Ripping Safety - Craftsman 113.234701 Owner's Manual

Ripping
Ripping Safety
The hazards associated with ripping are
outfeed zone hazard, kickback, wrong
way feed, and thrown chips. This section
explains these hazards and tells how to
avoid them or reduce the risk of their
happening. Read the ripping safety in-
formation and instructions before
making any type of rip cut. Follow these
steps every time you make a rip cut.
Outfeed Zone Hazard
DANGER:
Rotational force of blade will pull
hands and fingers back into blade.
Touching, holding, or pulling on
outfeed side of workpiece can
result in fingers, hand or arm being
cut off.
To reduce risk of outfeed hazard:
1. Lower and correctly set pawls and
spreader. They act as a partial barrier to
outfeed side.
2. Start and finish cut from infeed side
of blade.
3. Keep both hands on infeed side of
blade.
4. Keep hands away from outfeed side
of blade.
5. Push workpiece through to complete
cut. Do not pull workpiece.
6. If blade jams, turn saw off, remove
yellow key, wait for blade to stop spin-
ning, then free blade.
DANGER
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