho

uld

be

stor

ed in

a s

afe

pla

ce fo

r fu

ture

use

.

5. R

etur

n th

e gu

ard

bra

cket

to

its o

rigin

al p

ositi

on a

nd f

irmly

tig

hten

the

gua

rd b

rack

et

scre

w (B

) to

hold

bra

cket

in p

lace

.

WA

RN

ING

:

• T

he

gu

ard

bra

cke

t m

ust

be

re

turn

ed

to

its

ori

gin

al p

osit

ion

an

d t

he

scre

w t

igh

ten

ed

be

fore

acti

va

tin

g t

he

sa

w.

• F

ailu

re

to

do

so

m

ay

allo

w

the

g

ua

rd

to

co

nta

ct

the

sp

inn

ing

sa

w b

lad

e r

esu

ltin

g i

n d

am

ag

e t

o t

he

sa

w a

nd

se

ve

re p

ers

on

al in

jury

.

FIG

. 3A

C

G

EF

I

FIG

. 3B

H

Tra

nsport

ing t

he S

aw

(Fig

. 2

, 4

)W

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e ri

sk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

o

ff th

e to

ol

an

d

dis

co

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e r

isk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry.

ALW

AY

S l

ock t

he

mit

er

lock h

an

dle

, b

eve

l lo

ck h

an

dle

, d

ow

n l

ock p

in a

nd

fe

nce

ad

justm

en

t kn

ob

be

fore

tr

an

sp

ort

ing

sa

w.

In o

rder

to

conv

enie

ntly

car

ry t

he m

iter

saw

fro

mFI

G.

4

pla

ce to

pla

ce, a

car

ryin

g ha

ndle

has

bee

n in

clud

ed

on th

e to

p o

f the

saw

arm

and

han

d in

den

tatio

ns in

th

e b

ase,

as

show

n in

Fig

ures

2 a

nd 4

.

AD

JU

STM

EN

TS

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn

off

th

e

too

l a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

it f

rom

th

e p

ow

er

so

urc

e b

efo

re

att

em

pti

ng

to

mo

ve

it,

ch

an

ge

acce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

NO

TE

: Yo

ur

mite

r sa

w

is

fully

an

d

accu

rate

ly

adju

sted

at

the

fact

ory

at t

he t

ime

of m

anuf

actu

re.

If re

adju

stm

ent d

ue to

shi

pp

ing

and

han

dlin

g or

any

ot

her

reas

on is

req

uire

d,

follo

w t

he s

tep

s b

elow

to

adju

st y

our

saw

. O

nce

mad

e,

thes

e ad

just

men

ts

shou

ld

rem

ain

accu

rate

. Ta

ke a

litt

le t

ime

now

to

follo

w t

hese

d

irect

ions

ca

refu

lly

to

mai

ntai

n th

e ac

cura

cy

of

whi

ch y

our

saw

is c

apab

le.

MIT

ER

SC

AL

E A

DJU

ST

ME

NT

(F

IG.

5)

Pla

ce a

sq

uare

aga

inst

the

saw

’s fe

nce

and

bla

de.

(Do

not t

ouch

the

tips

of th

e b

lad

e te

eth

with

th

e sq

uare

. To

do

so w

ill ca

use

an in

accu

rate

mea

sure

men

t.) U

nloc

k m

iter

lock

leve

r (J

) and

sw

ing

the

mite

r ar

m u

ntil

the

mite

r la

tch

lock

s it

at t

he 0

mite

r p

ositi

on. D

o no

t lo

ck m

iter

lock

le

ver (

J). I

f the

saw

bla

de

is n

ot e

xact

ly p

erp

end

icul

ar to

the

fenc

e, lo

osen

the

thre

e sc

rew

s th

at

hold

the

mite

r sca

le to

the

bas

e an

d m

ove

the

scal

e le

ft or

righ

t unt

il th

e b

lad

e is

per

pen

dic

ular

to

the

fenc

e, a

s m

easu

red

with

the

squa

re. R

etig

hten

the

thre

e sc

rew

s. P

ay n

o at

tent

ion

to th

e re

adin

g of

the

mite

r p

oint

er a

t th

is t

ime.

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7

FIG

. 5

JK

MIT

ER

SC

ALE

MIT

ER

PO

INT

ER

AD

JU

ST

ME

NT

(F

IG.

5,

6)

To u

nloc

k, l

ift t

he m

iter

lock

lev

er (

J) u

p a

nd s

que

eze

the

mite

r la

tch

(K)

to m

ove

the

mite

r ar

m t

o th

e ze

ro p

ositi

on.

With

the

mite

r lo

ck l

ever

unl

ocke

d a

llow

the

mite

r la

tch

to s

nap

int

o p

lace

as

you

rota

te t

he m

iter

arm

to

zero

. O

bse

rve

the

poi

nter

and

mite

r sc

ale

thro

ugh

the

view

ing

open

ing

show

n in

Fig

ure

6. I

f th

e p

oint

er d

oes

not

ind

icat

e ex

actly

zer

o, lo

osen

the

scr

ew h

old

ing

the

poi

nter

in p

lace

, re

pos

ition

the

poi

nter

and

tig

hten

the

scr

ew.

FIG

. 6

MIT

ER

S

CA

LE

PO

INTE

R

PO

INTE

R

AD

JUS

TME

NT

SC

RE

W

BE

VE

L S

QU

AR

E T

O T

AB

LE

(F

IG.

2,

7,

8)

To a

lign

the

bla

de

squa

re t

o th

e ro

tary

tab

le,

lock

the

arm

in

the

dow

n p

ositi

on.

Pla

ce a

sq

uare

aga

inst

the

bla

de

taki

ng

care

to

not

have

the

sq

uare

on

top

of

a to

oth.

Loo

sen

the

bev

el lo

ck k

nob

(L)

and

ens

ure

the

arm

is f

irmly

aga

inst

the

bev

el s

top

. Mov

e th

e 0°

bev

el s

top

ad

just

ing

scre

w (O

) as

nece

ssar

y so

that

the

bla

de

is a

t 0°

bev

el to

the

tab

le. E

nsur

e th

e b

evel

ove

rrid

e le

vers

(N) a

re p

ushe

d in

war

d t

o ob

tain

an

accu

rate

ad

just

men

t.

FIG

. 7

BE

VE

L P

OIN

TE

R (

FIG

. 8)

If th

e b

evel

p

oint

er

(M)

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

zero

, lo

osen

th

e sc

rew

tha

t ho

lds

it in

pla

ce a

nd m

ove

the

poi

nter

as

nece

ssar

y. D

o no

t rem

ove

the

stee

l pla

te in

fron

t of t

he b

evel

p

oint

er. T

his

pla

te p

reve

nts

woo

d re

sin

from

acc

umul

atin

g on

th

e b

evel

sca

le d

urin

g us

e.

AD

JU

ST

ING

TH

E B

EV

EL

ST

OP

TO

45°

LE

FT

(F

IG.

8)

NO

TE

: A

dju

st t

he 4

5° b

evel

ang

le o

nly

afte

r p

erfo

rmin

g th

e 0°

bev

el a

ngle

and

poi

nter

ad

just

men

t. E

nsur

e th

e 45

° b

evel

ov

errid

e le

vers

(N

) ar

e p

ushe

d in

war

d t

o ob

tain

an

accu

rate

ad

just

men

t.To

ad

just

the

left

45°

bev

el s

top

, fir

st lo

osen

the

bev

el lo

ck

knob

(L)

and

tilt

the

hea

d t

o th

e le

ft. If

the

poi

nter

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

exac

tly 4

5°,

turn

the

left

bev

el s

top

scr

ew u

ntil

the

poi

nter

rea

ds 

45°.

AD

JU

ST

ING

TH

E B

EV

EL

ST

OP

TO

33.8

(FIG

. 8)

NO

TE

: A

dju

st t

he 3

3.85

° b

evel

ang

le o

nly

afte

r p

erfo

rmin

g th

e 0°

bev

el a

ngle

and

poi

nter

ad

just

men

t.To

set

the

33.

85°

bev

el a

ngle

, fli

p o

ut t

he s

top

paw

l (P

). Lo

osen

the

bev

el lo

ck k

nob

(L) a

nd t

ilt t

he h

ead

to

the

left.

If

the

poi

nter

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

exac

tly 3

3.85

°, t

urn

the

scre

w

cont

actin

g th

e p

awl u

ntil

the

poi

nter

rea

ds

33.8

5°.

FE

NC

E A

DJU

ST

ME

NT

(F

IG.

