Miter saw explained

Roughly 6,000 people are injured each year by miter saws. Let's make sure you're not one of them. Let's get after it. All right, now go ahead and unlock your saw. Back here, there's going to be a button or a lever that unlocks it and allows you to raise it. Now, there's a scale here and there's a scale back here. This is your miter scale. This is your bevel scale. So, go ahead and you can lift this up and you can go all the way to 55 You can go all the way to 60 or anywhere in between. There There are presets and we'll go over those in a different video. In our case, we're going to stay at zero. Come around to the backside here to our bevel scale. There's a knob or a lever right here that you can use to unlock this. Once you have the saw unlocked, you can go 45° this way or you can go 45° this way. Now, we want to make sure that we're actually at zero before we make our cut. So, take our speed square here, put it on our table, and push it right up to our blade. This should be square. If it's not square, make your adjustments back here on the bevel. Now, if you haven't bought a saw yet, I highly recommend that you get one that slides and this can lock as well. Now, you have a no hands zone right here. This no hands zone ensures that you keep your fingers, all right? So, if you're going to cut with the board on this side, keep your hand here and pull down here. And if you're going to cut with the board on this side, keep your hand here and pull down here. Never cross like that or you're going to lose an arm. Now, let's make a cut. Go ahead and take your speed square, put it on your board, draw a line. Now, remember, if you want to keep this side of the board, cut on this side of the line. If you want to keep this side of the board, cut on this side of the line. You have to remember the kerf of your blade is an 8-in thick. If you cut on the wrong side of the line, you're going to lose that 8th of an inch. All right, safety glasses on, battery or plug it in. A lot of saws have a light or a laser. Use it. It helps. Now, I'm going to hold my board here, put my hand up. I'm going to spin the blade at full RPM, pull down, and then push through. I'm going to wait till the blade fully stops before I raise it. And that does three things, really. That prevents tear out, prevents the piece from flying away, and gives your vacuum system time to suck up your chips. Anyways, it's Saturday and I got walls to build. I'll catch you guys later. Peace.