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[] NEVER handholda workpiece thatistoo small t o be
clamped. K eephands clearof thecuttingarea.
[] NEVER reachbehind, u nder, o r withinthreeinches
of thebladeanditscuttingpathwithyourhands and
fingers foranyreason.
[] NEVER reach to pickupa workpiece, a pieceof scrap,
or anything elsethatis inor nearthe cuttingpathofthe
blade.
[] AVOID AWKWARD OPERATIONS ANDHAND
POSITIONS w here a sudden slipcouldcauseyour
hand to moveintotheblade. A LWAYS makesureyou
havegoodbalance. NEVER operate the mitersaw
ontheflooror ina crouched position.
[] NEVER standor haveanypartof yourbodyinlinewith
the pathofthesawblade.
[] ALWAYS release the power switchandallowthe
sawbladeto stoprotating before raising it outofthe
workpiece.
[] DONOTTURNTHEMOTOR SWITCH ONANDOFF
RAPIDLY. Thiscouldcause the sawbladeto loosen
andcouldcreate a hazard. S hould thiseveroccur,
standclearandallowthesawbladeto cometo a
complete stop.Disconnect thesawfromthepower
supplyandsecurely retighten the bladebolt.
[] JFANYPART OFTHISMITER SAWISMISSING or
shouldbreak, b end,or failinanyway, o r shouldany
electrical component failto perform properly, shutoff
the power switch,remove themitersawplugfromthe
power source, a ndhavedamaged, missing, or failed
partsreplaced before resuming operation.
[] ALWAYS STAY ALERT! D onotallowfamiliarity (gained
fromfrequent u seofthesaw)to causea careless mis-
take.ALWAYS REMEMBER t hata careless fractionof
a second is sufficient t o inflictsevere injury.
[] MAKESURE THEWORK AREAHASAMPLE UGH%
INGto seetheworkandthatnoobstructions w illinter-
ferewithsafeoperation BEFORE performing a nywork
using thesaw.
[] ALWAYS TURNOFFTHESAWbefore disconnecting
itto avoidaccidental starting whenreconnecting t o
power supply. N EVER leave thesawunattended w hile
connected to a power source.
[] THISTOOLshould havethefollowing markings:
a) Wear e yeprotection.
b) Keephands outof pathofsawblade.
c) Donotoperate sawwithoutguards inplace.
d) Donotperform anyoperation freehand.
e) Never r eacharound sawblade.
f) Turn offtoolandwaitfor sawblade to stopbefore
moving workpiece or changing settings.
g) Disconnect power(orunplug toolasapplicable)
before changing bladeorservicing.
h) Noloadspeed.
[] ALWAYS carrythetoo!onlybythecarrying handle.
[] AVOID directeyeexposure whenusing thelaserguide.
[] SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS. Refer t o them
frequently a nduseto instruct o therusers. I f youloan
someone thistool,loanthemtheseinstructions a lso.
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WARNING: S omedustcreated by power sanding, s awing, g rinding, d rilling, a ndotherconstruction a ctivities
contains chemicals k nown to causecancer, b irthdefects or otherreproductive harm.Some examples o f these
chemicals a re:
leadfromlead-based p aints,
crystalline s ilicafrombricksandcement a ndothermasonry products, and
arsenic andchromium fromchemically-treated lumber.
Yourriskfromtheseexposures v aries, d epending onhowoftenyoudothistypeofwork.Toreduce yourexposure
to thesechemicals: workina wellventilated area, a ndworkwithapproved safetyequipment, suchasthosedust
masks thatarespecially designed t o filterout microscopic p articles.
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