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FIG. 8FIG. 9
POCKET/PLUNGE CUTS
The reciprocating saw can be used to make
plunge cuts into softer material, (for example,
wood or light building materials for walls),
Fig. 8
1. Mark the line to be cut clearly on the work.
2. Adjust the footplate position or changeNOTES:
blades as necessary.
To make plunge cutting easier, use a heavy
3. Set the stroke length selector switch to thegauge blade, install the blade with the teeth
19 mmfacing upward, and hold the saw upside down
4. Set the tool with the bottom edge of theFig. 9
footplate firmly against the material.Do not plunge cut in metal surfaces.
5. not runningIn thick materials and in harder materials,
the line to be cut.such as metal, plunge cutting should not be
6. Tilt the saw back so that the blade clearsattempted. Such materials can be cut with the
the work.recip saw only by starting the cut from the
7. Squeeze the trigger switch and carefully tiltedge of the material or from a hole drilled all
the way through the material that is large
the tool forward to engage the moving sawenough to fit the saw blade.
blade into the material.
The use of any accessories
8. After the blade penetrates through the work,not specified in this manual!WARNING
stop the saw and position it so that the front
of the footplate rests firmly against themay create a hazard.
work.
9. Chose the appropriate stroke length for the
32 mm
10. Continue sawing as needed.
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