Replacement blades for this saw are available from your nearest Ryobi dealer. Page 6 OPERATION OPERATION TO INSTALL BLADES See Figure 3. ¦ UNPLUG YOUR SAW. WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing serious injury. ¦ Remove the 5/32 in. allen wrench provided with this saw from allen wrench holder. NOTE: Allen wrench holder is located in bottom portion of saw handle. See Figure 1. ¦ Loosen the blade clamp screw enough to permit the saw blade to be inserted between blade clamp and saw bar pin. NOTE: It is never necessary to remove the blade clamp from the tool or the blade clamp screw from the blade clamp to change the blade. ¦ Align the hole in the shank of the blade and blade clamp with the pin in the saw bar, then seat both on the pin in the saw bar. ¦ Tighten blade clamp screw securely. Do not overtighten screw or use an aid with allen wrench. ¦ Remove allen wrench and store it in allen wrench holder. NOTE: There may be times when the blade clamp sticks to the saw bar and will not loosen enough to allow blades to be installed or removed. If this happens, loosen the blade clamp screw with the allen wrench, then tap lightly on the end of the allen wrench with a mallet. See Figure 4. BASE ASSEMBLY See Figure 5. The base is adjustable, allowing the use of the blade teeth at different positions on the blade. Three cutting positions are available when making cuts using regular blades. Three cutting positions are available when making cuts using flush cutting blades. TO CHANGE POSITIONS OF THE BASE ASSEMBLY: ¦ UNPLUG YOUR SAW. WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing serious injury. ¦ Loosen the set screw in the gear frame with the 5/32 in. allen wrench mentioned above. ¦ Reposition base assembly and align in the desired notch. NOTE: When changing from cutting with regular blades to cutting with flush cutting blades, base assembly must be turned clockwise 90°. Turn counterclockwise 90° when changing from cutting with flush cutting blades to cutting with regular blades. ¦ Retighten set screw securely. Do not overtighten screw or use an aid with allen wrench. ¦ Remove allen wrench and store it in allen wrench holder. ALLEN WRENCH Fig. 4 Fig. 3 Fig. 5NOTCH ALLEN WRENCH PIN BLADE CLAMP SAW BAR BLADE CLAMP SCREW BLADE MALLET BLADE CLAMP BASE ASSEMBLY GEAR FRAME SET SCREW NOTCHES FOR REGULAR CUTS ALLEN WRENCH SAW BAR BLADE CLAMP SCREW BLADE CLAMP HOLE PIN Page 7 OPERATION OPERATION TO INSTALL FLUSH CUTTING BLADES See Figures 6 and 7. Flush cutting blades should be used when making close or flush cuts to walls. ¦ Plug your reciprocating saw into power supply source. ¦ Depress and release the switch trigger of your saw in quick, short starts and stops until blade clamp is in its full rear position. See Figure 6. ¦ UNPLUG YOUR SAW. WARNING: Failure to unplug your saw could result in accidental starting causing serious injury. ¦ Using the 5/32 in. allen wrench provided with your saw, loosen the blade clamp screw and remove regular saw blade. ¦ Tighten blade clamp screw securely. Do not overtighten screw or use an aid with allen wrench. ¦ Loosen set screw and turn base assembly clockwise 90°. See Figure 7. ¦ Align in desired notch, then tighten set screw securely. ¦ Remove allen wrench and store it in allen wrench holder. ¦ Insert flush cutting blade on top of blade clamp as shown in figure 6. ¦ Align hole in blade shank with pin on blade clamp. ¦ Using the flat head screw provided, secure blade to blade clamp. See Figure 6. ¦ Tighten flat head screw securely. GENERAL CUTTING See Figure 8. Hold your saw firmly in front of and clearly away from you. Make sure saw blade is clear of any foreign material and that power cord and extension cord are out of the blade path. Be sure material to be cut is held firmly. Small work pieces should be securely clamped in a vise or with clamps to the work bench or table. Mark the line of cut clearly. Depress the trigger switch starting the cutting action, set the base assembly against the work, then move the blade into the work. DO NOT FORCE. Use only enough pressure to keep the saw cutting. Let the blade and saw do the work. PLUNGE CUTTING See Figure 9. Mark the line of cut clearly. Choose a convenient starting point inside the area to be cut out and place the tip of the blade over that point. Rest front edge of base assembly on work and hold firmly in position. NOTE: Make sure blade does not touch work until motor reaches full speed, since this could cause loss of control resulting in serious injury. With saw blade at full cutting speed, slowly tilt saw downward until tip of blade starts cutting work. After blade penetrates work, tilt saw until blade is perpendicular to the work. Fig. 8 FLUSH CUTTING NOTCHES BLADE CLAMPBLADE CLAMP IN FULL REAR POSITION BASE ASSEMBLY IN REGULAR CUTTING POSITION Fig. 6 Fig. 7 PINFLAT HEAD SCREW FLUSH CUTTING BLADE BASE ASSEMBLY IN FLUSH CUTTING POSITION SET SCREW Page 8 OPERATION OP...