Craftsman 113.19761 Owner's Manual page 25

REQUIREMENTS WHEN RIPPING
(OPERATIONS 5 AND 6)
1. Carriage lock knob must be locked.
2. Radial arm must be locked in 0 ° position.
3. Work must be held firmly against table and fence while
feeding through.
4, Guard, spreader, and antikickback (AKB) mechanism
must be properly set. OBSERVE INSTRUCTIONS IN
PARAGRAPH, "POSITIONING GUARD, AND
ANTIKICKBACK AND SPREADER ASSEMBLY FOR
RIPPING" UNDER "LOCATION AND FUNCTION
OF CONTROLS".
5. Blade should be sharp and correctly set.
6. When ripping narrow stock, less than 6 inches but more
than 1/4 inch between the guard and the fence (guide),
use a "Push Stick" at least 1/4" thick and at least 16"
long so the workpiece is clear of the blade before your
hand contacts the guard.
SLIGHTLY LESS THAN
THICKNESS OF WORKPIECE
UP TO 3/8"
GREATER
SLIGHTLY LESS
THAN 90 o
(!-INCH SQUARES)
PLYWOOD
7. When ripping stock 1/4 inch or less between the blade
and fence (guide) use a Pusher Board.
Pusher board should not be less than 4 inches wide and
16 inches long. Nail or glue a 3/4 x 3/4 x 4 inch block
to one edge of pusher board to be used as a grip.
The pusher board should be fed into the blade behind
the stock being ripped until the stock is clear of the rear
of the blade (not more than 8 inches so as not to strike
antikickback pawls) and then pulled back with use of
the grip.
1/2"
8. Hands must be kept well away from saw blade.
9. Saw blade MUST be parallel to fence, to minimize
possibility of kickbacks.
10. For every new width of cut, a new PUSHER BOARD
must be used.
11. The pusher board should be the same thickness as the
workpiece. No thinner for strength, or no thicker since
the nose of the guard must clear the top of the
workpiece with minimum clearance.
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OPERATION No. 5 - OUT-RIPPING
AND IN-RIPPING
Ripping is the process of sawing the workpiece by
feeding it into the saw blade when using the fence as a
guide and as a positioning device to obtain the desired
width of cut. The sawblade is parallel to the fence.
WARNING: NEVER RIP FREE-HAND. BEFORE
RIPPING, MAKE SURE THE GUARD, AND
ANTIKICKBACK AND SPREADER ASSEMBLY ARE
SET UP PROPERLY. ALSO, MAKE SURE THE SAW
BLADE IS PARALLEL WITH THE FENCE. NEVER
RIP WORKPIECES SHORTER THAN THE SAW
BLADE DIAMETER.
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