Changing Or Installing A New Blade; Transporting The Saw; Adjustments; Miter Scale Adjustment - DeWalt DW715 Manual De Instrucciones

IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
Changing or Installing a New Saw
Blade (Fig. 3)
CAUTION:
• Never depress the spindle lock button while the blade is
under power or coasting.
• Do not cut ferrous metal (containing iron or steel) or
masonry or fiber cement product with this miter saw.
FIG. 3
Removing the Blade
1. Unplug the saw.
2. Raise the arm to the upper position and raise the lower
guard (A) as far as possible.
3. Loosen, but do not remove guard bracket screw (B)
until the bracket can be raised far enough to access
the blade screw. Lower guard will remain raised due to
the position of the guard bracket screw.
FIG. 3A
4. Depress the spindle lock button (C) while carefully
rotating the saw blade by hand until the lock engages.
5. Keeping the button depressed, use the other hand and
the wrench provided (D) to loosen the blade screw.
(Turn clockwise, left-hand threads)
6. Remove the blade screw (E), outer clamp washer (F),
and blade (G). The 1" (25.4mm) blade adapter (H), if
used, and the inner clamp washer (I), may be left on
the spindle.
FIG. 3B
E
A
B
D
NOTE: For blades with a blade hole of 5/8" (15.88mm), the
1" (25.4mm) blade adapter is not used.
Installing a Blade
1. Unplug the saw.
2. With the arm raised, the lower guard held open and
the pivot plate raised, place the blade on the spindle,
onto the blade adapter [if using a blade with a 1"
(25.4mm) diameter blade hole] and against the inner
clamp washer with the teeth at the bottom of the blade
pointing toward the back of the saw.
3. Assemble the outer clamp washer onto the spindle.
4. Install the blade screw and, engaging the spindle lock,
tighten the screw firmly with wrench provided. (Turn
counterclockwise, left-hand threads)
NOTE: When using blades with a 5/8" (15.88mm) diame-
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ter blade hole, the blade adapter will not be used and
should be stored in a safe place for future use.
5. Return the guard bracket to its original position and
firmly tighten the guard bracket screw to hold bracket
in place.
WARNING:
• The guard bracket must be returned to
its original position and the screw
tightened before activating the saw.
F
G
H
I
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• Failure to do so may allow the guard
to contact the spinning saw blade
resulting in damage to the saw and
severe personal injury.

Transporting the Saw

TURN OFF AND UNPLUG THE MITER SAW BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT OR MAKE ANY ADJUST-
MENTS WHAT SO EVER!
In order to conveniently carry the miter saw from place to
place, a carrying handle has been included on the top of
the saw arm and hand indentations in the base, as shown
in Figures 2, 4.
FIG. 4

Adjustments

PERFORM ALL ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE MITER
SAW UNPLUGGED.
NOTE: Your miter saw is fully and accurately adjusted at
the factory at the time of manufacture. If readjustment due
to shipping and handling or any other reason is required,
follow the steps below to adjust your saw.
Once made, these adjustments should remain accurate.
Take a little time now to follow these directions carefully to
maintain the accuracy of which your saw is capable.
MITER SCALE ADJUSTMENT (FIG. 5)
Place a square against the saw's fence and blade. (Do not
touch the tips of the blade teeth with the square. To do so
will cause an inaccurate measurement.) Unlock miter lock
lever (J) and swing the miter arm until the miter latch locks
it at the 0 miter position. Do not lock miter lock lever (J). If
the saw blade is not exactly perpendicular to the fence,
loosen the three screws that hold the miter scale to the
base and move the scale left or right until the blade is per-