Glossary Of Terms - Craftsman 315.218060 Operator's Manual

Anti-Kickback Pawls (radial arm and table saws)
A device which, when properly installed and maintained
is designed to stop the workplace from being kicked back
toward the front of the saw during a ripping operation.
Arbor
The shaft on which a blade or cutting tool is mounted.
Bevel Gut
A cLltting operation re,ado with the blade at any angle
ether than 90_ to the tab{e sudace.
Chamfer
A cut removing a wedge from a block so the end (or part
of the end) is angled rather than at 90".
Compound Cut
A cross cut made with both a miter and a bevel angb.
Cross Cut
A cutting or shaping operalio=_ made across the grain or
the width of the workpiece.
Cutter Heed Iplaners and jointers}
A rotating piece of adjustable btades. The cutter head
removes material from the wod{piece.
Dado Cut
A non-through cut which produces a squa_e-sided notch
or trough in the workpiece (requires a special blade}
Featherboard
A device tJsed to help control the workpiece by guiding it
securely against the table or fence during any ripping
operation.
FPM or SPM
Feet per minute (or strokes per minute}, used inreference
to blade movement.
Freehand
Performing a cat without the workplace being guided by a
fence, miter gauge, or other aids.
Gum
A sticky, sap-based residue from wood products.
Heal
Alignment of the blade lo the fence.
Kerr
]'he matedal removed by the blade in a through cut or the
slot produced by the blade in a non-through or partial cut.
Kickback
A hazard that can occur when the blade binds or stalls,
throwing the workpiece back toward operator.
Leading End
the end ol the wod_piece pushed into the tool first.
Miter Cut
A curling operation made with the workpiece at any angle
to the blade other lhan 90°.
Non-Through Cuts
Any cutting operalien where the blade does not extol d
completely through the thickness of the workpiece.
Pilot Role (drill presses)
A smatl hole drilled in a workpiece that serves as a gt {de
for dfilhng large holes accurately.
Push 8locks and Push Slicks
Devices used to feed the workpiece through the saw
blade during cutting operations. A push stick (not ap xsh
block} should be used for narrow ripping operations. _/rom
These aids help keep the operator's hands well away
the blade.
Resaw
A cutting operat_n to [educe the thickness of the wor
piece to make thinner p_eces.
Resin
A sticky, sap-based substance that has hardened.
Revelations Per Minute (RPM)
The number of turns completed by a spinning object i
one Minute.
Ripping or Rip Cut
A cutting operation along the length of the workplace.
Riving Knife/SpreaderlSpl_tter (table saws)
A metal piece, sJightlv thinner than the blade, _.¢hiohh,
keep the kerr open and also helps to prevent kickbacl
Sew Blade Path
The area over, under, behind, or }nfront ot the blade. ,_
it applies to the workplace, that area which will be or h
been cut by the blade.
Set
The distance that the tip ef the saw blade tooth is ben1
set) outward from the face of the blade.
Snipe (planers) [
Depression made at either end of a workpiece by cutter
blades when the workpieee is not properly supportedq
Through Sawing |
Any cutting operation where the blade extends completely
through the thickness of the wo[kpiece.
Throw-Back
The throwing back of a workpiece usually caused by tl
workpiece being dropped into the blade or being plact
inadvertently in contact with the blade.
t, V orl{plece or Material
The item on which the operation is being done
Worktable
Surface where the workpiece rests while performing a
curling, drilling, pianing, or sanding operation.
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