8)

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e ri

sk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

o

ff th

e to

ol

an

d d

isco

nn

ect

it fr

om

th

e

po

we

r so

urc

e b

efo

re a

tte

mp

tin

g t

o m

ove

it,

ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

In o

rder

tha

t th

e sa

w c

an b

evel

to

a fu

ll 48

° le

ft, t

he f

ence

s ca

n b

e ad

just

ed t

o p

rovi

de

clea

ranc

e. T

o ad

just

a f

ence

, lo

osen

the

pla

stic

kno

b (

R),

and

slid

e th

e fe

nce

outw

ard

. M

ake

a d

ry r

un w

ith t

he s

aw t

urne

d o

ff an

d c

heck

for

cl

eara

nce.

Ad

just

the

fen

ce t

o b

e as

clo

se t

o th

e b

lad

e as

p

ract

ical

to

pro

vid

e m

ax im

um w

orkp

iece

sup

por

t, w

ithou

t in

terfe

ring

with

arm

up

and

dow

n m

ovem

ent.

Tig

hten

kno

b

secu

rely.

Whe

n th

e b

evel

op

erat

ions

are

com

ple

te,

don

’t fo

rget

to

relo

cate

the

fenc

e.

NO

TE

: The

gui

de

groo

ve o

f the

fenc

es c

an b

ecom

e cl

ogge

d

with

saw

dus

t. If

the

guid

e gr

oove

bec

omes

clo

gged

, us

e a

stic

k, lo

w p

ress

ure

air

or a

vac

uum

to

clea

r.

FIG

. 8

L

RP

U O

N

M

AU

TO

MA

TIC

EL

EC

TR

IC B

RA

KE

(F

IG.

2)

Your

saw

is

equi

pp

ed w

ith a

n au

tom

atic

ele

ctric

bla

de

bra

ke w

hich

sto

ps

the

saw

bla

de

with

in 5

sec

ond

s o

f tr

igg

er r

elea

se.

Thi

s is

no

t ad

just

able

.O

n oc

casi

on,

ther

e m

ay b

e a

del

ay a

fter

trig

ger

rele

ase

to

bra

ke e

ngag

emen

t. O

n ra

re o

ccas

ions

, th

e b

rake

may

not

en

gage

at

all a

nd t

he b

lad

e w

ill co

ast

to a

sto

p.

If a

del

ay o

r “s

kip

pin

g” o

ccur

s, tu

rn th

e sa

w o

n an

d o

ff 4

or 5

tim

es.

If th

e co

nditi

on p

ersi

sts,

hav

e th

e to

ol s

ervi

ced

by

an

auth

oriz

ed D

EW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ter.

Alw

ays

be

sure

the

bla

de

has

stop

ped

bef

ore

rem

ovin

g it

from

the

kerf

pla

te. T

he b

rake

is n

ot a

sub

stitu

te fo

r gua

rds

or

for e

nsur

ing

your

ow

n sa

fety

by

givi

ng th

e sa

w y

our c

omp

lete

at

tent

ion.

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MIT

ER

CO

NT

RO

L (

FIG

. 5,

9)

The

mite

r lo

ck le

ver

(J) a

nd m

iter

latc

h (K

) allo

ws

you

to m

iter

your

saw

50°

left

and

rig

ht.

To

mite

r th

e sa

w,

unlo

ck m

iter

lock

leve

r (J

) b

y p

ullin

g up

war

d,

sque

eze

the

mite

r la

tch

(K)

and

se

t th

e m

iter

angl

e d

esire

d o

n th

e m

iter

scal

e. L

ock

mite

r lo

ck h

and

le b

y p

ress

ing

dow

nwar

d.

Ove

rrid

e th

e m

iter

latc

h b

y ro

tatin

g kn

ob (V

, Fi

g. 9

).

TR

IGG

ER

SW

ITC

H (

FIG

. 2)

The

trig

ger

switc

h tu

rns

your

saw

on

and

off.

A h

ole

is p

rovi

ded

in t

he t

rigge

r fo

r in

sert

ion

of

a p

adlo

ck t

o se

cure

the

saw

.

BE

VE

L L

OC

K (

FIG

. 8)

The

bev

el lo

ck k

nob

(L) a

llow

s yo

u to

bev

el t

he s

aw 4

8° le

ft. T

o lo

osen

the

han

dle

and

ad

just

th

e b

evel

set

ting,

tur

n th

e ha

ndle

cou

nter

cloc

k wis

e, t

he s

aw h

ead

bev

els

easi

ly t

o th

e le

ft. T

o tig

hten

, tur

n th

e ha

ndle

clo

ckw

ise.

Bev

el d

egre

e m

arki

ngs

are

on t

he b

otto

m fr

ont

of t

he s

aw

arm

(M,

Fig.

8).

0°/

45°

BE

VE

L S

TO

P O

VE

RR

IDE

S (

FIG

. 8)

The

bev

el s

top

ove

rrid

es (N

) are

hel

d s

ecur

e w

ith th

eir a

ttac

hmen

t scr

ew to

pre

vent

inad

vert

ent

mov

emen

t. U

se t

he b

it on

the

bla

de

wre

nch

to lo

osen

the

att

achm

ent

scre

w.

This

allo

ws

the

slid

es,

to b

e p

ulle

d o

utw

ard

and

the

saw

hea

d t

o p

ivot

pas

t th

e 0°

/45°

mar

k. B

e su

re t

o re

tight

en t

he a

ttac

hmen

t sc

rew

whe

n fin

ishe

d.

33.8

BE

VE

L S

TO

PS

(F

IG.

8)

The

paw

l (P

) is

used

to s

top

the

saw

hea

d b

evel

set

ting

at 3

3.85

°. T

his

sett

ing

is u

sed

prim

arily

fo

r cu

ttin

g cr

own

mol

din

gs la

id fl

at o

n th

e ta

ble

.

HE

AD

DO

WN

LO

CK

PIN

(F

IG.

8)

To l

ock

the

saw

hea

d i

n th

e d

own

pos

ition

, p

ush

the

head

dow

n, p

ush

the

pin

(U

) in

and

re

leas

e th

e sa

w h

ead

. Thi

s w

ill ho

ld t

he s

aw h

ead

saf

ely

dow

n fo

r m

ovin

g th

e sa

w fr

om p

lace

to

pla

ce.

To r

elea

se,

pre

ss t

he s

aw h

ead

dow

n an

d p

ull t

he p

in o

ut.

OP

ER

ATIO

NW

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e ri

sk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

o

ff th

e to

ol

an

d

dis

co

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

WA

RN

ING

: A

lwa

ys

use

e

ye

p

rote

cti

on

. A

ll users

and

b

ysta

nd

ers

m

ust

wear

eye

p

rote

ctio

n t

hat

confo

rms t

o A

NS

I Z

87.1

(C

AN

/CS

A Z

94.3

).

Plu

g th

e sa

w in

to a

ny h

ouse

hold

60

Hz

pow

er s

ourc

e. R

efer

to

the

nam

epla

te fo

r vo

ltage

. Be

sure

the

cor

d w

ill no

t in

terfe

re w

ith y

our

wor

k.

SW

ITC

H

To t

urn

the

saw

on,

dep

ress

the

trig

ger

switc

h. T

o tu

rn t

he t

ool o

ff, r

elea

se t

he s

witc

h. A

llow

th

e b

lad

e to

sp

in u

p to

full

oper

atin

g rp

m b

efor

e m

akin

g th

e cu

t. R

elea

se th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch

and

al

low

the

bra

ke to

sto

p th

e b

lad

e b

efor

e ra

isin

g th

e sa

w h

ead

. The

re is

no

pro

visi

on fo

r loc

king

th

e sw

itch

on, b

ut a

hol

e is

pro

vid

ed in

the

trig

ger f

or in

sert

ion

of a

pad

lock

to lo

ck th

e sa

w o

ff.

CU

TT

ING

WIT

H Y

OU

R S

AW

NO

TE

: A

lthou

gh t

his

saw

will

cut

woo

d a

nd m

any

non-

ferr

ous

mat

eria

ls,

we

will

limit

our

dis

cuss

ion

to t

he c

uttin

g of

woo

d o

nly.

The

sam

e gu

idel

ines

ap

ply

to

the

othe

r m

ater

ials

. D

O N

OT

CU

T F

ER

RO

US

(IR

ON

AN

D S

TE

EL

) M

AT

ER

IAL

S O

R M

AS

ON

RY

WIT

H T

HIS

S

AW

. D

o no

t us

e an

y ab

rasi

ve b

lad

es.

CR

OS

SC

UT

S

Cut

ting

of m

ultip

le p

iece

s is

not

reco

mm

end

ed b

ut c

an b

e d

one

safe

ly b

y en

surin

g th

at e

ach

pie

ce is

hel

d fi

rmly

aga

inst

the

tab

le a

nd fe

nce.

