Dress For Safety - Craftsman 113.248340 Owner's Manual

To avoid injury from jams, slips or thrown pieces or
broken blades.
Inspect your blade.
,' Choose the right blade size, style and cutting speed for
the material and the type of cutting you plan to do.
,, Use orfly recommended accessories. Consult this
owners manual for recommended accessories. Follow
the instrtJctions that come with the accessories. 7he
use of improper accessories may cause risk of injury to
persons.
• Make sure the blade teeti_ point downward, toward the
table.
,, Make sure the blade guides and thrust bearings are
properly adjusted.
° Make sure the blade te_sion is properly adjusted.
,, Make sure the bevel clamp is tight and no parts have
excessive ptay.
• _[6 avoid accidental Made contact, minimize blade
breakage and provide maximum blade support, always
adjust the upper blade guide and blade guard to just
clear the workpiece.
Inspect your work area.
• Keep work area clean.
° Cluttered areas and benches invite accidents. Floor
must not be slippery from wax or sawdust.
,, fb avoid burns or other fire damage, never use the saw
near flammable liquids, vapors or gases.
PUan your work.
• Use the right tool Don't force tool or attachment to do
a job it was not designed to do.
,, Use this band saw to cut only wood, wood like prod-
ucts and plastics.
CAUTION: To avoid blade breakage, fire or other I
damage to the saw, NEVER use this band saw to
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cut metags.
-Know your saw. Read and understand the owner's
manual and labels affixed to the tool. Learn its applica-
tion and limitations as wel! as the specific potential
hazards peculiar to this tool.
° To avoid injury from accidental contact with moving
parts, don't do layout, assembly, or set up work on the
saw while any parts are moving.
° Avoid accidental starting. Make sure switch is "OFF"
before plugging saw into a power outlet.
Plan ahead to protect your eyes, hands, face
and ears.
WEAR YOUR
Dress for safety
Any power saw can throw foreign objects into the ey'es.
This can cause permanent eye damage. Wear safety
goggles (not glasses) that comply with ANSI Z87.1
(shown on package). Everyday eyeg{asses have onty
impact resistance lenses. They are not safety glasses.
Safety goggles are available at Sears retail catatog
stores. Glasses or goggles not in cornpJiance with ANS!
Z87.1 could seriously hurt you when they break.
o Do not wear loose c!othing, gloves, neckties or jewelry
(rings, wrist watches). They can get caught and draw
you into moving parts.
• Wear nonstip footwear.
° Tie back long hair.
° Roll long sleeves above the elbow.
,, Noise levels vary widely. -rb avoid possible hearing
damage, wear ear plugs or muffs when using saw for
hours at a time.
- For dusty operations, wear a dust mask aiong with the
safety goggles.
Inspect your workpiece.
Make sure there are no nails or foreign objects in the
part of the workpiece to be cut.
Use extra caution with large, very small or awkward
workpieces:
" Use extra supports (tables, saw horses, blocks, etc.)
for any workpieces large enough to tip when not held
down to the table top.
o NEVER use another person as a substitute for a table
extension, or as additional support for a workpiece that
is longer or wider than the basic saw table, or to hetp
feed, support or pull the workpiece.
o When cutting irregularly shaped workpieces, plan your
work so it will not slip and pinch the blade. A piece of
molding for example, must lie flat or be held by a fixture
of jig that wilt not _et it twist, rock or slip while being cut.
° Properly support round material such as dowel rods. or
tubing. They have a tendency to rot_ during a cuL
causing the blade to "bite". To avoid this. atways use a
"V" block or clamp the work to the miter gage.
o Cut only one workpiece at a time.
• Clear everything except the workpiece and related
support devices off the table before turning the saw on.
Plan the way you will hold the workpiece
from start to finish.
• Do not hand hold pieces so small that your fingers win
go under the blade guard. Use jigs or fixtures to hold
the work and keep your hands away from the blade.
° Secure work. Use clamps to hold work when practical.
It's often safer than using your hand. and frees both
hands to operate the too!.
,, Don't overreach, Keep good footing and balance.