Ryobi MS181- Manuals

Page 3 - READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS; RULES FOR SAFE OPERATION

Page 3 READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS ■ KNOW YOUR POWER TOOL. Read the operator's manual carefully. Learn the saw'sapplications and limitations as well as thespecific potential hazards related to this tool. ■ GUARD AGAINST ELECTRICAL SHOCK BYPREVENTING BODY CONTACT WITHGROUNDED SURFACES. For example; pipes, ...

Page 5 - NEVER

Page 5 RULES FOR SAFE OPERATION ■ REPLACEMENT PARTS. All repairs, whether electrical or mechanical, should be made at yournearest authorized service center. ■ When servicing use only identical Ryobi replace-ment parts. Use of any other parts may create ahazard or cause product damage. ■ NEVER USE IN...

Page 6 - This manual; SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.; Refer to them

Page 6 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FORCHARGER ■ SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. This manual contains important safety and operatinginstructions for charger part number 1423701. ■ Before using charger, read all instructions andcautionary markings in this manual, on charger,and product using charger. ■ To ...

Page 7 - SYMBOL; SYMBOLS

Page 7 SYMBOL NAME DESIGNATION/EXPLANATION V Volts Voltage A Amperes Current Hz Hertz Frequency (cycles per second) min Minutes Time Alternating Current Type or a characteristic of current --- Direct Current Type or a characteristic of current n 0 No Load Speed Rotational speed, at no load .../min R...

Page 8 - GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR WOODWORKING; MEANING; Do not expose to rain or use in damp locations.

Page 8 Arbor The shaft on which a blade or cutting tool is mounted. Bevel Cut A cutting operation made with the blade at any angleother than 90 ° to the miter table. Crosscut A cutting or shaping operation made across the grainof the workpiece. Compound Miter Cut A compound miter cut is a cut made u...

Page 9 - FRAMING SQUARE

Page 9 Your Compound Miter Saw has been shippedcompletely assembled except for the battery pack,dust bag or dust guide. WARNING: If any parts are missing, do not operate this tooluntil the missing parts are replaced. Failure to doso could result in possible serious personal injury. ■ Remove all loos...

Page 10 - LOOSE PARTS LIST

Page 10 R O T A T I O N ■ Carbide Tipped Saw Blade - 8-1/4 in. (209.6 mm) ■ Dust Bag ■ Dust Guide ■ Blade Wrench LOOSE PARTS LIST WARNING: The use of attachments or accessories not listed can or could be hazardous and cause serious personal injury. WORK CLAMP ■ Work clamp ■ 5 mm Hex Key ■ 6 mm Hex K...

Page 11 - DO NOT; BATTERY PACK AND CHARGING INFORMATION

Page 11 LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER See Figure 3. LED WILL BE LIGHTED TO INDICATE STATUS OFCHARGER AND BATTERY PACK: ■ Red LED lighted = Fast Charging Mode ■ Green LED lighted = Fully Charged Battery Pack ■ Yellow and Green LED Lighted = Control Charge or possible faulty battery. CHARGING BATTERY PACK T...

Page 12 - KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER SAW; FEATURES

Page 12 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 3 0 4 5 31.62 22.5 22.5 4 5 3 0 3 0 15 15 15 30 4 5 22.5 31.62 22.5 22.5 31.62 31.62 R O T A T I O N 4 5 3 0 3 0 15 15 15 30 4 5 22.5 31.62 22.5 22.5 31.62 31.62 R O T A T I O N KNOW YOUR COMPOUND MITER SAW See Figure 5. Before attempting to use your saw, familiarize yourselfwi...

Page 13 - CARRYING HANDLE; The spring loaded button will spring back; MITER TABLE CLAMP

Page 13 Fig. 9 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 3 0 4 5 31.62 22.5 22.5 0 1 5 3 0 4 5 31.62 22.5 FEATURES CARRYING HANDLE See Figure 6. For convenience when carrying or transporting yourmiter saw from one place to another, a carryinghandle has been provided on top of the saw arm asshown in figure 6. To transport saw, ...

