OK, so the instructions are really rubbish! Mine were illegible and the occasional words that could be deciphered were badly translated into English.They went straight into the bin.Having said that, anybody with an inkling of engineering nouse could work out how it goes together and how it works.I spent some time setting it up, tightening all the fixings and generally getting to know the machine.The cutting angles can be set up any which way to get the correct angle of attack for any particular blade and once done the only variable is the change to saw diameter which does not affect the other settings.All in all it is a rugged construction which should give years of use. My first attempt produced very acceptable results.