A c

ross

cut

is m

ade

by

cutt

ing

woo

d a

cros

s th

e gr

ain

at a

ny a

ngle

. A

str

aigh

t cr

ossc

ut is

mad

e w

ith t

he m

iter

arm

at

the

zero

deg

ree

pos

ition

. S

et t

he m

iter

arm

at

zero

, ho

ld t

he w

ood

on

the

tab

le a

nd fi

rmly

aga

inst

the

fenc

e.

Turn

on

the

saw

by

sque

ezin

g th

e tr

igge

r.

GU

AR

D A

CT

UA

TIO

N A

ND

VIS

IBIL

ITY

CA

UT

ION

: P

inch H

aza

rd.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

keep

thum

b u

nd

ern

eath

the h

and

le

when p

ulling t

he h

and

le d

ow

n.

The low

er

guard

will m

ove

up

as t

he h

and

le is p

ulle

d d

ow

n

whic

h c

ould

cause p

inchin

g.

The

bla

de

guar

d o

n yo

ur s

aw h

as b

een

des

igne

d t

o au

tom

atic

ally

rai

se w

hen

the

arm

is

bro

ught

dow

n an

d t

o lo

wer

ove

r th

e b

lad

e w

hen

the

arm

is r

aise

d.

The

guar

d c

an b

e ra

ised

by

hand

whe

n in

stal

ling

or r

emov

ing

saw

bla

des

or

for

insp

ectio

n of

th

e sa

w.

NE

VE

R R

AIS

E T

HE

BLA

DE

GU

AR

D M

AN

UA

LLY

UN

LES

S T

HE

SA

W I

S T

UR

NE

D

OFF

.N

OT

E:

Cer

tain

sp

ecia

l cut

s of

larg

e m

ater

ial w

ill re

qui

re t

hat

you

man

ually

rai

se t

he g

uard

. T

he f

ront

sec

tion

of

the

gua

rd is

louv

ered

fo

r vi

sib

ility

whi

le c

uttin

g.

Alth

oug

h th

e lo

uver

s d

ram

atic

ally

red

uce

flyin

g d

ebris

, the

re a

re o

pen

ing

s in

the

gua

rd a

nd s

afet

y g

lass

es s

houl

d

be

wo

rn a

t al

l tim

es w

hen

view

ing

thr

oug

h th

e lo

uver

s. R

efer

to

Cu

ttin

g L

arg

e M

ate

ria

l un

der

Sp

ecia

l C

uts

.

MIT

ER

LO

CK

AD

JU

ST

ME

NT

(F

IG.

10)

The

mite

r lo

ck r

od

sho

uld

be

adju

sted

if t

he t

able

of t

he s

aw c

an b

e m

ove

d w

hen

the

mite

r lo

ck h

and

le is

lock

ed d

ow

n. T

o a

dju

st,

put

the

mite

r lo

ck h

and

le in

the

up

po

sitio

n. U

sing

a

slo

tted

scr

ewd

river

, ad

just

the

lock

ro

d in

1/8

clo

ckw

ise

turn

incr

emen

ts t

o in

crea

se t

he

lock

for

ce.

To e

nsur

e th

e m

iter

lock

is f

unct

ioni

ng p

rop

erly

, re

-lo

ck m

iter

lock

han

dle

to

a

non-

det

ent

mite

r an

gle

.

FIG

. 10

FIG

. 9

VK

J

Bru

shes (Fig

. 2

)W

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e r

isk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

off

th

e t

oo

l a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

Insp

ect

carb

on b

rush

es r

egul

arly

by

unp

lugg

ing

the

tool

, re

mov

ing

the

mot

or e

nd c

ap

(Fig

. 2)

and

rem

ovin

g th

e b

rush

cap

tha

t ho

lds

the

sprin

g-lo

aded

bru

sh a

ssem

bly.

Kee

p

bru

shes

cle

an a

nd s

lidin

g fre

ely

in t

heir

guid

es.

Alw

ays

rep

lace

a u

sed

bru

sh i

n th

e sa

me

orie

ntat

ion

in th

e ho

lder

as

it w

as p

rior t

o its

rem

oval

. If t

he b

rush

is w

orn

dow

n to

ap

pro

xim

atel

y 1/

2" (1

2.7

mm

), th

e sp

ring

will

no lo

nger

exe

rt p

ress

ure

and

the

y m

ust

be

rep

lace

d. U

se o

nly

iden

tical

DEW

ALT

bru

shes

. Use

of t

he c

orre

ct g

rad

e of

bru

sh is

ess

entia

l for

pro

per

op

erat

ion

of e

lect

ric b

rake

. N

ew b

rush

ass

emb

lies

are

avai

lab

le a

t D

EW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ters

. Th

e to

ol

shou

ld b

e al

low

ed t

o “r

un in

” (ru

n at

no

load

) for

10

min

utes

bef

ore

use

to s

eat

new

bru

shes

. Th

e el

ectr

ic b

rake

may

be

erra

tic in

op

erat

ion

until

the

bru

shes

are

pro

per

ly s

eate

d (w

orn

in).

Alw

ays

rep

lace

the

bru

sh in

spec

tion

cap

afte

r in

spec

tion

or s

ervi

cing

the

bru

shes

.W

hile

“ru

nnin

g in

” D

O N

OT

TIE

, TA

PE

, O

R O

THE

R W

ISE

LO

CK

TH

E T

RIG

GE

R S

WIT

CH

ON

. H

OLD

BY

HA

ND

ON

LY.

Contr

ols

Your

com

pou

nd m

iter

saw

has

sev

eral

mai

n co

ntro

ls, w

hich

will

be

dis

cuss

ed b

riefly

her

e. F

or

mor

e in

form

atio

n on

the

se c

ontr

ols,

see

the

res

pec

tive

sect

ions

late

r in

the

man

ual.

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9

CA

UT

ION

: A

lways

use a

work

cla

mp

to m

ain

tain

contr

ol a

nd

red

uce t

he r

isk

of w

ork

pie

ce

dam

age a

nd

pers

onal in

jury

.

Whe

n th

e sa

w c

omes

up

to s

pee

d (a

bou

t 1 s

econ

d) l

ower

the

arm

sm

ooth

ly a

nd s

low

ly to

cut

th

roug

h th

e w

ood

. Let

the

bla

de

com

e to

a fu

ll st

op b

efor

e ra

isin

g ar

m.

Mite

r cro

sscu

ts a

re m

ade

with

the

mite

r arm

at s

ome

angl

e ot

her t

han

zero

. Thi

s an

gle

is o

ften

45°

for

mak

ing

corn

ers,

but

can

be

set

anyw

here

from

zer

o to

50°

left

or r

ight

. Afte

r se

lect

ing

the

des

ired

mite

r an

gle,

be

sure

to

lock

mite

r lo

ck le

ver.

Mak

e th

e cu

t as

des

crib

ed a

bov

e.

To c

ut t

hrou

gh a

n ex

istin

g p

enci

l lin

e on

a p

iece

of

woo

d,

mat

ch t

he a

ngle

as

clos

e as

p

ossi

ble

. C

ut t

he w

ood

a li

ttle

too

long

and

mea

sure

fro

m t

he p

enci

l lin

e to

the

cut

ed

ge t

o d

eter

min

e w

hich

dire

ctio

n to

ad

just

the

mite

r an

gle

and

rec

ut.

This

will

take

som

e p

ract

ice,

b

ut it

is a

com

mon

ly u

sed

tec

hniq

ue.

BE

VE

L C

UT

S (

FIG

. 8,

19)

A b

evel

cut

is a

cro

sscu

t m

ade

with

the

saw

bla

de

at a

bev

el t

o th

e w

ood

. In

ord

er t

o se

t th

e b

evel

, loo

sen

the

bev

el c

lam

p k

nob

(L) a

nd m

ove

the

saw

to th

e le

ft as

des

ired

. (It

is n

eces

sary

to

mov

e th

e fe

nce

to a

llow

cle

aran

ce).

Onc

e th

e d

esire

d b

evel

ang

le h

as b

een

set,

tight

en th

e b

evel

cla

mp

kno

b fi

rmly.

B

evel

ang

les

can

be

set

up t

o 48

° le

ft an

d c

an b

e cu

t w

ith t

he m

iter

arm

set

bet

wee

n ze

ro

and

50°

rig

ht o

r le

ft. A

t so

me

extr

eme

angl

es,

the

left

sid

e fe

nce

mig

ht h

ave

to b

e re

mov

ed.