Page 14 - Detent stops have been provided at 0; PADLOCK

Page 14 FEATURES Fig. 10 DETENT STOPS ON MITER TABLE Detent stops have been provided at 0 ° , 22-1/2 ° , 30 ° , and 45 ° . The 22-1/2 ° , 30 ° and 45 ° detent stops have been provided on both the left and right side of themiter table. BEVEL LOCK KNOB The bevel lock knob securely locks your compoundm...

Page 15 - WORK CLAMP; ADJUSTMENTS; DUST GUIDE; Remove battery pack from saw.; WARNING; To install the dust guide, place the end marked; INSERT; over the exhaust port in the upper blade; DUST BAG; Remove battery pack from saw.

Page 15 WORK CLAMP See Figure 14. ■ Remove battery pack from saw. WARNING: Failure to remove battery pack from your sawcould result in accidental starting causing possibleserious personal injury. To install work clamp, place the shaft of the clamp ineither hole in front of the miter table base. Rota...

Page 16 - TO INSTALL BLADE

Page 16 R O T A T I O N ADJUSTMENTS TO INSTALL BLADE See Figures 15, 16, 17 and 18. DANGER: A 8-1/4 in. (209.6 mm) blade is the maximum bladecapacity of your saw. Never use a blade that is toothick to allow outer blade washer to engage withthe flats on the spindle. Larger blades will come incontact ...

Page 17 - Do not; SPINDLE LOCK; TO REMOVE BLADE

Page 17 ADJUSTMENTS ■ Depress the spindle lock button and rotate theblade bolt until the spindle locks. See Figure 18. ■ Using the blade wrench provided, loosen andremove the blade bolt. Note: The blade bolt has left hand threads. Turn blade bolt clockwise to loosen. ■ Remove outer blade washer. Do ...

Page 18 - Raise saw arm to its full raised position.

Page 18 0 1 5 3 0 4 5 1 5 3 0 4 5 31.62 22.5 31.6 2 Note: Many of the illustrations in this manual show only portions of your compound miter saw. This isintentional so that we can clearly show points beingmade in the illustrations. Never operate your sawwithout all guards securely in place and in go...

Page 19 - SQUARING THE SAW BLADE TO THE FENCE

Page 19 4 5 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 22 .5 3 0 4 5 4 5 31.62 22.5 31.62 4 5 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 22 .5 3 0 4 5 4 5 31.62 22.5 31.62 ADJUSTMENTS SQUARING THE SAW BLADE TO THE FENCE See Figures 23 – 26. ■ Remove battery pack from saw. WARNING : Failure to remove battery pack from your sawcould result in accidental star...

Page 21 - The above procedure can be used to check

Page 21 15 3 0 ADJUSTMENTS Fig. 29 VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED Fig. 28 VIEW OF BLADE NOT SQUARE WITH MITER TABLE, ADJUSTMENTS ARE REQUIRED Fig. 30 MITER TABLE POSITIVE STOP ADJUSTMENT SCREW FOR 45 ° ANGLES ■ Retighten bevel lock knob. Next, retighten lock nuts...

Page 22 - PIVOT ADJUSTMENTS; These adjustments were made at the factory; TRAVEL PIVOT ADJUSTMENT; RYOBI AUTHORIZED SERVICE CEN-; BEVEL PIVOT ADJUSTMENT; RYOBI; DEPTH STOP; The miter table support is located inside miter; DEPTH STOP ADJUSTMENTS

Page 22 ■ Use the 5 mm hex key provided to adjust thedepth stop adjustment screw. The saw blade islowered by turning the screw counterclockwiseand raised by turning the screw clockwise. ADJUSTMENTS Fig. 31 HEX NUT BEVEL LOCK KNOB DEPTH STOP ADJUSTMENT SCREW MITER TABLE PIVOT ADJUSTMENTS Note: These ...

Page 23 - OPERATION; TO INSTALL BATTERY PACK; Remove battery pack from your saw.; APPLICATIONS; Cross cutting wood and plastic.; BATTERY

Page 23 3 0 4 5 31.62 OPERATION WARNING: Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses withside shields when operating tools. Failure to do socould result in objects being thrown into your eyes,resulting in possible serious injury. After all parts have been assembled properly andadjustments have been...

