Ryobi P552 Manual 1 - Page 20
Cutting With Your Compound, Miter Saw
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OPERATION 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 MITER CUT/CROSS CUT See Figures 24 - 25. 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 to unlock the miter table. Rotate the miter table until the pointer aligns with zero on the miter scale. NOTE: You can quickly locate 0°, 15°, 22-1/2°, left or right, 31.62° and 45° left or right as you rotate the control arm. The miter table will seat itself in one of the positive stop index points, located in base. Push the miter lock lever down to lock the miter table. Place the workpiece flat on the miter table with one edge securely against the fence. If the board is warped, 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 Figure 32. When cutting long pieces of lumber or molding, support the opposite end of the stock with a roller stand or with a work surface level with the saw table. See Figure 30. Align cutting line on workpiece with edge of saw blade or laser line. Grasp the stock firmly with one hand and secure it against the fence. Use the optional work clamp or a C-clamp to secure the workpiece when possible. 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. 20 - English CROSS CUT MITER LOCK LEVER MITER CUT WORK CLAMP Fig. 24 WORK CLAMP Fig. 25