To re

mov

e th

e le

ft fe

nce,

uns

crew

the

fenc

e lo

ckin

g kn

ob (R

) sev

eral

turn

s an

d s

lide

the

fenc

e ou

t.

QU

AL

ITY

OF

CU

T

The

smoo

thne

ss o

f an

y cu

t d

epen

ds

on a

num

ber

of

varia

ble

s. T

hing

s lik

e m

ater

ial b

eing

cu

t, b

lad

e ty

pe,

bla

de

shar

pne

ss a

nd r

ate

of c

ut a

ll co

ntrib

ute

to t

he q

ualit

y of

the

cut

.W

hen

smoo

thes

t cu

ts a

re d

esire

d f

or m

old

ing

and

oth

er p

reci

sion

wor

k, a

sha

rp (

60 t

ooth

ca

rbid

e) b

lad

e an

d a

slo

wer

, ev

en c

uttin

g ra

te w

ill p

rod

uce

the

des

ired

res

ults

.E

nsur

e th

at m

ater

ial d

oes

not

cree

p w

hile

cut

ting,

cla

mp

it s

ecur

ely

in p

lace

. A

lway

s le

t th

e b

lad

e co

me

to a

full

stop

bef

ore

rais

ing

arm

.If

smal

l fib

ers

of w

ood

stil

l sp

lit o

ut a

t th

e re

ar o

f the

wor

kpie

ce, s

tick

a p

iece

of m

aski

ng t

ape

on t

he w

ood

whe

re t

he c

ut w

ill b

e m

ade.

Saw

thr

ough

the

tap

e an

d c

aref

ully

rem

ove

tap

e w

hen

finis

hed

. Fo

r va

ried

cut

ting

app

licat

ions

, ref

er t

o th

e lis

t of

rec

omm

end

ed s

aw b

lad

es fo

r yo

ur s

aw a

nd

sele

ct t

he o

ne t

hat

bes

t fit

s yo

ur n

eed

s. R

efer

to

Sa

w B

lad

es u

nder

Acce

sso

rie

s.

BO

DY

AN

D H

AN

D P

OS

ITIO

N (

FIG

. 11)

Pro

per

pos

ition

ing

of y

our

bod

y an

d h

and

s w

hen

oper

atin

g th

e m

iter

saw

will

mak

e cu

ttin

g ea

sier

, mor

e ac

cura

te a

nd s

afer

. Nev

er p

lace

han

ds

near

cut

ting

area

. Pla

ce h

and

s no

clo

ser

than

6"

(152

 mm

) fro

m t

he b

lad

e. H

old

the

wor

kpie

ce t

ight

ly t

o th

e ta

ble

and

the

fen

ce

whe

n cu

ttin

g. K

eep

han

ds

in p

ositi

on u

ntil

the

trig

ger

has

bee

n re

leas

ed a

nd t

he b

lad

e ha

s co

mp

lete

ly s

top

ped

. ALW

AYS

MA

KE

DR

Y R

UN

S (U

NP

OW

ER

ED

) BE

FOR

E F

INIS

H C

UTS

SO

TH

AT Y

OU

CA

N C

HE

CK

TH

E P

ATH

OF

THE

BLA

DE

. D

O N

OT

CR

OS

S A

RM

S,

AS

SH

OW

N

IN F

IGU

RE

 11.

Kee

p b

oth

feet

firm

ly o

n th

e flo

or a

nd m

aint

ain

pro

per

bal

ance

. A

s yo

u m

ove

the

mite

r ar

m

left

and

rig

ht, f

ollo

w it

and

sta

nd s

light

ly t

o th

e si

de

of t

he s

aw b

lad

e. S

ight

thr

ough

the

gua

rd

louv

ers

whe

n fo

llow

ing

a p

enci

l lin

e.

CL

AM

PIN

G T

HE

WO

RK

PIE

CE

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e r

isk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

off

th

e t

oo

l a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

WA

RN

ING

: A

work

pie

ce t

hat

is c

lam

ped

, b

ala

nced

and

secure

befo

re a

cut

may

becom

e

unb

ala

nced

after

a c

ut

is c

om

ple

ted

. A

n u

nb

ala

nced

load

may

tip t

he s

aw

or

anyt

hin

g t

he

saw

is a

ttached

to,

such a

s a

tab

le o

r w

ork

bench.

When m

aki

ng a

cut

that

may

becom

e

unb

ala

nced

, p

rop

erly

sup

port

the w

ork

pie

ce a

nd

ensure

the s

aw

is f

irm

ly b

olte

d t

o a

sta

ble

surface.

Pers

onal in

jury

may

occur.

PR

OP

ER

CU

T

IMP

RO

PE

R C

UT

IMP

RO

PE

R C

UT

IMP

RO

PE

R C

UT

FIG

. 11

PR

OP

ER

CU

T

WA

RN

ING

: The c

lam

p f

oot

must

rem

ain

cla

mp

ed

ab

ove

the b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

wheneve

r th

e c

lam

p is u

sed

. A

lways

cla

mp

the w

ork

pie

ce t

o t

he b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

–not

to a

ny

oth

er

part

of th

e w

ork

are

a.

Ensure

the c

lam

p foot

is n

ot

cla

mp

ed

on t

he e

dge o

f th

e b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

.

CA

UT

ION

: A

lways

use a

work

cla

mp

to m

ain

tain

contr

ol a

nd

red

uce t

he r

isk

of w

ork

pie

ce

dam

age a

nd

pers

onal in

jury

.

If yo

u ca

nnot

sec

ure

the

wor

kpie

ce o

n th

e ta

ble

and

aga

inst

the

fen

ce b

y ha

nd,

(irre

gula

r sh

ape,

etc

.) or

you

r ha

nd w

ould

be

less

tha

n 6"

(15

2 m

m)

from

the

bla

de,

a c

lam

p o

r ot

her

fixtu

re m

ust

be

used

.

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For

bes

t re

sults

use

the

DW

7082

cla

mp

mad

e fo

r us

e w

ith y

our

saw

. It

is a

vaila

ble

for

p

urch

ase

at y

our

loca

l ret

aile

r or

DEW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ter

(Fig

. 1)

.O

ther

aid

s su

ch a

s sp

ring

clam

ps,

bar

cla

mp

s or

C-c

lam

ps

may

be

app

rop

riate

for

cer

tain

si

zes

and

sha

pes

of

mat

eria

l. U

se c

are

in s

elec

ting

and

pla

cing

the

se c

lam

ps.

Tak

e tim

e to

m

ake

a d

ry r

un b

efor

e m

akin

g th

e cu

t. Th

e le

ft fe

nce

will

slid

e fro

m s

ide

to s

ide

to a

id i

n cl

amp

ing

TO

IN

STA

LL

CL

AM

P (

SO

LD

SE

PA

RA

TE

LY

(F

IG.

1)

1.

Inse

rt t

he c

lam

p in

to t

he h

ole

beh

ind

the

fen

ce.

The

clam

p s

houl

d b

e fa

cing

tow

ard

the

b

ack

of th

e m

iter s

aw. T

he g

roov

e on

the

clam

p ro

d s

houl

d b

e fu

lly in

sert

ed in

to th

e b

ase.

E

nsur

e th

is g

roov

e is

ful

ly in

sert

ed in

to t

he b

ase

of t

he m

iter

saw

. If

the

groo

ve is

vis

ible

, th

e cl

amp

will

not

be

secu

re.

2.

Rot

ate

the

clam

p 1

80º

tow

ard

the

fron

t of

the

mite

r sa

w.

3.

Loo

sen

the

knob

to

adju

st t

he c

lam

p u

p o

r d

own,

the

n us

e th

e fin

e ad

just

kno

b t

o fir

mly

cl

amp

the

wor

kpie

ce.

NO

TE

: P

lace

the

cla

mp

on

the

opp

osite

sid

e of

the

bas

e w

hen

bev

elin

g. A

LWAY

S M

AK

E

DR

Y R

UN

S (U

NP

OW

ER

ED

) BE

FOR

E F

INIS

H C

UTS

TO

CH

EC

K T

HE

PAT

H O

F TH

E B

LAD

E.

EN

SU

RE

TH

E C

LAM

P D

OE

S N

OT

INTE

RFE

RE

WIT

H T

HE

AC

TIO

N O

F TH

E S

AW

OR

G

UA

RD

S.

WA

RN

ING

: A

work

pie

ce t

hat

is c

lam

ped

, b

ala

nced

and

secure

befo

re a

cut

may

becom

e

unb

ala

nced

after

a c

ut

is c

om

ple

ted

. A

n u

nb

ala

nced

load

may

tip t

he s

aw

or

anyt

hin

g t

he

saw

is a

ttached

to,

such a

s a

tab

le o

r w

ork

bench.

