Making A Cross Cut; Making A Rip Cut - Craftsman TABLE SAW 315.22831 Owner's Manual

MAKING A CROSS CUT
See Figure 44.
It is recommended that you make test cuts on scrap
wood. Stand at the frontof the saw and push the
wood to the blade with the miter gage.
_1= WARNING: Make sure the blade guard is
lowered over blade and is working properlyto
prevent possible i njury.
• Set the blade to the fightdepth for the workpiece by
tuming the height handwheel.
• Set the miter gage to 0". Make sure miter gage
knob is securelytightened.
• Place a supportthe same height as the top of the
saw table behind the saw for the cut work.
• The miter gage may be used in either of the two
g_:_ovesin the table. When using leftgroove, hold
workpiece firmlyagainst thee miter gage base with
your left hand and grip the knobwith your right
hand. When usingthe rightgroove, hold workpiece
firmlyagainst the miter gage base with your right
hand and grip the knobwith your left hand. See
Figure 44.
• Check that the wood is not touchingthe blade.
Insert the key and lift the switch to the ON position.
• Let the blade buildup to fullspeed before feeding
the workpiece intothe blade with the miter gage.
• Hold the work firmlyagainst the miter gage and
push the miter gage to feed the work into the blade.
• When the work is completed, press the switch off
and remove the key.
MAKING A RIP CUT
See Figure 45.
Making a test cut on scrap wood is highlyrecom-
mended. From the front of the saw, posltioothe wood
against the rip fence and push it to the blade with a
pushstick.Be sure the end of the wood is square.
• For small pieces of wood, use a pushstickto move
the wood into and past the blade.
• Make sure the wood is not touchingthe blade.
Insert the key and lift the switch to the ON position.
Let the blade build up to full speed beforefeeding
theworkpiece into t heblade.
• When thework is completed, p ress theswitch off
and removethekey,
CROSS ct,rr
PLACE LEFT HAND ON
WORKPIECEAND
Mn'ER GAGE HERE
WHENMITER GAGEIS
ONLEFTSIDEOFBLADE
PLACE RIGHT HANDON
MITER GAGEKNOB HERE
Fig. 44
RIPCUT
WARNING: Never stand directly In the line of
cut. Stand to the side to reduce risk of injury.
WARNING: Never push a small piece of wood
into the blade with your hand.
_1= WARNING: Make sure the blade guard is
lowered over blade and is workingproperly to
prevent possible injury.
• Remove the miter gage and attachthe ripfence
over the rails.
• Place a supportthe same height as the top of the
saw table behindthe saw for the cut work.
• Positionthe rip fence the correct distancefrom the
blade for the cut.
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