Bosch 5412l User Manual

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“SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS”
Use safety equipment.  Always wear safety 
goggles. Dust mask, safety shoes, hard hat or 
hearing protection must be used for appropriate 
conditions. Everyday eyeglasses only have 
impact resistant lenses, they are NOT safety
glasses.
Tool Use and Care
Use clamps or other practical way to secure 
and support the workpiece to a stable plat-
form. 
Holding the work by hand or against your 
body is unstable.  It allows for work to shift, 
causes binding of the tool and loss of control.
Do not force tool.  Use the correct tool for 
your application. The correct tool will do the 
job better and safer at the rate for which it is 
designed.  Do not use the tool for purpose not 
intended - for example; do not use the miter saw 
for slicing meats.
Do not use tool if switch does not turn it 
“ON” or “OFF”. Any tool that cannot be con-
trolled with the switch is dangerous.
Disconnect the plug from the power source 
before making any adjustments or changing 
accessories.
Such preventive safety mea-
sures reduce the risk of starting the tool acci-
dentally.
Keep cutting tools sharp and clean. Properly 
maintained tools, with sharp cutting edges, are 
less likely to bind and easier to control.  When 
mounting saw blades be certain that the arrow 
on the blade matches the direction of the arrow 
marked on the tool and that the teeth are also 
pointing in the same direction.
Inspect guards before using a tool.  Keep 
guards in place.  Check moving parts for 
binding or any other condition that may 
affect the normal operation or safety fea-
tures of the tool.  If damaged, have tool ser-
viced before using the tool. 
Many accidents 
are caused by poorly maintained tools.
Do not alter or misuse tool. Any alteration or 
modification is a misuse and may result in seri-
ous personal injury.
The use of any other accessories not speci-
fied in this manual may create a hazard.
Accessories that may be suitable for one type of 
tool, may become hazardous when used on an 
inappropriate tool.
Service
Tool service must be performed only by 
qualified repair personnel. Service or mainte-
nance performed by unqualified personnel may
result in misplacing internal wires and compo-
nents which could cause serious hazard.
When servicing a tool, use only identical 
replacement parts.  Follow instructions in 
the Maintenance section of this manual. 
Use
of unauthorized parts or failure to follow 
Maintenance Instructions may create a hazard.
Safety Rules
For Miter Saws
Use clamps to support workpiece whenever 
possible.  If supporting the workpiece by 
hand, you must always keep hand outside of 
“No Hand” area as marked with a symbol on 
the base.  Do not use this saw to cut pieces 
that are too small to be securely clamped.  
Your hand if placed inside the “No Hands” 
region can easily slip or be pulled into the blade.
Do not reach in back of the saw blade 
behind the fence with either hand to hold 
down or support the workpiece, remove 
wood scraps, or for any other reason. 
The 
proximity of the spinning saw blade to your hand 
may not be obvious and you may be seriously 
injured.
Never cross your hand over intended line of 
cutting. Supporting the workpiece “cross hand-
ed” i.e. holding the left side of the workpiece 
with your right hand is very dangerous.
Always disconnect the power cord from the 
power source before making any adjust-
ments or attaching any accessories.
You 
may unintentionally start the saw, leading to 
serious personal injury.
Miter saws are intended to cut wood or 
woodlike products, they cannot be used with 
abrasive cutoff wheels for cutting ferrous 
material such as bars, rods, studs, etc.  
However, if cutting materials like aluminum 
or other non-ferrous metals, use only saw 
blades specifically recommended for non-
ferrous metal cutting.  
Cutting ferrous materi-
als causes excessive sparking and will damage 
the lower guard and will overload the motor. 
(NOTE:  Robert Bosch Tool Corporation doe not
offer 12” metal cutting blades.)
Safety
“READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by
BULLET (
) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious person-
al injury.
WARNING
!