When m

aki

ng a

cut

that

may

becom

e

unb

ala

nced

, p

rop

erly

sup

port

the w

ork

pie

ce a

nd

ensure

the s

aw

is f

irm

ly b

olte

d t

o a

sta

ble

surface.

WA

RN

ING

: The c

lam

p f

oot

must

rem

ain

cla

mp

ed

ab

ove

the b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

wheneve

r th

e c

lam

p is

used

. A

lways

cla

mp

the w

ork

pie

ce t

o t

he b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

–not

to a

ny

oth

er

part

of th

e w

ork

are

a.

Ensure

the c

lam

p foot

is n

ot

cla

mp

ed

on t

he e

dge o

f th

e b

ase o

f th

e s

aw

.

SU

PP

OR

T F

OR

LO

NG

PIE

CE

S (

FIG

. 1)

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e r

isk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

turn

off

th

e t

oo

l a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

it

fro

m

the

p

ow

er

so

urc

e

be

fore

a

tte

mp

tin

g

to

mo

ve

it

, ch

an

ge

a

cce

sso

rie

s o

r m

ake

an

y a

dju

stm

en

ts.

ALW

AYS

SU

PP

OR

T LO

NG

PIE

CE

S.

Nev

er u

se a

noth

er p

erso

n as

a s

ubst

itute

for

a t

able

ext

ensi

on;

as a

dd

ition

al s

upp

ort

for

a w

orkp

iece

tha

t is

long

er o

r w

ider

tha

n th

e b

asic

mite

r sa

w t

able

or

to h

elp

fee

d,

sup

por

t or

p

ull t

he w

orkp

iece

.Fo

r b

est

resu

lts,

use

the

DW

7080

ext

ensi

on w

ork

sup

por

t to

ext

end

the

tab

le w

idth

of

your

sa

w.

Thes

e ar

e av

aila

ble

from

you

r d

eale

r at

ext

ra c

ost.

S

upp

ort

long

wor

kpie

ces

usin

g an

y co

nven

ient

mea

ns s

uch

as s

awho

rses

or

sim

ilar

dev

ices

to

kee

p t

he e

nds

from

dro

pp

ing.

CU

TT

ING

PIC

TU

RE

FR

AM

ES

, S

HA

DO

W B

OX

ES

AN

D O

TH

ER

FO

UR

-SID

ED

P

RO

JE

CT

S

To b

est

und

erst

and

how

to

mak

e th

e ite

ms

liste

d h

ere,

we

sugg

est

that

you

try

a fe

w s

imp

le

pro

ject

s us

ing

scra

p w

ood

unt

il yo

u d

evel

op a

“FE

EL”

for

your

saw

.Yo

ur s

aw is

the

per

fect

too

l for

mite

ring

corn

ers

like

the

one

show

n in

Fig

ure

13.

Ske

tch

A in

Fi

gure

 12

show

s a

join

t m

ade

by

usin

g th

e b

evel

ad

just

men

t to

bev

el t

he e

dge

s of

the

tw

o b

oard

s at

45°

eac

h to

pro

duc

e a

90°

corn

er.

For

this

join

t th

e m

iter

arm

was

lock

ed in

the

ze

ro p

ositi

on a

nd th

e b

evel

ad

just

men

t was

lock

ed a

t 45°

. The

woo

d w

as p

ositi

oned

with

the

bro

ad f

lat

sid

e ag

ains

t th

e ta

ble

and

the

nar

row

ed

ge a

gain

st t

he f

ence

. Th

e cu

t co

uld

als

o b

e m

ade

by

mite

ring

right

and

left

with

the

bro

ad s

urfa

ce a

gain

st t

he fe

nce.

FIG

. 12 A

B

FIG

. 13

FIG

. 14

AN

GLE

« A

»

CU

TT

ING

TR

IM M

OL

DIN

G A

ND

OT

HE

R F

RA

ME

S

Ske

tch

B in

Fig

ure

12 s

how

s a

join

t m

ade

by

sett

ing

the

mite

r ar

m a

t 45

° to

mite

r th

e tw

o b

oard

s to

form

a 9

0° c

orne

r. To

mak

e th

is t

ype

of jo

int,

set

the

bev

el a

dju

stm

ent

to z

ero

and

th

e m

iter

arm

to

45°.

Onc

e ag

ain,

pos

ition

the

woo

d w

ith t

he b

road

flat

sid

e on

the

tab

le a

nd

the

narr

ow e

dge

aga

inst

the

fenc

e.Th

e tw

o sk

etch

es in

Fig

ure

12 a

re fo

r fo

ur s

ide

obje

cts

only.

A

s th

e nu

mb

er o

f sid

es c

hang

es, s

o d

o th

e m

iter

and

bev

el a

ngle

s. T

he c

hart

bel

ow g

ives

the

pro

per

ang

les

for

a va

riety

of s

hap

es.

- E

XA

MP

LE

S -

N

O.

SID

ES

AN

GLE

MIT

ER

OR

BE

VE

L4

45°

536

°6

30°

725

.7°

822

.5°

920

°10

18°

(The

cha

rt a

ssum

es t

hat

all s

ides

are

of

equa

l len

gth.

) Fo

r a

shap

e th

at is

not

sho

wn

in t

he

char

t, us

e th

e fo

llow

ing

form

ula.

180

° d

ivid

ed b

y th

e nu

mb

er o

f si

des

eq

uals

the

mite

r (if

the

m

ater

ial i

s cu

t ve

rtic

ally

) or

bev

el a

ngle

(if t

he m

ater

ial i

s cu

t la

ying

flat

).

CU

TT

ING

CO

MP

OU

ND

MIT

ER

S

A c

omp

ound

mite

r is

a c

ut m

ade

usin

g a

mite

r an

gle

and

a b

evel

ang

le a

t th

e sa

me

time.

Th

is is

the

typ

e of

cut

use

d t

o m

ake

fram

es o

r b

oxes

with

sla

ntin

g si

des

like

the

one

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 14

.N

OT

E:

If th

e cu

ttin

g an

gle

varie

s fro

m c

ut t

o cu

t, ch

eck

that

the

bev

el c

lam

p k

nob

and

the

m

iter

lock

lev

er a

re s

ecur

ely

tight

ened

. Th

ese

knob

s m

ust

be

tight

ened

afte

r m

akin

g an

y ch

ange

s in

bev

el o

r m

iter.

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11

The

char

t (Ta

ble

1) w

ill as

sist

you

in s

elec

ting

the

pro

per

bev

el a

nd m

iter

sett

ings

for

com

mon

co

mp

ound

mite

r cut

s. T

o us

e th

e ch

art,

sele

ct th

e d

esire

d a

ngle

“A

” (F

igur

e 14

) of y

our p

roje

ct

and

loc

ate

that

ang

le o

n th

e ap

pro

pria

te a

rc i

n th

e ch

art.

From

tha

t p

oint

fol

low

the

cha

rt

stra

ight

dow

n to

find

the

corr

ect b

evel

ang

le a

nd s

trai

ght a

cros

s to

find

the

corr

ect m

iter a

ngle

.S

et y

our s

aw to

the

pre

scrib

ed a

ngle

s an

d m

ake

a fe

w tr

ial c

uts.

Pra

ctic

e fit

ting

the

cut p

iece

s to

geth

er u

ntil

you

dev

elop

a fe

el fo

r th

is p

roce

dur

e an

d fe

el c

omfo

rtab

le w

ith it

.E

xa

mp

le:

To m

ake

a fo

ur-s

ided

box

with

26°

ext

erio

r an

gles

(A

ngle

A,

Figu

re 1

4),

use

the

upp

er r

ight

arc

. Fi

nd 2

6° o

n th

e ar

c sc

ale.

Fol

low

the

hor

izon

tal i

nter

sect

ing

line

to e

ither

sid

e to

get

mite

r ang

le s

ettin

g on

saw

(42°

). Li

kew

ise,

follo

w th

e ve

rtic

al in

ters

ectin

g lin

e to

the

top

or

bot

tom

to

get

the

bev

el a

ngle

set

ting

on t

he s

aw (1

8°).

Alw

ays

try

cuts

on

a fe

w s

crap

pie

ces

of w

ood

to

verif

y se

ttin

gs o

n sa

w.

VE

RN

IER

SC

AL

E (

FIG

. 15,

16)

Your

saw

is e

qui

pp

ed w

ith a

ver

nier

sca

le f

or a

dd

ed p

reci

sion

. Th

e ve

rnie

r sc

ale

allo

ws

you

to a

ccur

atel

y se

t m

iter

angl

es t

o th

e ne

ares

t 1/

4°.

