How to Adjust the Slide on a Motorized Miter Saw

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Ed Reyes with Master Builders from Tampa, Florida. On behalf of Expert Village, this is how you use and maintain a miter saw. This particular saw is called a compound slider. It has a long sliding bar that runs 12 inches. This saw will cut all the way out to this point and all the way back to this point. This slides back and forth as you cut. You can also lock it with this knob right here, you just twist it and it is locked which is the way to do when you are transporting or storing it. When in use, always loosen it and you can cut longer boards straight down and you come across with a cut all the way. It is best to cut down this way and pull to you than to go this way and cut back. The reason for that is you will get damage to your wood as you cut. You will get a rough end cut on that and if you are cutting fine wood for cabinets or fine woodwork, you want a very very smooth cut which also has to do with your blades. This is a 64 tooth blade carbide. Carbide has little tips on the end and there is many many teeth here. The more teeth on the blade, the smoother the cut. So with this particular blade you are going to get a very very smooth cut and if you cut pulling into you, you get an extra smooth cut not only on top but underneath. And that is the purpose of having this slider to give you a long cut and can cut up to 18 inches of wood on one single slice."