Outfeed Zone Hazard; Kickback - Craftsman 113.196120 Owner's Manual

Outfeed Zone Hazard
,_DANGER
Rotational force of blade can pull
hands and fingers back into blade.
Touching, holding, or pulling on
outfeed side of workpiece while
blade is still spinning will result in
fingers, hand or arm being cut off.
To reduce risk of outfeed hazard:
_J Set pawls and riving knife; they act as
partial barrier to outfeed side.
_J Start and finish cut from infeed side.
_J Keep both hands on infeed side.
Keep hands away from ouffeed side.
_/Push workpiece through to complete
cut. Do not reach around to pull it.
_J If blade jams, turn saw off, remove yel-
low key, then free blade.
Kickback
Kickback is the uncontrolled propelling of
the workpiece back toward the user.
_, WARNING
Kickback can happen when blade is
pinched or bound by workpiece.
Pinching or binding can happen
when:
• pawls and riving knife are not used or
not set correctly
• riving knife is not aligned with blade
• blade is not parallel to fence
• workpiece is twisted or warped and
rocks on table top
• pressure is put on outfeed side of work-
piece
• workpiece is released before being
pushed past pawls
• user touches or tries to pull workpiece
through outfeed side before blade has
stopped spinning,
Ripping
DANGER
i WARNING
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