Z-Saw Saw guide Mini User manual

Detach Positioning holder and fix
Parallel sliding holder by a screw.
Thank you for your purchase of Saw Guide Mini.
Please read this instruction carefully and keep it in good condition.
Caution :
Do not drop the guide and the saw as damage to them may occur.
Do not over tighten screws, as it may cause damage to screws, nuts or the guide.
Saw Guide Mini can not be used with double saws or saws which has the blade thicker than 0.5mm.
Always use Saw Guide Mini with Z-Saw UNIVERSAL S-175 or its spare blades.
Do mot use this product for a purpose for which it was not intended.
Notice :
Specifications may change without notice to improve quality.
Copyright  2003 Okada Hardware Manufacturing Company Limited. All rights reserved.
Wide board
Mark the position where you want
to cut.
Insert Dummy plate into the gap between
Guide base and Guide plate, an
d adjust
the position of the Guide and Slide bar to
the mark of the lumber. Fix Slide bar
to the
board with clamps.
Prepare a straight edge or a
straight
wooden piece to be used as Slide bar.
①Guide base
②Guide plate
⑩Dummy plate
⑨Parallel sliding
holder
Clamp
ＭＥ２００４１２０Ａ
Slide bar
⑥Screws
Saw guide gauge
Fix the angle with the center screw.
④Nut plate for Guide plate
⑥Screws
（Size: M4）
①
Guide base
（aluminum）
⑤Positioning holder
（aluminum）
for cutting square lumber
③Spacing plate
（0.53mm thick）
⑥Screws
（Size: M4）
②Guide plate
Contents and parts name
Before using Saw Guide Mini
Applications : Cross, Rip and Slant-cut, general wood, hardwood, composite wood, plywood
Specifications : Blade thickness: 0.5mm, tooth pitch 1.40mm, kerf 0.66mm, Blade Length 180mm
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PISTOL
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Instruction Sheet
⑩
Dummy plate
⑨Parallel sliding holder
（aluminum）
⑦４５°angle attachment
（
aluminum
）
⑧Screws
（Size: M4）
⑨Parallel sliding holder
Replace Dummy plate with Z-Saw
UNIVERSAL
S-
175, then start sawing by moving the guide
backward.
How to use Saw Guide Mini #4
Saw Guide Mini optional parts
Refer to “How to use Saw Guide Mini #3,#4”
Refer to “How to use Saw Guide Mini #4”
Refer to “How to use Saw Guide Mini #2”
Z
-
Saw
UNIVERSAL
S
-
175
(is designed to be used with Saw Guide Mini)
This is a protractor for checking angles or marking.
Okada Hardware Mfg.Co.,Ltd.
561 Omura, Miki-shi, Hyogo, Japan 673-0404
TEL: [phone] / FAX: [phone]
URL: http://www.z-saw.co.uk E-mail: [e-mail]

How to attach blade
Insert a blade into the gap of handle until the hole of the blade is completely hidd
en under the handle.
Make sure that the blade is fit to the handle correctly and tighten lock screw.
Caution : Blade edges are very sharp and always wear gloves or swathe blade
with towel.
How to change blades
Loosen lock screw by a coin or a screwdriver.（Blade can be replaceable without removing the lock screw from the handle.）
How to use Saw Guide Mini #1
Random cuts along the marks
Mark the position where you
want to cut.
Put the guide (positioning holder)
along the marking of the lumber.
Fix the lumber with clamps on
worktable before cutting.
Insert the saw blade into gap
between Guide base and Guide
plate, and adjust the position of the
guide to the mark of the lumber.
For left-hander, Positioning holder can be put on the opposite side of the Guide base.
⑥Screws
⑤Positioning holder
②Guide plate
Mark the position where you want
to cut. (At any angle)
At any angle
Clamp
Detach positioning holder. Insert the
Dummy plate into the gap between
Guide base and Guide plate, and
adjust the position of the guide to the
mark of the lumber.
Fix the guide and the lumber with
clamps.(Clamp the guide as center as
possible.) Replace Dummy plate with
Z-Saw UNIVERSAL S-175.
By setting the guide a bit
backward toward pull end
,
the guide works efficiently
and assures accurate cut.
①Guide base
②Guide plate
①Guide base
Work pieces
Supporting wood block
(100mm or longer)
Mark the position where you want to cut.
Prepare a wood block and put it at left of
marked position.
Put the guide (positioning holder) along
by the wood block.
Insert the saw blade into the
gap between Guide base and
Guide plate, and adjust the
position of the guide to the
mark of the lumber.
Clamp
Worktable
If you fix S
aw Guide Mini and
the wood block
with clamps on
worktable, you can cut easily
and smoothly.
Work piece
Supporting
wood block
①Guide base
⑤Positioning holder
②Guide plate
①Guide base
４５°
cut
Find projection on the Nut plate,
between two female screw holes,
and fit it to the hole from inside of
the angle attachment.
Grab saw handle lightly with your
forefinger riding on the side. Pull the
saw with a light downward pressure
in a full stroke. Lightly lift the saw in
return so as to give little pressure
on cutting teeth. Downward
pressure can be adjusted by your
forefinger.
Tip on sawing.
As Guide base and Positioning holder are
made of aluminum, excessive pressure
may lead to distortion of them.
Detach position holder.
②Guide plate
The wood block should be a bit thicker
than the lumber to be cut and width is
around 25mm.
⑩Dummy plate
To reverse the angle, loosen
the screw until
the tip of the
screw lurks, and turn the
attachment
.
⑦４５°angle attachment
⑧Screw
How to use Saw Guide Mini #2
Loosen screws to slide off the
Guide plate.
（Complete removal of screws
are unnecessary.）
②Guide plate
The face to be
attached to the
Guide plate set.
４５°cut, right
⑤Positioning holder
The face to be attached
to the Guide plate set.
On sawing, keep the Positioning holder contacting firmly to the lumber.
Fasten screws.
Notice: Be sure to insert Spacing
plate between the tip of the screw
lurks, and turn the attachment.
⑦４５°angle attachment
④
Nut plate for Guide
③Spacing plate
②
Guide plate
⑤
Positioning
holder
Assembly for a left-handed person
How to mount 45°angle
attachment.
⑦４５°angle
attachment
How to detach blade
Square Cut （square lumber）
Setting saw blade to the Saw Guide, put the saw
blade on the line to cut, hold the positioning holder
firmly on to the side of the lumber and start sawing.
Removed Guide plate set.
（Guide plate, Spacing plate.
Nut plate and two screws.）
How to use Saw Guide Mini #3
⑧Screw
Square Cut (lumber width less than 25mm.)
４５°cut, left