Safety Instructions For Scroll Saw; Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, Face And Ears - Craftsman 113.236090 Owner's Manual

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CAUTION: This saw is NOT
Safety Instructions for Scroll Saw (continued)
Plan Your Work.
- Use The Right Tool. Don't force tool or
attachment to do a job it was not
designed to do.
• Use this scroll saw to cut only wood,
woodlike products, plastics and nonfer-
rous metals.
designed for cutting ferrous metals
like iron or steel. When cutting
nonferrous metals (brass, copper
and aluminum, etc.), metal shav-
ings can react with wood dust and
start a fire. To avoid this:
- Remove all traces of wood dust
from on and around the saw.
- Remove all metal shavings from
on or around the saw before saw-
ing wood again.
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, Face and Ears
Any power saw can throw foreign objects
into the eyes. This can cause permanent
eye damage. Wear safety goggles (not
glasses) that comply with ANSi Z87.1
(shown on package). Everyday eye-
glasses have only impact resistanl
lenses. They are not safety glasses.
Safety goggles are available at Sears
Retail Stores. Glasses or goggles not in
compltance with ANSI Z87.1 could seri-
ously hurt you when they break.
WEAR YOUR
Dress for safety
• Do not wear bose clothing, gloves,
neckties or jewelry (rings, wrist-
watches). They can get caught aria
draw you into moving parts.
o Wear nonslip footwear.
o Tie back long hair.
o Roll long sleeves above the elbow.
° Noise levels vary wide!y.To avoid pos-
sible hearing damage, wear ear plugs
or muffs when using saw for hours ata
time.
• For dusty operations, Wear a dust mask
along with the safety gogg lee
Inspect Your Workpiece.
Make sure there are no nails or foreign
objects in the part of the workpiece to be
cut.
Use extra caution with large, very
small or awkward workpieces
* Never use this tool to finish pieces too
small to hold by hand.
° Use extra supports (tables, saw horses,
blocks, ezc.)for any workpieces large
enough to tip when not held down to
the table top.
. Never use another person as a substi-
tute for a table extension, or as addi-
tional support for a workpiece or to hetp
feed. support or pull the workpiece.
° When cutting irregularly shaped work*
;31eces,plan your work so it wilt not
pinch the b_ade. A piece of molding, for
example, must fay flat or be held by a
fixture or jig that will net let it twist, rock
or slip while being cut.
• Properly support round material such
as dowel rods or tubing. They have a
tendency to roll during a cut, causing
the blade to "bite". To avoid this,
always use "V" blocks.
oCut only one workpiece at a time.
° Clear everything except the workpiece
and related support devices off the
table before turning the saw on.
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