WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with tools to make you careless.
Remember that a careless fraction of a second is sufficient
to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear eye protection with side shields marked to
comply with ANSI Z87.1. Failure to do so could result in
objects being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
serious injury.
WARNING:
Do not use any attachments or accessories not
recommended by the manufacturer of this tool. The use
of attachments or accessories not recommended can
result in serious personal injury.
APPLICATIONS
This product has been designed only for the purposes listed
below:
Cross cutting wood and plastic (do not cut metals, ce-
ramics or masonry products.)
Cross cutting miters, joints, etc., for picture frames, mold-
ings, door casings, and fine joinery
Bevel and compound cutting
Cross cutting wide workpieces
NOTE: The blade provided is fine for most wood cutting
operations, but for fine joinery cuts or cutting plastic, use one
of the accessory blades available from the RYOBI
WARNING:
Before starting any cutting operation, clamp or bolt the
compound miter saw to a workbench. Never operate the
miter saw on the floor or in a crouched position. Failure
to heed this warning can result in serious personal injury.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, always tighten the miter
lock knob and bevel lock knob securely before making a
cut. Failure to do so could result in movement of the miter
table or saw head while making a cut.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury, keep hands outside the
no hands zone, at least 3 in. from the blade. Never perform
any cutting operation freehand (without holding workpiece
against the fence). The blade could grab the workpiece
if it slips or twists.
OPERATION
WARNING:
Do not start your compound miter saw without checking
for interference between the blade and the miter fence.
Damage could result to the blade if it strikes the miter
fence during operation of the saw. Failure to heed this
warning can also result in serious personal injury.
INSTALLING/REMOVING BATTERY PACKS
See Figure 26.
NOTE: This saw will work best with lithium-ion high capacity
batteries. For a complete list of battery packs compatible
with this saw, see tool/appliance/battery pack/charger cor-
relation supplement 987000-432.
Place both battery packs in the saw. Align raised ribs on
battery pack with grooves inside saw.
Make sure the latches on each side of the battery packs
snap in place and that the battery packs are secured in
the tool before beginning operation.
To remove: depress the latches to release each battery
pack from the tool.
For complete charging instructions, refer to the Operator's
Manuals for your battery packs and charger.
WARNING:
Always remove both battery packs from your tool when
you are assembling parts, making adjustments, cleaning,
transporting, or when not in use. Removing battery packs
will prevent accidental starting that could cause serious
personal injury.
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LATCHES
BATTERY
PACKS
DEPRESS LATCHES TO
RELEASE BATTERY PACK
Fig. 26