User manual MAKITA LH1040

[. . . ] Be sure that you understand their meaning before use. To avoid injury from flying debris, keep holding the saw head down, after making cuts, until the blade has come to a complete stop. When using the tool in the miter saw mode, secure the top table at the topmost blade never protrudes from the top surface of the top table. Do not place hand or fingers close to the blade. [. . . ] Then secure the top table by firmly re-tightening the two levers as shown in the figure. 21) There must be a clearance of about 4 ­ 5 mm between the riving knife and the blade teeth. Adjust the riving knife accordingly by loosening two hex bolts counterclockwise with the hex socket wrench and measuring the distance. Tighten the hex bolts securely, and then check to see that the top blade guard works smoothly before cutting. 22) The riving knife has been installed before shipment from the factory so that the blade and riving knife are in a straight line. If the blade and riving knife are not aligned properly, a dangerous pinching condition may result during operation. You could suffer serious personal injury while using the tool without a properly aligned riving knife. If they are not aligned for any reasons, always have Makita authorized service center repair it. Slide the rip fence and secure it so that the far end from you of the rip fence is aligned with the point at which the front edge of saw blade just appears from top surface of the workpiece. The purpose of this adjustment is to reduce risk of kick-back toward operator that cut piece from the workpiece is pinched between the saw blade and rip fence and finally pushed out toward operator. After adjusting the rip fence, tighten the clamping screw (A) firmly. The use of the dust bag makes cutting operations clean and dust collection easy. To attach the dust bag, fit it onto the dust nozzle. In miter saw mode, always insert the dust bag to the back nozzle only. When the dust bag is about half full, remove the dust bag from the tool and pull the fastener out. Empty the dust bag of its contents, tapping it lightly so as to remove particles adhering to the insides which might hamper further collection. If you connect a vacuum cleaner to your saw, more efficient and cleaner operations can be performed. To install the blade cover when using in the table saw mode (bench mode), turn the turn base to 0° miter angle (see the section titled "Adjusting miter angle") and place the blade cover on the turn table so that the blade cover is centered over the slit for the blade entrance in the turn table and then lock the handle in the lowest position by fully pushing in the stopper pin as shown in the figure. To attach the dust bag to the front dust nozzle in the table saw mode (bench mode), first remove the cap from the front dust nozzle and then attach the dust bag to the dust nozzle. When not in use of dust bag, always replace the cap to the front dust nozzle. When using the tool in the table saw mode (bench mode), make sure that the blade cover is installed on the turn table. The horizontal vise can be installed on either the left or right side of the base. [. . . ] Then securely tighten the hex bolts on the guide fence in the order from the right side. Turn the 0° bevel angle adjusting bolt on the right side of the turn base two or three revolutions clockwise to tilt the blade to the right. 53) Carefully square the side of the blade with the top surface of the turn base using the triangular rule, trysquare, etc. 54) Make sure that the pointer on the turn base point to 0° on the bevel scale on the arm. [. . . ]