Making Interior Scroll Cuts - Craftsman 113.235501 Owner's Manual

_ON'T OVERREACH. Keep good footing and balance.
.(eep your face and body to one side of blade, out of line
with a possible thrown piece if the blade should break.
WHENEVER SAW IS RUNNHNG
WARNING: Don't let familiarity (gained
from frequent use of your saw) cause a
careless mistake. A careless fraction of a
second is enough to cause a severe
injury.
o Unplug saw.
o Wait for all moving parts to stop.
When backing up the workpiece, the blade
may bind in the kerr (cut). This is usually
caused by sawdust ctogging up the kerf. If this
happens;
o Turn switch "OFF",
o Remove switch key.
Unplug the saw.
Before starting your cut, watch the saw while it runs. ff it
makes an unfamiliar noise or vibrates a lot, stop
immediately. Turn the saw off. Unplug the saw. Do not
restart until finding and correcting the problem.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY. Keep all visitors a safe
distance from the saw. Make sure bystanders are clear of
the saw and workpiece.
DON'T FORCE TOOL. It will do the job better and safer at
its designed rate. Feed the workpiece into the saw blade
only fast enough to let it cut without bogging down or
binding.
Before freeing any jammed material:
- Turn switch "OFF".
Remove switch key.
° Wait for all moving parts to stop,
• With a flat blade screwdriver, turn motor shaft by
hand, by inserting into the slotted end of motor
shaft located at the center of the motor housing.
Do this while backing up the workpiece.
Before removing loose pieces from the table,
turn saw off and wait for all moving parts to
stop.
BEFORE LEAVING THE SAW:
Wait for all moving parts to stop.
MAKE WORKSHOP CHILD-PROOF. Unplug the saw.
Lock the shop or ON/OFF knob. Store the key away from
children and ethers not qualified to use the tool.
MAKING gNTERtOR SCROLL CUTS
1. One of the features of this saw is that it can be used to
make scroll cuts on the interior of a board without breaking
or cutting into the outline or perimeter of the board,
WARNING: To avoid injury from accidental
starting, always turn switch "OFF" and remove
switch key before removing or replacing the
blade,
2. To make interior cuts in a board, remove the scroll saw
blade as explained in the Assembly section.
3. Drill a 1/4" hole in the board you will use to make
interior cuts.
4. Place the board on the saw table with the hole in the
board over the access hole in the table.
5. Install blade through hole in board and adjust blade
tension.
6. When finished making the interior scroll cuts, simply
remove the blade from the blade holders, as described in
=the Assembly section, and remove the board from the
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