Adjusting The Cutting Angle - Makita DLS713 Instruction Manual

Adjusting the cutting angle

This tool is carefully adjusted and aligned at the factory,
but rough handling may have affected the alignment. If
your tool is not aligned properly, perform the following:
1. Miter angle
Push the carriage toward the guide fence and
tighten two clamp screws to secure the carriage.
Loosen the grip which secures the turn base. Turn the
turn base so that the pointer points to 0° on the miter
scale. Then turn the turn base slightly clockwise and
counterclockwise to seat the turn base in the 0° miter
notch. (Leave as it is if the pointer does not point to 0°.)
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Loosen the hex socket bolt securing the guide fence
using the hex wrench.
Lower the handle fully and lock it in the lowered
position by pushing in the stopper pin. Square the
side of the blade with the face of the guide fence
using a triangular rule, try-square, etc. Then
securely tighten the hex socket bolt on the guide
fence in order starting from the right side.
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Make sure that the pointer points to 0° on the miter
scale. If the pointer does not point to 0°, loosen the
screw which secures the pointer and adjust the
pointer so that it will point to 0°.
1. Guide fence
2. Hex socket bolt
1. Triangular rule
1. Screw
2. Miter scale
3. Pointer
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2. Bevel angle
(1) 0° bevel angle
Push the carriage toward the guide fence and
tighten two clamp screws to secure the
carriage. Lower the handle fully and lock it in
the lowered position by pushing in the stopper
pin.
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Loosen the lever at the rear of the tool.
Turn the 0° bevel angle adjusting bolt (lower
bolt) on the right side of the arm two or three
revolutions counterclockwise to tilt the blade
to the right.
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Carefully square the side of the blade with the
top surface of the turn base using the
triangular rule, try-square, etc. by turning the
0° bevel angle adjusting bolt clockwise. Then
tighten the lever securely.
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Make sure that the pointer on the arm point to
0° on the bevel scale on the arm holder. If it
does not point to 0°, loosen the screw which
secures the pointer and adjust the pointer so
that it will point to 0°.
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1. Lever
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2. Arm holder
3. 0 ﾟ degree
bevel angle
adjusting bolt
4. Arm
5. Release button
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1. Triangular rule
2. Saw blade
3. Top surface of
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turn table
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1. Bevel scale
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2. Pointer
3. Screw