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SawGear has been set up on a chop saw or miter saw and has been homed and is now ready to run.

Miters to be cut will be at various angles.

SawGear can be used in Foot Mode or in Metric Mode.

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These buttons, located along the top of the SawGear control, are used to set up your machine for miter cuts.

SawGear can be used when you must cut custom angled miters for crown or other trim moldings.

The [W] key is used to input the angle of any miter that is not 45°. The following steps show how.

User steps

LCD screen displays

  1. Press [W], enter the width of the molding being cut, and press [W] again.

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  • Enter the angle of the miter being cut, and press [Start].

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If an angle greater than 89.000 is entered, SawGear will not accept it and continue to await your correct input. You can exit the input screen by pressing [Start]. The default miter angle of 45°, or whatever custom angle was most recently input, will be saved.

  1. Make a square trim cut with the exterior edge to fence.

  1. Press [X] to set the length of the left stile, enter the interior dimension of the casing, and press [Start].

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SawGear moves to a length based on the width of the stock and the 45° angle of the first miter.

  1. Swing the saw to the left, set it at -45°, make a trim cut from the front to the back fence, and remove the left stile.

  2. Swing the saw to the right, set it at 45°, and trim off the residual miter from the previous cut.

  1. Press [Y] to set the length of the header, enter the interior dimension of the casing, and press [Start].

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SawGear moves to a length accounting for the 45° angle of the two miter cut ends.

  1. Move your piece to the stop, swing the saw to the left, set it at  -45°, make the cut, and remove the piece.

  2. Swing the saw to the right, set it at 45°, and trim off the residual miter from the previous cut.

  1. Press [Z] to set the length of the right stile, enter the interior dimension of the casing, and press [Start].

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SawGear moves to a length based on the width of the stock and the 45° angle of the last miter.

  1. Move your piece to the stop, return the saw to 0°, make the final square cut, and remove the right stile.

SawGear returns to the ready screen and is waiting for your next move.