Makita LH1040 Instruction Manual page 18

CAUTION:
• Always be sure that the blade will move down to bevel
direction during a bevel cut. Keep hands out of path of
saw blade.
• During a bevel cut, it may create a condition whereby
the piece cut off will come to rest against the side of the
blade. If the blade is raised while the blade is still rotat-
ing, this piece may be caught by the blade, causing
fragments to be scattered which is dangerous. The
blade should be raised ONLY after the blade has come
to a complete stop.
• When pressing the handle down, apply pressure paral-
lel to the blade. If the pressure is not parallel to the
blade during a cut, the angle of the blade might be
shifted and the precision of the cut will be impaired.
6. Wood facing
Use of wood facing helps to assure splinter-free cuts in workpieces. Attach a wood facing to the guide fence using the
holes in the guide fence.
See the figure concerning the dimensions for a suggested wood facing.
Over 10 mm
Hole
CAUTION:
• Use straight wood of even thickness as the wood facing.
• Use screws to attach the wood facing to the guide fence. The screws should be installed so that the screw heads are
below the surface of the wood facing.
• When the wood facing is attached, do not turn the turn base with the handle lowered. The blade and/or the wood fac-
ing will be damaged.
7. Cutting repetitive lengths (Fig. 42)
When cutting several pieces of stock to the same length,
ranging from 240 mm to 400 mm, use of the set plate will
facilitate more efficient operation. Install the set plate on
the holder as shown in the figure.
Align the cutting line on your workpiece with either the
left or right side of the groove in the kerf board, and while
holding the workpiece from moving, move the set plate
flush against the end of the workpiece. Then secure the
set plate with the screw. When the set plate is not used,
loosen the screw and turn the set plate out of the way.
NOTE:
• Use of the holder-rod assembly (optional accessory)
allows cutting repetitive lengths up to 2,200 mm
approximately.
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Over 460 mm
90 mm 107 mm 107 mm
4. Compound cutting
Compound cutting is the process in which a bevel angle
is made at the same time in which a miter angle is being
cut on a workpiece. Compound cutting can be performed
at angle shown in the table.
Bevel angle
45°
When performing compound cutting, refer to "Press cut-
ting", "Miter cutting" and "Bevel cut" explanations.
5. Cutting aluminum extrusion (Fig. 41)
When securing aluminum extrusions, use spacer blocks
or pieces of scrap as shown in the figure to prevent defor-
mation of the aluminum. Use a cutting lubricant when
cutting the aluminum extrusion to prevent buildup of the
aluminum material on the blade.
CAUTION:
• Never attempt to cut thick or round aluminum extru-
sions. Thick aluminum extrusions may come loose dur-
ing operation and round aluminum extrusions cannot
be secured firmly with this tool.
• Never cut aluminum in the table saw mode (bench
mode).
90 mm
Miter angle
Left and Right 0° – 45°
90 mm
25 mm
Hole