hey everybody I'm here today to show you
how to use a miter saw this will be a
full tutorial and I will be showing you
the process for using a miter saw now I
will be demonstrating everything within
this video on this miter saw however you
can take these same ideas and these same
instructions and apply them to your
miter saw because they all operate in a
very similar way and they all have very
similar features let's get right to the
tutorial the first thing that you should
do is plug the miter saw in to a power
source next you have to determine
whether or not you want to use the miter
saws sliding capabilities now some miter
saws have that ability to slide just
like this other miter saws don't have
that ability if your miter saw doesn't
have the ability to slide then the
choice has already been made for you
because you simply cannot slide it but
if you do have the ability to slide you
have to figure out if you want to use it
if you want to slide the miter saw as
you're using it then make sure that the
knob has been turned appropriately to
allow you to slide the miter saw if you
want it to be in a stationary position
let's say just like this all that you
have to do is simply turn this get it
into position
turn turn this and tighten it up just
like that
next you should determine the angle of
the cut that you want to make on the
material
now with this miter saw right here I can
simply turn this and I can push this
button to adjust the angle just like
that so figure out the angle that you
want to cut the material at and get your
miter saw ready to cut it at that angle
next you should determine whether or not
you want to cut the material at a
beveled angle and if you want to cut the
material at a beveled angle all that you
have to do is turn the appropriate knob
to allow the bevel on the miter saw to
move and then you can simply turn it to
the
number of degrees that you want to cut
the bevel at and then tighten them up if
you do not want a bevel just make sure
that it is at a zero degree angle with
regards to the bevel angle of the miter
saw alright now that we have set
everything to where we want it to be it
is time to actually cut the material so
what you want to do is you want to get
the material and you want to put it in
place on the miter saw right here and
you want to get it into the exact
position that you want to cut it at make
sure that the material is nice and
balanced
that it's not shakey in any way and if
you have a clamp like this you're gonna
want to install that clamp just to hold
the material in place and tighten it up
okay now the important thing is to make
sure that everything is the way that you
want it to be because you don't want to
be adjusting anything while you are
cutting when you are ready to actually
make the cut
all that you do is push the button to
actually start the blade of the miter
saw and you're gonna let it get up to
the full speed and then you're gonna
bring the miter saw down to make the cut
and you're gonna fully make the cut and
raise the blade up and do not do not
reach for the material to move it out of
place until the miter saw has completely
stopped spinning so I'm gonna do that
right now I'm gonna push the button
bring the blade up to full speed cut the
material wait for the blade to stop and
then grab the material okay here we go
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all right now that the blade is
completely stopped I'm just gonna remove
the clamp just like this and then I can
actually just get the material and as
you can see it is a nice clean cut and
that's basically it
in this video I've shown you how to use
a miter saw and that's all I have for
you today thanks for watching