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ARBOR LOCK - Allows the user to keep the blade from rotating while tightening or loosening the arbor locking bolt during blade replacement or removal. BASE - Supports the table, holds accessories and allows for workbench or leg set mounting. BEVEL LOCKING HANDLE - Locks the miter saw at a desired bevel angle. BEVEL SCALE - To measure the bevel angle of the saw blade 0 ° to 45 ° left. COVER PLATE SCREW - Loosen this screw and rotate the plate for access to the blade arbor locking bolt. FENCE - Helps to keep the workpiece from moving when sawing. Scaled to assist with accurate cutting. LOWER BLADE GUARD - Helps protect your hands from the blade in the raised position. It retracts as the blade is lowered MITER HANDLE - Used to rotate the saw to the right or left cutting position. MITER SCALE - To measure the miter angle 0 ° to 45 ° left, 0 ° to 45 ° right. MOUNTING HOLES - Used to mount the miter saw to a stable surface= ON/OFF TRIGGER SWITCH -To start the tool, squeeze the trigger. Release the trigger to stop the miter saw. POSITIVE STOP LOCKING LEVER - Used in combination with the miter handle, it Pocksthe miter saw at a preset positive stop for the desired miter angle. STOP LATCH - Locks the miter saw in the lowered position for compact storage and transportation. SWITCH HANDLE - The switch handle contains the trigger switch. The blade is lowered into the workpiece by pushing down on the handle. The saw will return to its upright position when the handle is released. WRENCH STORAGE - Convenient storage to prevent misplacing the blade wrench. WOODWORKING TERMS ARBOR - The shaft on which a blade is mounted. BEVEL CUT -An angle cut made through the face of the workpiece. COMPOUND CUT - A simultaneous bevel and miter cut. CROSSCUT - A cut made across the width or grain of the workpiece. FREEHAND- Performing a out without using a fence (guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent the workpiece from twisting during the cutting operation. GUM -A sticky sap from wood products. HEEL - Misalignment of the blade. KERF - The amount of material removed by blade cut. MITER CUT - An angle cut made across the width or grain of the workpiece. RESIN - A sticky sap that has hardened. REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) - The number of turns completed by a spinning object in one minute. SAW BLADE PATH - The area of the workpiece or table top directly in line with the travel of the blade or the part of the workpiece that will be cut. SET - The distance between two saw blade tips, bent outward in opposite directions to each other. The farther apart the tips are, the greater the set. WORKPIECE - The item being cut. The surfaces of a workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends and edges. WARNING LABELS - Read and understand for your own safety. Always make certain these are in place and legible. 9

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ARBOR
LOCK
- Allows the user to keep the blade from
rotating while tightening
or loosening the arbor locking
bolt during blade replacement
or removal.
BASE - Supports
the table, holds accessories
and
allows for workbench
or leg set mounting.
WRENCH
STORAGE
-
Convenient
storage to prevent
misplacing
the blade wrench.
WOODWORKING
TERMS
ARBOR -
The shaft on which a blade is mounted.
BEVEL
LOCKING
HANDLE
- Locks the miter saw at a
desired bevel angle.
BEVEL
CUT
-An
angle cut made through the face of
the workpiece.
BEVEL SCALE
-
To measure the bevel angle of the
saw blade 0° to 45° left.
COVER
PLATE
SCREW
- Loosen this screw and rotate
the plate for access to the blade arbor locking bolt.
FENCE
- Helps to keep the workpiece from moving
when sawing. Scaled to assist with accurate cutting.
COMPOUND
CUT - A simultaneous
bevel and miter cut.
CROSSCUT
-
A cut made across the width or grain of
the workpiece.
FREEHAND-
Performing
a out without
using a fence
(guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent the
workpiece
from twisting
during the cutting operation.
LOWER
BLADE
GUARD -
Helps protect your hands
from the blade in the raised position. It retracts as the
blade is lowered
GUM -A
sticky sap from wood products.
HEEL
-
Misalignment
of the blade.
MITER HANDLE
- Used to rotate the saw to the right or
left cutting position.
MITER SCALE
- To measure the miter angle 0° to 45°
left, 0° to 45° right.
MOUNTING
HOLES
- Used to mount the miter saw to a
stable surface=
ON/OFF TRIGGER
SWITCH
-To
start the tool, squeeze
the trigger. Release the trigger to stop the miter saw.
POSITIVE STOP
LOCKING
LEVER - Used in
combination
with the miter handle, it Pocksthe miter saw
at a preset positive stop for the desired miter angle.
STOP
LATCH
- Locks the miter saw in the lowered
position for compact storage
and transportation.
SWITCH
HANDLE
- The switch handle contains the
trigger switch. The blade is lowered into the workpiece
by pushing down on the handle. The saw will return to
its upright position when the handle is released.
KERF
-
The amount
of material removed
by blade cut.
MITER
CUT
-
An angle cut made across the width or
grain of
the
workpiece.
RESIN
- A sticky sap that has hardened.
REVOLUTIONS
PER MINUTE
(RPM) - The number of
turns completed
by a spinning object in one minute.
SAW
BLADE
PATH
- The area of the workpiece
or
table top directly
in line with the travel of the blade or the
part of the workpiece
that will be cut.
SET
- The distance
between two saw blade tips, bent
outward
in opposite directions
to each other. The farther
apart the tips are, the greater the set.
WORKPIECE
-
The item being cut. The surfaces
of a
workpiece
are commonly
referred to as faces, ends and
edges.
WARNING
LABELS -
Read and understand for your
own safety. Always
make certain these are in place and
legible.
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