Termi Nology - RIDGID R4550 Operator's Manual

Failure to follow these rules may result in serious personal injury.
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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.
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TERMI NOLOGY

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-saw ing – Flipping material to make a cut the saw is not
capable of making in one pass.
Failure to follow these rules may result in serious personal injury.
TABLE SAW SPECI FI C SAFETY RULES
WARNI NG READ ALL SAFETY WARNI NGS DESI GNATED BY THE
1.
GUARDI NG RELATED WARNI NGS ( FOR TABLE SAW, UL 62841-3-1)
Keep guards in place. Guards must be in w orking order and be properly mounted.
a.
damaged, or is not functioning correctly must be repaired or replaced.
Alw ays use saw blade guard, riving knife and anti-kickback device for every through-cutting operation.
b.
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.
I mmediately reattach the guarding system after completing an operation ( such as rabbeting or resaw ing
c.
cuts) which requires removal of the guard, riving knife and/or anti-kickback device.
and anti-kickback device help to reduce the risk of injury.
Make sure the saw blade is not contacting the guard, riving knife or the w orkpiece before the sw itch is
d.
turned on.
I nadvertent contact of these items with the saw blade could cause a hazardous condition.
Adjust the riving knife as described in this instruction manual.
e.
make the riving knife ineffective in reducing the likelihood of kickback.
For the riving knife and anti-kickback device to w ork, they must be engaged in the w orkpiece.
f.
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.
Use the appropriate saw blade for the riving knife.
g.
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.
CUTTI NG PROCEDURES WARNI NGS
DANGER: Never place your fingers or hands in the vicinity or in line with the saw blade.
a.
inattention or a slip could direct your hand towards the saw blade and result in serious personal injury.
Feed the w orkpiece into the saw blade or cutter only against the direction of rotation.
b.
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.
TABLE SAW SAFETY RULES
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• Cove cutting
– Also known as coving, cove cutting is an
operat ion w here t he w ork is fed at an angle across t he
NOTE:
blade. This can be a dangerous operation and is not
recommended.
• Freehand
– Cutting without the use of a miter gauge or
rip fence or any ot her m eans of guiding or holding t he
workpiece other than the operator's hand.
a dangerous operation and is not recommended.
• Plunge cutting – Blind cuts in the workpiece made by either
raising the blade through the workpiece.
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.
SYMBOL AND ALL I NSTRUCTI ONS.
I ncorrect spacing, positioning and alignment can
For the riving knife to function properly, the saw blade diameter
6
NOTE:
This can be
NOTE: This can be a
A guard that is loose,
For
The guard, riving knife,
The riving
A moment of
Feeding the workpiece