RIDGID R4560 Operator's Manual page 6

Failure to follow these rules may result in serious personal injury.
SEE GENERAL POWER TOOL SAFETY SECTION OF THIS MANUAL. Read entire instruction manual before operating saw. Learning the saw's proper
applications, limitations, and specific potential hazards will greatly minimize the possibility of accidents and injury. Make sure all users are familiar with its
warnings and instructions before using saw.
SEE POWER CONNECTION SECTION OF THIS MANUAL for instructions and warnings regarding power cords and connections.
TERMINOLOGY
The following terms will be used throughout the manual and you should become familiar with them.
• Through-cut – Any cut that completely cuts through the workpiece.
• Non-through cut – Any cut that does not completely cut through
the workpiece.
• Push stick – A wooden or plastic stick, usually homemade, that
is used to push a small workpiece through the saw and keeps the
operator's hands clear of the blade.
• Kickback – Occurs when the saw blade binds in the cut or between
the blade and the fence and thrusts the workpiece back toward the
operator or lowering the workpiece down to the blade.
• Re-sawing – Flipping material to make a cut the saw is not capable
of making in one pass.
• Cove cutting – Also known as coving, cove cutting is an operation
Failure to follow these rules may result in serious personal injury.
TABLE SAW SPECIFIC SAFETY RULES
WARNING READ ALL SAFETY WARNINGS DESIGNATED BY THE SYMBOL
1.
GUARDING RELATED WARNINGS (FOR TABLE SAW, UL 62841-3-1)
a.
Keep guards in place. Guards must be in working order and be properly mounted. A guard that is loose, damaged, or is not
functioning correctly must be repaired or replaced.
b.
Always use saw blade guard, riving knife and anti-kickback device for every through-cutting operation. For through-cutting
operations where the saw blade cuts completely through the thickness of the workpiece, the guard and other safety devices help reduce
the risk of injury.
c.
Immediately reattach the guarding system after completing an operation (such as rabbeting or resawing cuts) which
requires removal of the guard, riving knife and/or anti-kickback device. The guard, riving knife, and anti-kickback device help
to reduce the risk of injury.
d.
Make sure the saw blade is not contacting the guard, riving knife or the workpiece before the switch is turned on.
Inadvertent contact of these items with the saw blade could cause a hazardous condition.
e.
Adjust the riving knife as described in this instruction manual. Incorrect spacing, positioning and alignment can make the riving
knife ineffective in reducing the likelihood of kickback.
f.
For the riving knife and anti-kickback device to work, they must be engaged in the workpiece. The riving knife and anti-
kickback device are ineffective when cutting workpieces that are too short to be engaged with the riving knife and anti-kickback device.
Under these conditions a kickback cannot be prevented by the riving knife and antikickback device.
g.
Use the appropriate saw blade for the riving knife. For the riving knife to function properly, the saw blade diameter must match
the appropriate riving knife and the body of the saw blade must be thinner than the thickness of the riving knife and kerf of the saw
blade must be wider than the thickness of the riving knife.
2.
CUTTING PROCEDURES WARNINGS
a.
DANGER: Never place your fingers or hands in the vicinity or in line with the saw blade. A moment of inattention or a slip
could direct your hand towards the saw blade and result in serious personal injury.
b.
Feed the workpiece into the saw blade or cutter only against the direction of rotation. Feeding the workpiece in the same
direction that the saw blade is rotating above the table may result in the workpiece, and your hand, being pulled into the saw blade.
c.
Never use the mitre gauge to feed the workpiece when ripping and do not use the rip fence as a length stop when cross
cutting with the miter gauge. Guiding the workpiece with the rip fence and the mitre gauge at the same time increases the likelihood
of saw blade binding and kickback.
d.
When ripping, always apply the workpiece feeding force between the fence and the saw blade. Use a push stick when the
distance between the fence and the saw blade is less than 150mm, and use a push block when this distance is less than 50mm. "Work
helping" devices will keep your hand at a safe distance from the saw blade.
e.
Use only the push stick provided by the manufacturer or constructed in accordance with the instructions. This push stick
provides sufficient distance of the hand from the saw blade.
f.
Never use a damaged or cut push stick. A damaged push stick may break causing your hand to slip into the saw blade.
g.
Do not perform any operation "freehand". Always use either the rip fence or the mitre gauge to position and guide the workpiece.
"Freehand" means using your hands to support or guide the workpiece, in lieu of a rip fence or mitre gauge. Freehand sawing leads to
misalignment, binding and kickback.
h.
Never reach around or over a rotating saw blade. Reaching for a workpiece may lead to accidental contact with the moving saw
blade.
i.
Provide auxiliary workpiece support to the rear and/or sides of the saw table for long and/or wide workpieces to keep
TABLE SAW SAFETY RULES
where the work is fed at an angle across the blade. NOTE: This can
be a dangerous operation and is not recommended.
• Freehand – Cutting without the use of a miter gauge or rip fence or
any other means of guiding or holding the workpiece other than the
operator's hand. NOTE: This can be a dangerous operation and is not
recommended.
• Plunge cutting – Blind cuts in the workpiece made by either raising
the blade through the workpiece. NOTE: This can be a dangerous
operation and is not recommended.
• Rabbet Cut - A cut on the end or face (edge) of a board - the
extruding piece is the tongue.
• Kerf - A cut or incision made by a saw.
AND ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
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