Cutting Miters - Grizzly T31634 Owner's Manual

Cutting Miters

A miter is an angled crosscut. Miter saws are
designed for making quick and accurate miter
cuts. While a table saw would require the use of a
miter gauge, your saw is equipped with an adjust-
able cutting arm and head that adjust in relation to
the fence, allowing for these angled cuts.
Figure 46. Miter saw rotated to 60˚ miter angle.
This is especially useful when cutting joints. For
instance, cutting the joints on a four-sided picture
frame would require 8 cuts, 2 for each corner.
Since a square has a 90˚ corner, two workpieces
cut to 45˚ would makeup the corner. See the chart
below for some other common polygons and how
to calculate the necessary miter angle.
Miter Angles for Jointing Polygons
# of Sides Corner Angle
3 120°
4
5
6
120°
72°
Figure 47. Polygon joints.
-30-
Miter Angle
60°
90° 45°
72° 36°
60° 30°
90°
60°
Once you know the angle you will need to cut, all
that's left is to adjust your saw to that angle.
To perform a miter cut:
1.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Lift miter lock handle to unlock table position
(see Figure 48).
Miter Lock
Handle
Figure 48. Cutting arm.
3.
Press and hold miter release button (see
Figure 48) and use miter lock handle to
rotate cutting arm to desired angle (see
Figure 49).
Miter Angle
Scale
Cutting Arm
Figure 49. Miter angle scale.
4. Press miter lock handle down to lock table
position.
5. Refer to Performing Cuts on Page 26 for
proper cutting procedures.
Model T31634/T31635 (Mfd. Since 8/19)
Miter Release
Button
Indicator