To u

se t

he v

erni

er s

cale

fol

low

the

ste

ps

liste

d b

elow

.(A

s an

exa

mp

le,

let’s

ass

ume

that

the

ang

le y

ou w

ant

to m

iter

is 2

5-1/

4° le

ft).

1.

Tur

n of

f mite

r sa

w.

2.

Set

the

mite

r an

gle

to t

he n

eare

st w

hole

deg

ree

des

ired

by

alig

ning

the

cen

ter

mar

k in

th

e ve

rnie

r sc

ale,

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 15

, w

ith t

he w

hole

deg

ree

num

ber

etc

hed

in t

he m

iter

scal

e. E

xam

ine

Figu

re 1

5 cl

osel

y; t

he s

ettin

g sh

own

is 2

5° le

ft m

iter.

3.

To

set

the

add

ition

al 1

/4°,

sq

ueez

e th

e m

iter

arm

lock

and

car

eful

ly m

ove

the

arm

to

the

LEFT

unt

il th

e 1/

4° v

erni

er m

ark

alig

ns w

ith th

e C

LOS

ES

T d

egre

e m

ark

on th

e m

iter

scal

e (F

ig.

16).

In o

ur e

xam

ple

, th

e cl

oses

t d

egre

e m

ark

on t

he m

iter

scal

e ha

pp

ens

to b

e 26

°.

Figu

re 1

6 sh

ows

a se

ttin

g of

25-

1/4°

rig

ht m

iter.

FIG

. 16 1/4°

VE

RN

IER

MA

RK

ALI

GN

S W

ITH

CLO

SE

ST

WH

OLE

DE

GR

EE

M

AR

K O

N M

ITE

R S

CA

LE

(25-

1/4°

LE

FT M

ITE

R)

FIG

. 15

MIT

ER

A

NG

LE

CE

NTE

R M

AR

K O

N V

ER

NIE

R S

CA

LE

ALI

GN

S W

ITH

DE

SIR

ED

WH

OLE

A

NG

LE O

N M

ITE

R S

CA

LE

(25°

LE

FT M

ITE

R)

KE

RF

PLA

TE

For

sett

ings

tha

t re

qui

re p

artia

l deg

rees

(1/

4, 1

/2,

3/4°

) al

ign

the

des

ired

ver

nier

mar

k w

ith

the

CLO

SE

ST

deg

ree

mar

k on

the

mite

r sc

ale,

as

des

crib

ed b

elow

(The

pla

stic

ver

nier

pla

te

is i

nscr

ibed

with

mar

ks f

or 1

/4,

1/2,

3/4

and

1°.

Onl

y th

e 1/

2° a

nd t

he 1

° ar

e nu

mer

ical

ly

lab

eled

.)

WH

EN

MIT

ER

ING

TO

TH

E R

IGH

T

To in

crea

se t

he m

iter

angl

e w

hen

mite

ring

to t

he r

ight

, m

ove

the

arm

to

alig

n th

e ap

pro

pria

te

vern

ier

mar

k w

ith th

e cl

oses

t mar

k on

the

mite

r sc

ale

to th

e rig

ht. T

o d

ecre

ase

the

mite

r an

gle

whe

n m

iterin

g to

the

right

, mov

e th

e ar

m to

alig

n th

e ap

pro

pria

te v

erni

er m

ark

with

the

clos

est

mar

k on

the

mite

r sc

ale

to t

he le

ft.

WH

EN

MIT

ER

ING

TO

TH

E L

EF

T

To in

crea

se t

he m

iter

angl

e w

hen

mite

ring

to t

he le

ft, m

ove

the

arm

to

alig

n th

e ap

pro

pria

te

vern

ier

mar

k w

ith t

he c

lose

st m

ark

on t

he m

iter

scal

e to

the

left.

To

dec

reas

e th

e m

iter

angl

e w

hen

mite

ring

to t

he le

ft, m

ove

the

arm

to

alig

n th

e ap

pro

pria

te v

erni

er m

ark

with

the

clo

sest

m

ark

on t

he m

iter

scal

e to

the

rig

ht.

CU

TT

ING

BA

SE

MO

LD

ING

FI

G.

17

ALW

AYS

MA

KE

A D

RY

RU

N W

ITH

OU

T P

OW

ER

B

EFO

RE

MA

KIN

G A

NY

CU

TS.

Str

aigh

t 90

° cu

ts:

Pos

ition

the

woo

d a

gain

st t

he f

ence

and

hol

d it

in

pla

ce a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 17

. Tur

n on

the

saw

, al

low

the

bla

de

to re

ach

full

spee

d a

nd lo

wer

the

arm

sm

ooth

ly t

hrou

gh t

he c

ut.

CU

TT

ING

BA

SE

MO

LD

ING

UP

TO

1"

(25.4

mm

) T

HIC

K B

Y U

P T

O 3

-5/8

" (9

1 m

m)

WID

E V

ER

TIC

AL

LY

AG

AIN

ST

TH

E F

EN

CE

Pos

ition

mol

din

g as

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 17

All

cuts

mad

e w

ith t

he b

ack

of t

he m

old

ing

agai

nst

the

fenc

e an

d b

otto

m o

f th

e m

old

ing

agai

nst

the

bas

e.

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:O

UTS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:Le

ft si

de

Left

sid

e

1.

Mite

r le

ft 45

°

1. M

iter

right

at

45°

2.

Sav

e le

ft si

de

of c

ut

2. S

ave

left

sid

e of

cut

Rig

ht s

ide

Rig

ht s

ide

1.

Mite

r R

ight

45°

1.

Mite

r le

ft at

45°

2.

Sav

e rig

ht s

ide

of c

ut

2. S

ave

right

sid

e of

cut

Mat

eria

l up

to

3-5/

8" (

91 m

m)

can

be

cut

asFI

G.

18

des

crib

ed

abov

e.

For

boa

rds

[up

to

6-

3/4"

(1

73 m

m)]

seve

ral m

inor

con

cess

ions

mus

t b

e m

ade:

W

hen

cutt

ing

a

bo

ard

b

etw

een

3-5

/8"

(91

mm

) and

6-3

/4"

(173

mm

), th

e ro

ller

on th

e tip

of t

he g

uard

will

hang

up

on

the

wor

kpie

ce.

If th

is o

ccur

s, s

imp

ly p

lace

you

r rig

ht t

hum

b

on t

he u

pp

er s

ide

of t

he g

uard

and

rol

l th

e gu

ard

up

just

eno

ugh

to c

lear

the

wor

kpie

ce,

as s

how

n in

Fig

ure

18. O

nce

you

have

cle

ared

th

e w

orkp

iece

, yo

u ca

n re

leas

e th

e gu

ard

and

it

will

cont

inue

to

open

as

the

cut

pro

gres

ses.

Whe

n m

iterin

g to

th

e rig

ht

sid

e of

a

bas

e m

old

ing

3-5/

8"

(91

mm

) st

and

ing

vert

ical

ly

agai

nst

the

fenc

e as

in F

igur

e 17

, th

e sa

w c

an

only

cut

thr

ough

the

boa

rd u

p t

o 1"

(25.

4 m

m)

from

the

end

of

the

boa

rd.

Tryi

ng t

o cu

t m

ore

than

an

inch

will

caus

e th

e sa

w’s

gea

r ca

se t

o in

terfe

re w

ith t

he w

orkp

iece

. If

you

wan

t to

cut

b

ase

mol

din

g b

etw

een

3-5/

8" (

91 m

m)

and

6-

3/4"

(173

 mm

) ver

tical

ly fo

llow

the

dire

ctio

ns

on t

his

pag

e.

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CU

TT

ING

BA

SE

MO

LD

ING

UP

TO

1"

(25.4

mm

) T

HIC

K B

Y 3

-5/8

" – 6

-3/4

" (9

1 X

173 m

m)

WID

E 1

" (2

5.4

mm

) V

ER

TIC

AL

LY

AG

AIN

ST

TH

E F

EN

CE

Pos

ition

mol

din

g as

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 17

All

cuts

mad

e w

ith t

he b

ack

of t

he m

old

ing

agai

nst

the

fenc

e

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:O

UTS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:Le

ft si

de

Left

sid

e *

1.

Pos

ition

mol

din

g w

ith b

otto

m o

f mol

din

g ag

ains

t th

e b

ase

of t

he s

aw

1. P

ositi

on m

old

ing

with

bot

tom

of

mol

din

g ag

ains

t th

e b

ase

of t

he s

aw

2. M

iter

left

45°

2.

