Adjusting The Cutting Angle - Makita DLS714 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:
Miter angle
1. Push the carriage toward the guide fence and
tighten two clamp screws to secure the carriage.
2. Rotate the turn base until the pointer indicates 0°
on the miter scale.
3. Rotate the turn base slightly clockwise and coun-
terclockwise to seat the turn base in the 0° miter notch.
(Leave as it is if the pointer does not indicate 0°.)
4. Loosen the hex socket bolts securing the guide
fence using the hex wrench.
► 1. Guide fence 2. Hex socket bolt
5. Lower the handle fully and lock it in the lowered
position by pushing in the stopper pin.
6. Adjust the guide fence until it makes a perpendic-
ular angle with the blade using a triangular rule, try-
square, etc. Then securely tighten the hex socket bolts
on the guide fence in order starting from the right side.
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► 1. Triangular rule 2. Guide fence
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7. Make sure that the pointer indicates 0° on the
miter scale. If the pointer does not indicate 0°, loosen
the screw which secures the pointer and adjust the
pointer so that it indicates 0°.
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► 1. Screw 2. Miter scale 3. Pointer
Bevel angle
0° bevel angle
► 1. Lever 2. Arm holder 3. 0° degree bevel angle
adjusting bolt 4. Arm 5. Release button
1. Push the carriage toward the guide fence and
tighten two clamp screws to secure the carriage.
2.
Lower the handle fully and lock it in the lowered
position by pushing in the stopper pin.
3. Loosen the lever at the rear of the tool.
4. 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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