Page 24 - CROSSCUTTING; CROSSCUT; TO CROSSCUT WITH YOUR MITER SAW:

Page 24 CUTTING WITH YOUR COMPOUNDMITER SAW WARNING: When using a work clamp or C-clamp to secureyour workpiece, clamp workpiece on one side ofthe blade only. The workpiece must remain free onone side of the blade to prevent the blade frombinding in workpiece. The workpiece binding theblade will cau...

Page 25 - BEVEL CUT

Page 25 15 30 4 5 3 0 3 0 15 15 15 30 4 5 22.5 31.62 22.5 22.5 31.62 31.62 OPERATION BEVEL CUT See Figures 34 and 35. A bevel cut is made by cutting across the grain of theworkpiece with the blade angled to the fence andmiter table. A bevel cut is made with the miter tableset at the zero degree posi...

Page 26 - COMPOUND MITER CUT

Page 26 4 5 3 0 1 5 0 1 5 3 0 4 5 31.62 22.5 22.5 31.62 OPERATION COMPOUND MITER CUT See Figures 36 and 37. A compound miter cut is a cut made using a miterangle and a bevel angle at the same time. This type ofcut is used to make picture frames, cut molding, makeboxes with sloping sides, and for cer...

Page 27 - SUPPORT LONG WORKPIECES; COMPOUND

Page 27 4 5 3 0 3 0 15 15 15 30 4 5 22.5 31.62 22.5 22.5 31.62 31.62 OPERATION ■ Before turning on the saw, perform a dry run of thecutting operation just to make sure that no problemswill occur when the cut is made. ■ Grasp the saw handle firmly, depress the lock-offbutton, then squeeze the switch ...

Page 28 - CUTTING COMPOUND MITERS

Page 28 4 PITCH OF SIDE NUMBER OF SIDES 0 ° 6 M- 45.00 ° B- 0.00 ° 5 ° 10 ° 15 ° 20 ° 25 ° 30 ° 35 ° 40 ° 45 ° 50 ° 55 ° 60 ° 65 ° 70 ° 75 ° 80 ° 85 ° 90 ° 5 7 8 9 10 M- 36.00 ° B- 0.00 ° M- 30.00 ° B- 0.00 ° M- 25.71 ° B- 0.00 ° M- 22.50 ° B- 0.00 ° M- 20.00 ° B- 0.00 ° M- 18.00 ° B- 0.00 ° Each B ...

Page 29 - CUTTING CROWN MOLDING; . Most crown molding has a top rear angle

Page 29 CUTTING CROWN MOLDING Your compound miter saw does an excellent job ofcutting crown molding. In general, compound mitersaws do a better job of cutting crown molding thanany other tool made. In order to fit properly, crown molding must be com-pound mitered with extreme accuracy. The two conta...

Page 30 - RIGHT; CUTTING WARPED MATERIAL; WRONG

Page 30 When cutting crown molding by this method the bevelangle should be set at 33.85 ° . The miter angle should be set at 31.62 ° either right or left, depending on the desired cut for the application. See the chart below forcorrect angle settings and correct positioning of crownmolding on miter ...

Page 31 - MAINTENANCE; BATTERIES; disassemble; Abusive practices can; IMPORTANT; RYOBI AUTHORIZED; for repair. Always use original

Page 31 MAINTENANCE WARNING: When servicing, use only identical Ryobireplacement parts. Use of any other part maycreate a hazard, cause product damage or createa risk of serious personal injury. Avoid using solvents when cleaning plastic parts.Most plastics are susceptible to damage from varioustype...

Page 32 - MODEL NUMBER

983000-075 6-03 • SERVICE Now that you have purchased your tool, should a need ever exist for repair parts orservice, simply contact your nearest Ryobi Authorized Service Center. Be sure toprovide all pertinent facts when you call or visit. Please call 1-800-525-2579 for yournearest Ryobi Authorized...