Makita 2708 Instruction Manual page 16

210 mm (8-1/4")
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Featherboards
A "featherboard" or "fingerboard" is
a
jig made from
a
board cut off a t an angle of
60
degrees. A series of parallel cuts
i s
made part way through the board. Board should be
a
straight piece with no knots or cracks (see photo). Featherboards should be used for
any operation in which workpiece i s not sawed all the way through (and the saw blade
guard
i s
therefore removed.).
Hold the featherboard
as a
sort of "spring stick" horizontal hold down to press the work
firmly against the fence during the pass.
Use of featherboard
1. Switch off tool before operation.
2. Set featherboard with clamps
so
as to
hold stock firmly against workpiece. Be
sure of positive attachment.
3. "Fingers"
prevent work from being
thrown back. Perform
a
trial to be sure
they will stop
a
kickback.
Do not use featherboards for non-thru-
sawing operations with which the miter
gauge is employed. Re-install blade guard
whenever the featherboard work is finished.
"C
clamps'
Feafherboard
Rabbeting
Rabbeting i s the cutting away of
a
section from the corner of the workpiece. It can be
done across the end or the entire length of the stock.
The blade guard should be removed to perform rabbet cuts which do not go all the way
through the workpiece.
How to perform rabbeting
1. Remove blade guard.
2. Attach auxiliary fence to rip fence for cuts that run the length of the stock. Facing
should be as high as the workpiece i s wide. Adjust fence and blade to desired dimen-
sions.
3. First cut: Hold board flat
on
table
as
in ordinary ripping.
4. Second cut: Set workpiece on i t s edge.
(Use featherboards, push stick, push
block and
so
on, using precautions,
safety rules and guidelines for ripping
or related work.)
5. For end-type rabbeting, if the work-
piece i s less than 10-1/2" wide, rest the
wood flat on the table against the miter
gauge (with wood facing). The rip fence
should not be used.
6.
After rabbeting i s completed, immedi-
ately
re-install the blade guard as before.
Rabett
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