Mite

r rig

ht 4

3. S

ave

left

sid

e of

cut

3.

Sav

e le

ft si

de

of c

utR

ight

sid

eR

ight

sid

e

1. P

ositi

on m

old

ing

with

top

of t

he m

old

ing

rest

ing

on t

he b

ase

of t

he s

aw

1. P

ositi

on m

old

ing

with

bot

tom

of t

he

mol

din

g ag

ains

t th

e b

ase

of t

he s

aw

2. M

iter

left

45°

2.

Mite

r le

ft 45

°

3.

Sav

e th

e rig

ht s

ide

of c

ut

3. S

ave

the

right

sid

e of

cut

* N

OT

E:

If th

e cu

t m

ust

be

mad

e so

mew

here

oth

er t

han

1" f

rom

the

end

of

the

mol

din

g:

cut

off

the

mol

din

g at

90°

ap

pro

x. 1

" (2

5.4

mm

) lo

nger

tha

n yo

ur f

inal

leng

th t

hen

mak

e th

e m

iter

cut

as d

escr

ibed

ab

ove.

CU

TT

ING

BA

SE

MO

LD

ING

UP

TO

1.8

" (4

5 m

m)

TH

ICK

BY

UP

TO

7-1

1/1

6"

(195.6

 mm

) W

IDE

LA

YIN

G F

LA

T A

ND

US

ING

TH

E B

EV

EL

FE

AT

UR

E

All

cuts

mad

e w

ith t

he s

aw s

et a

t 45

° b

evel

and

0 m

iter.

All

cuts

mad

e w

ith b

ack

of m

old

ing

layi

ng fl

at o

n th

e sa

w a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 19

.

FIG

. 19

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:O

UTS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:Le

ft si

de

Left

sid

e

1. P

ositi

on m

oldi

ng w

ith to

p of

mol

ding

ag

ains

t the

fenc

e

1. P

ositi

on m

old

ing

with

bot

tom

of t

he

mol

din

g ag

ains

t th

e fe

nce

2.

Sav

e le

ft si

de o

f cut

2.

Sav

e rig

ht s

ide

of c

ut

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:O

UTS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:R

ight

sid

eR

ight

sid

e

1. P

ositi

on m

old

ing

with

bot

tom

of t

he

mol

din

g ag

ains

t th

e fe

nce

1.

Pos

ition

mol

ding

with

top

of m

oldi

ng

agai

nst t

he fe

nce

2.

Sav

e le

ft si

de

of c

ut

2. S

ave

right

sid

e of

cut

CU

TT

ING

CR

OW

N M

OL

DIN

G

Your

mite

r sa

w i

s b

ette

r su

ited

to

the

tas

k o

f cu

ttin

g c

row

n m

old

ing

than

any

too

l mad

e.

In o

rder

to

fit p

rop

erly

, cr

ow

n m

old

ing

mus

t b

e co

mp

oun

d m

itere

d w

ith e

xtre

me

accu

racy

.Th

e tw

o fla

t su

rface

s on

a g

iven

pie

ce o

f cr

own

mol

din

g ar

e at

ang

les

that

, w

hen

add

ed

toge

ther

, eq

ual e

xact

ly 9

0°. M

ost,

but

not

all,

cro

wn

mol

din

g ha

s a

top

rea

r an

gle

(the

sect

ion

that

fits

fla

t ag

ains

t th

e ce

iling)

of

52°

and

a b

otto

m r

ear

angl

e (th

e p

art

that

fits

fla

t ag

ains

t th

e w

all)

of 3

8°.

Your

mite

r sa

w h

as s

pec

ial p

re-s

et m

iter

latc

h p

oint

s at

31.

62°

left

for

cutt

ing

crow

n m

old

ing

at t

he p

rop

er a

ngle

and

bev

el s

top

paw

l at

33.8

5° le

ft. T

here

is a

lso

a m

ark

on t

he b

evel

sca

le

at 3

3.85

°.Th

e B

eve

l S

ett

ing

/Typ

e o

f C

ut

char

t gi

ves

the

pro

per

set

tings

for

cut

ting

crow

n m

old

ing.

(T

he n

umb

ers

for

the

mite

r an

d b

evel

set

tings

are

ver

y p

reci

se a

nd a

re n

ot e

asy

to a

ccur

atel

y se

t on

you

r sa

w.)

Sin

ce m

ost

room

s d

o no

t ha

ve a

ngle

s of

pre

cise

ly 9

0°, y

ou w

ill ha

ve t

o fin

e tu

ne y

our

sett

ings

any

way

.P

RE

TE

ST

ING

WIT

H S

CR

AP

MA

TE

RIA

L I

S E

XT

RE

ME

LY

IM

PO

RTA

NT

!

INS

TR

UC

TIO

NS

FO

R C

UT

TIN

G C

RO

WN

MO

LD

ING

LA

YIN

G F

LA

T A

ND

US

ING

TH

E

CO

MP

OU

ND

FE

AT

UR

ES

1.

Mol

din

g la

ying

with

bro

ad b

ack

surfa

ce d

own

flat

on s

aw t

able

(Fig

. 20

).

FIG

. 20

FEN

CE TA

BLE

CR

OW

N M

OLD

ING

FLA

T O

N T

AB

LE A

ND

A

GA

INS

T FE

NC

E

2.

The

set

tings

bel

ow a

re fo

r A

ll S

tand

ard

(U.S

.) cr

own

mol

din

g w

ith 5

2° a

nd 3

8° a

ngle

s.

BE

VE

L S

ET

TIN

GT

YP

E O

F C

UT

33.8

LEFT

SID

E,

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:

1. T

op o

f mol

din

g ag

ains

t fe

nce

2.

Mite

r ta

ble

set

rig

ht 3

1.62

°

3. S

ave

left

end

of c

ut

33.8

RIG

HT

SID

E,

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:

1. B

otto

m o

f mol

din

g ag

ains

t fe

nce

2.

Mite

r ta

ble

set

left

31.6

3. S

ave

left

end

of c

ut

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BE

VE

L S

ET

TIN

GT

YP

E O

F C

UT

33.8

LEFT

SID

E,

OU

TSID

E C

OR

NE

R:

1.

Bot

tom

of m

old

ing

agai

nst

fenc

e

2. M

iter

tab

le s

et le

ft 31

.62°

3.

Sav

e rig

ht e

nd o

f cut

33.8

RIG

HT

SID

E,

OU

TSID

E C

OR

NE

R:

1.

Top

of m

old

ing

agai

nst

fenc

e

2. M

iter

tab

le s

et r

ight

31.

62°

3.

Sav

e rig

ht e

nd o

f cut

Whe

n se

ttin

g b

evel

and

mite

r an

gles

for

all c

omp

ound

mite

rs,

rem

emb

er t

hat:

The

angl

es p

rese

nted

for

cro

wn

mol

din

gs a

re v

ery

pre

cise

and

diff

icul

t to

set

exa

ctly.

S

ince

the

y ca

n ea

sily

shi

ft sl

ight

ly a

nd v

ery

few

roo

ms

have

exa

ctly

sq

uare

cor

ners

, all

sett

ings

sho

uld

be

test

ed o

n sc

rap

mol

din

g.P

RE

TE

ST

ING

WIT

H S

CR

AP

MA

TE

RIA

L I

S E

XT

RE

ME

LY

IM

PO

RTA

NT

!

ALT

ER

NA

TIV

E M

ET

HO

D F

OR

CU

TT

ING

CR

OW

N M

OL

DIN

G

Pla

ce t

he m

old

ing

on t

he t

able

at

an a

ngle

bet

wee

n th

e fe

nce

and

the

saw

tab

le,

as s

how

n in

Fig

ure 

20A

. U

se o

f the

cro

wn

mol

din

g fe

nce

acce

ssor

y (D

W70

84) i

s hi

ghly

rec

omm

end

ed

bec

ause

of

its d

egre

e of

acc

urac

y an

d c

onve

nien

ce.

The

crow

n m

old

ing

fenc

e ac

cess

ory

is

avai

lab

le fo

r p

urch

ase

from

you

r lo

cal d

eale

r. Th

e ad

vant

age

to c

uttin

g cr

own

mol

din

g us

ing

this

met

hod

is t

hat

no b

evel

cut

is r

equi

red

. M

inut

e ch

ange

s in

the

mite

r an

gle

can

be

mad

e w

ithou

t af

fect

ing

the

bev

el a

ngle

. Th

is w

ay,

whe

n co

rner

s ot

her

than

90°

are

enc

ount

ered

, th

e sa

w c

an b

e q

uick

ly a

nd e

asily

ad

just

ed

for

them

. Use

the

crow

n m

old

ing

fenc

e ac

cess

ory

to m

aint

ain

the

angl

e at

whi

ch th

e m

old

ing

will

be

on t

he w

all.

