Bosch GTS15-10 Operating/Safety Instructions Manual page 6

jam. Jamming the saw blade by the workpiece
can cause kickback or stall the motor.
k. Do not remove pieces of cut-off material
while the saw is running. The material may
become trapped between the rip fence or
inside the saw blade guard and the saw blade
pulling your fingers into the saw blade. Turn
the saw off and wait until the saw blade stops
before removing material.
l. Use an auxiliary fence in contact with the
table top when ripping workpieces less than
2 mm (0.08 in) thick. A thin workpiece may
wedge under the rip fence and create a kick-
back.
3. Kickback causes and related
warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction of the workpiece due
to a pinched, jammed saw blade or misaligned line
of cut in the workpiece with respect to the saw
blade or when a part of the workpiece binds be-
tween the saw blade and the rip fence or other
fixed object.
Most frequently during kickback, the workpiece is
lifted from the table by the rear portion of the saw
blade and is propelled towards the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or incor-
rect operating procedures or conditions and can
be avoided by taking proper precautions as given
below.
a. Never stand directly in line with the saw
blade. Always position your body on the
same side of the saw blade as the fence.
Kickback may propel the workpiece at high
velocity towards anyone standing in front and
in line with the saw blade.
b. Never reach over or in back of the saw blade
to pull or to support the workpiece. Acciden-
tal contact with the saw blade may occur or
kickback may drag your fingers into the saw
blade.
c. Never hold and press the workpiece that is
being cut off against the rotating saw blade.
Pressing the workpiece being cut off against
the saw blade will create a binding condition
and kickback.
d. Align the fence to be parallel with the saw
blade. A misaligned fence will pinch the work-
piece against the saw blade and create kick-
back.
e. Use a featherboard to guide the workpiece
against the table and fence when making
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Safety Instructions for Table Saws
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non-through cuts such as rabbeting, dadoing
or resawing cuts. A featherboard helps to con-
trol the workpiece in the event of a kickback.
f. Use extra caution when making a cut into
blind areas of assembled workpieces. The
protruding saw blade may cut objects that can
cause kickback.
g. Support large panels to minimize the risk
of saw blade pinching and kickback. Large
panels tend to sag under their own weight.
Support(s) must be placed under all portions
of the panel overhanging the table top.
h. Use extra caution when cutting a workpiece
that is twisted, knotted, warped or does not
have a straight edge to guide it with a miter
gauge or along the fence. A warped, knotted,
or twisted workpiece is unstable and causes
misalignment of the kerf with the saw blade,
binding and kickback.
i. Never cut more than one workpiece, stacked
vertically or horizontally. The saw blade
could pick up one or more pieces and cause
kickback.
j. When restarting the saw with the saw blade
in the workpiece, center the saw blade in the
kerf so that the saw teeth are not engaged
in the material. If the saw blade binds, it may
lift up the workpiece and cause kickback when
the saw is restarted.
k. Keep saw blades clean, sharp, and with suf-
ficient set. Never use warped saw blades or
saw blades with cracked or broken teeth.
Sharp and properly set saw blades minimize
binding, stalling and kickback. Cleaning accu-
mulated sap or plastic from the tips and body
of the blade will reduce overheating and bind-
ing of the blade. When cutting plastic materi-
als, avoid melting the plastic.
l. Do not release the workpiece until you have
pushed it all the way past the sawblade. Fail-
ure to do so may cause kickback and personal
injury.
m. Do not confine the cut-off piece when ripping
or cross cutting. Confining the cut-off piece
when ripping or cross cutting may cause kick-
back and personal injury.
n. Replace or sharpen the anti-kickback pawls
when points become dull. Sharp anti-kickback
pawls minimize kickback.
o. Keep sawblade guard, riving knife and anti-
kickback pawls in place and operating prop-
erly. The riving knife must be in alignment
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