hiya river lady here okay so we've made
our adjustments and now we're going to
put the pieces together and we're going
to saw a piece of wood yeah okay
one of the first things I'm going to do
is I'm going to put on the dust bag this
collects most of the sawdust that you're
going to create there's two clamps you
just squeeze them you don't have a lot
of strength in my left hand here and
then you're just going to put it right
on this open area on the back of the saw
now what some people do is they attach a
hose that takes it takes the sawdust
right to a shop vac but I'm not going to
do that much sorry so my dust bag will
work fine the other thing I'm going to
position is my clamp this is what is
going to be used to hold my wood in
place now some people use alligator
clips some people use bigger clamps but
right now I can just use what came with
the saw that goes right here in the
front the last thing I'm going to put on
is my miter lock knob this is very
important let's get this get screwed
right into the front here okay now what
this allows you to do is this allows you
to move the saw from different miter
cuts if you're going to be and miter
cuts are angled cuts so if you think of
having a straight cut you can also have
different angled cuts on your wood
alright so you're either at zero you can
go 15 degrees 30 degrees 45 degrees so
what you're going to do to move the head
of the saw is you're going to hold on to
your lock knob and you're going to press
down on this lever and that's just going
to move the whole saw and we're going to
put it right at zero because I just want
a straight cut and just get it right
there perfect
now very important lock it in place
because if that blade moves while you're
cutting you're going to lose body parts
all right so now it doesn't move at all
and I'm at zero so I'm going to make a
nice straight cut okay a couple of other
things safety goggles you have to wear
safety goggles when you're working with
this saw so we're going to put our
safety goggles on and positioning of
hands if you're right-handed you're
going to be holding on to the saw handle
and the buttons and levers over here
you're never going to reach across to
hold the wood with your left hand you're
never going to reach across with your
left hand and hold the wood with your
right hand
because what will end up happening is
you'll be walking around with stumpy
arms or stumpy fingers well you'll have
no fingers all right
so proper hand placement so we're locked
into place we're going to press down and
bring the head up never make any
adjustments never do any of this kind of
work with the saw plugged in always have
the saw unplugged until you're ready to
saw now the miter saw this saw is great
for finish work you're not going to be
cutting a 2x4 piece of wood you're going
to be doing molding or narrower pieces
of wood so what I'm going to use here is
a piece of scrap molding and you want to
make sure that it's flush up against the
fence remember this is your fence really
make sure it's flush up against the
fence and then it's nice and tight
alright so that way isn't going to go
anywhere but we're going to still be
holding it with our left hand all right
nice and tight good alright so now we're
going to actually use the saw and sort
so loud the first time I heard it I went
oh my goodness that's so loud
but if you've made all your adjustments
made sure that your wood is positioned
and you got to make sure that you hold
it so that it doesn't go anywhere you
make sure that you've locked your miter
adjustment in place nothing's going to
go wrong well things can go wrong but
we're not going to worry about that
right now okay so simultaneously because
you can't use the saw unless you press
this release button it could press
either the one side or the other this is
your power and that's the release so you
have to press the release first and then
you press the power
and there you go now good habit to get
into is stop the blades from spinning as
soon as you pull it away from the wood
take your hand off the power and get
that blade to stop spinning don't pick
it up while it's still spinning that's
just a good habit and there we go we
made our first cut in that nice and
that's all there is to it and lose any
fingers and now you can make some
straight cuts in the next video I'll
show you how to make some miter cuts and
then as I get better with my saw I'll
show you how to make some bevel cuts but
right now you should go practice set up
your saw don't be afraid of it make sure
your safety goggles are on make sure
your wood is locked in place you've made
all your adjustments and have some fun
with your skill saw ciao