CR

OW

N M

OLD

ING

BE

TWE

EN

FE

NC

E A

ND

TA

BLE

TAB

LE

FEN

CE

BO

TTO

M S

IDE

O

F M

OLD

ING

TOP

SID

E O

F M

OLD

ING

FIG

. 20

A

DW

7084

CR

OW

N

MO

LDIN

G F

EN

CE

INS

TR

UC

TIO

NS

F

OR

C

UT

TIN

G

CR

OW

N

MO

LD

ING

A

NG

LE

D

BE

TW

EE

N

TH

E

FE

NC

E A

ND

BA

SE

OF

TH

E S

AW

FO

R A

LL

CU

TS

:

1.

Ang

le t

he m

old

ing

so t

he b

otto

m o

f th

e m

old

ing

(par

t w

hich

goe

s ag

ains

t th

e w

all w

hen

inst

alle

d) i

s ag

ains

t the

fenc

e an

d th

e to

p o

f the

mol

din

g is

rest

ing

on th

e b

ase

of th

e sa

w,

as s

how

n in

Fig

ure

20A

.

2.

The

ang

led

“fla

ts”

on t

he b

ack

of t

he m

old

ing

mus

t re

st s

qua

rely

on

the

fenc

e an

d b

ase

of t

he s

aw.

INS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:O

UTS

IDE

CO

RN

ER

:Le

ft si

de

Left

sid

e

1.

Mite

r rig

ht a

t 45

°

1. M

iter

left

at 4

2. S

ave

right

sid

e of

cut

2.

Sav

e rig

ht s

ide

of c

utIN

SID

E C

OR

NE

R:

OU

TSID

E C

OR

NE

R:

Rig

ht s

ide

Rig

ht s

ide

1.

Mite

r le

ft at

45°

1.

Mite

r rig

ht a

t 45

°

2. S

ave

left

sid

e of

cut

2.

Sav

e le

ft si

de

of c

ut

Specia

l C

uts

NE

VE

R M

AK

E A

NY

CU

T U

NL

ES

S T

HE

MA

TE

RIA

L IS

SE

CU

RE

D O

N T

HE

TA

BL

E A

ND

A

GA

INS

T T

HE

FE

NC

E.

AL

UM

INU

M C

UT

TIN

G

ALW

AYS

U

SE

TH

E

AP

PR

OP

RIA

TE

SA

W

BLA

DE

M

AD

E

ES

PE

CIA

LLY

FO

R

CU

TTIN

G

ALU

MIN

UM

. Th

ese

are

avai

lab

le a

t yo

ur l

ocal

DEW

ALT

ret

aile

r or

DEW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ter.

Cer

tain

wor

kpie

ces,

due

to

thei

r si

ze, s

hap

e or

sur

face

fini

sh, m

ay r

equi

re t

he u

se o

f a c

lam

p

or fi

xtur

e to

pre

vent

mov

emen

t d

urin

g th

e cu

t. P

ositi

on t

he m

ater

ial s

o th

at y

ou w

ill b

e cu

ttin

g th

e th

inne

st c

ross

sec

tion,

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

21. F

igur

e 21

A il

lust

rate

s th

e w

rong

way

to

cut

thes

e ex

trus

ions

. U

se a

stic

k w

ax c

uttin

g lu

bric

ant

whe

n cu

ttin

g al

umin

um.

Ap

ply

the

stic

k w

ax d

irect

ly t

o th

e sa

w b

lad

e b

efor

e cu

ttin

g. N

ever

ap

ply

stic

k w

ax t

o a

mov

ing

bla

de.

The

wax

, ava

ilab

le a

t mos

t har

dw

are

stor

es a

nd in

dus

tria

l mill

sup

ply

hou

ses,

pro

vid

es p

rop

er

lub

ricat

ion

and

kee

ps

chip

s fro

m a

dhe

ring

to t

he b

lad

e.B

e su

re t

o p

rop

erly

sec

ure

wor

kpie

ce.

FIG

. 21

BLA

DE

FEN

CE

CO

RR

EC

T

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FIG

. 21

A

BLA

DE

FEN

CE

INC

OR

RE

CT

Ref

er t

o S

aw

Bla

de

s u

nder

Acce

sso

rie

s fo

r co

rrec

t sa

w b

lad

e.

BO

WE

D M

AT

ER

IAL

Whe

n cu

ttin

g b

owed

mat

eria

l al

way

s p

ositi

on i

t as

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 22

and

nev

er l

ike

that

sh

own

in 2

2A.

Pos

ition

ing

the

mat

eria

l in

corr

ectly

will

caus

e it

to p

inch

the

bla

de

near

the

co

mp

letio

n of

the

cut

.

FIG

. 22

CO

RR

EC

T

FIG

. 22

A

INC

OR

RE

CT

CU

TT

ING

PL

AS

TIC

PIP

E O

R O

TH

ER

RO

UN

D M

AT

ER

IAL

Pla

stic

pip

e ca

n b

e ea

sily

cut

with

you

r sa

w.

It sh

ould

be

cut

just

like

woo

d a

nd C

LA

MP

ED

O

R H

EL

D F

IRM

LY

TO

TH

E F

EN

CE

TO

KE

EP

IT

FR

OM

RO

LL

ING

. Th

is i

s ex

trem

ely

imp

orta

nt w

hen

mak

ing

angl

e cu

ts.

CU

TT

ING

LA

RG

E M

AT

ER

IAL

Occ

asio

nally

you

will

enco

unte

r a p

iece

of w

ood

a li

ttle

too

larg

e to

fit b

enea

th th

e b

lad

e gu

ard

. If

this

occ

urs,

sim

ply

pla

ce y

our

right

thu

mb

on

the

upp

er s

ide

of t

he lo

wer

bla

de

guar

d a

nd

roll

the

guar

d u

p ju

st e

noug

h to

cle

ar t

he w

orkp

iece

, as

sho

wn

in F

igur

e 18

. R

elea

se t

he

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

bef

ore

turn

ing

the

saw

on

and

beg

inni

ng th

e cu

t. A

void

doi

ng th

is a

s m

uch

as p

ossi

ble

, but

if n

eed

be,

the

saw

will

oper

ate

pro

per

ly a

nd m

ake

the

big

ger c

ut. N

EV

ER

TIE

, TA

PE

, O

R O

THE

RW

ISE

HO

LD T

HE

GU

AR

D O

PE

N W

HE

N O

PE

RAT

ING

TH

IS S

AW

.

MA

INTE

NA

NC

ED

O N

OT

use

lub

rican

ts o

r cl

eane

rs (

par

ticul

arly

sp

ray

or a

eros

ol)

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f th

e p

last

ic

guar

d. T

he p

olyc

arb

onat

e m

ater

ial u

sed

in th

e gu

ard

is s

ubje

ct to

att

ack

by

cert

ain

chem

ical

s.

1. A

ll b

earin

gs a

re s

eale

d.

They

are

lub

ricat

ed fo

r lif

e an

d n

eed

no

furt

her

mai

nten

ance

.

2. P

erio

dic

ally

cle

an a

ll d

ust

and

woo

d c

hip

s fro

m a

roun

d A

ND

UN

DE

R t

he b

ase

and

the

ro

tary

tab

le.

Eve

n th

ough

slo

ts a

re p

rovi

ded

to

allo

w d

ebris

to

pas

s th

roug

h, s

ome

dus

t w

ill ac

cum

ulat

e.

3. T

he b

rush

es a

re d

esig

ned

to

give

you

sev

eral

yea

rs o

f us

e. T

o re

pla

ce t

he b

rush

es r

efer

to

Bru

sh

es o

r re

turn

the

too

l to

the

near

est

serv

ice

cent

er fo

r re

pai

r.

Servic

e I

nfo

rmati

on

Ple

ase

have

the

follo

win

g in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

for

all s

ervi

ce c

alls

: M

odel

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ber

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ype

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ial N

umb

er _

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e an

d P

lace

of P

urch

ase

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Repair

sTo

ass

ure

pro

duc

t SA

FETY

and

RE

LIA

BIL

ITY,

rep

airs

, mai

nten

ance

and

ad

just

men

t sho

uld

be

per

form

ed b

y a

DEW

ALT

fact

ory

serv

ice

cent

er,

a D

EW

ALT

aut

horiz

ed s

ervi

ce c

ente

r or

oth

er

qua

lifie

d s

ervi

ce p

erso

nnel

. A

lway

s us

e id

entic

al r

epla

cem

ent

par

ts.