Jefferson JEFSWMIT12-110, User Manual

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USER MANUAL

 V1.2

JEFSWMIT12-110 

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  JEFSWMIT12-230

305mm

 SLIDING COMPOUND MITRE SAW

Setting The Fence Square With The Blade

1. 

Make sure that the electrical plug is removed from the main power supply. 

2. 

Push the saw head down to its lowest position, then pull and turn the head release knob to 

hold the saw head in the transport position. 

3.

 Loosen the mitre lock handle. 

4. 

Rotate the table until the pointer is positioned at 0˚.

5. 

Retighten the mitre lock handle.

6.

Loosen the bevel lock knob at the rear of the machine and set the saw arm at 0˚ bevel (the 

blade at 90˚ to the mitre table).Tighten the bevel lock knob. 

7.

Place a square (A) 

Fig.13

 against the fence (B) and the flat part of the blade. 

NOTE:

Make sure that the square contacts the flat part of the saw blade, not the teeth.

8. 

The edge of the square and the fence should be parrallel.

9. 

If the fence angles away from the square, adjust as follows;

10.

 Remove the fence extension cap screws, loosen the rear fence extension lock knobs and 

remove fence extensions by sliding them off the fence. Loosen the now exposed fence cap
screws (C) 

Fig.13

 on both sides and position the fence (B) against the square

and retighten all cap screws.

11. 

Reinstall fence extensions.

Fig.13

Using The Twin Laser Guide System

The twin laser guide system is controlled by the laser guide push button switch (A)  

Fig.14 

and will only turn on when the mitre saw is plugged into a power source.

Warning!

Do not stare directly into the laser beams.

1. 

Mark the line of the cut on the workpiece.

2. 

Adjust the mitre and/or bevel angles as required.

3.

 Before clamping the workpiece in position using the vertical vise, align the line of cut on the workpiece 

with the laser guide beam on either side of the blade kerf.

4. 

Start the motor.

5. 

When the blade reaches its maximum speed (approx. 2 sec.), lower the blade through the workpiece

Fig.14

Adjusting Twin Laser Guide System

If your laser guide does not seem to be aligned with both sides of the blade kerf, small adjust-
ments can be made.

1. 

Place a scrap piece of wood on the table and clamp it. Turn on mitre saw and make a partial 

cut to indicate both sides of the blade kerf.

2.

 Turn laser guide On, then remove the laser guide protective plastic cover. 

3. 

To move the entire laser guide assembly towards the right or left, loosen pan head screw (A) 

Fig.15

, move laser guide assembly to desired position and retighten pan head screw (A).

4. 

To adjust only one laser, loosen or tighten either the bottom pan head screw (B) to adjust the 

bottom laser or the top pan head screw (C) to adjust the top laser. Adjust until the laser beams 
are perfectly aligned with both sides of the blade kerf.

5. 

Reinstall the laser guide protective plastic cover.

Fig.15