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Safety Instructions For Wood Turning Lathe
Safety is a combination of common sense, staying alert and knowing how your lathe works. Read this manual to under-
stand this tool.
Safety Signal Words
means if the safety information is not followed
DANGER:
someone will be seriously injured or killed.
Before Using the Lathe
WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding,
sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction
activities contains chemicals known (to the State
of California) to cause cancer, birth defects or
other reproductive harm. Some examples of these
chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-bases paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and
other masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated
lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending
on how often you do this type of work. To reduce
your exposure to these chemicals: work in a well
ventilated area, and work with approved safety
equipment, such as those dust masks that are spe-
cially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of mistakes that
could cause serious, permanent injury, do not plug
the lathe in until the following steps have been sat-
isfactorily completed.
When Installing Or Moving the Lathe
Reduce the Risk of Dangerous Environment.
• Use the lathe in a dry, indoor place protected from rain.
• Keep work area well lighted.
To reduce the risk of injury from unexpected lathe
movement.
• The lathe and motor must be bolted down to a stand or
workbench for stability.
• To reduce the risk of injury from electrical shock, make
sure your fingers do not touch the plug's metal prongs
Before Each Use
Inspect your lathe.
• To reduce the risk of injury from accidental starting, turn
the switch off, unplug the lathe, and remove the switch
key before changing the speeds, changing the setup, or
adjusting anything.
• Check for alignment of moving parts, binding of moving
parts, breakage of parts, unit stability, and any other con-
ditions that may affect the way the lathe works.
• If any part is missing, bent or broken in any way, or any
electrical part does not work properly, turn the lathe off
and unplug the lathe.
means if the safety information is not followed
WARNING:
someone could be seriously injured or killed.
means if the safety information is not followed
CAUTION:
someone may be injured.
Know and Understand the Lathe
• Completely assemble and align lathe.
• Learn the use and function of the ON-OFF switch.
• Review and understand all safety instructions and
operating procedures in this manual.
• Review the maintenance methods for this lathe.
• Find and read the warning label found on the lathe
(shown below).
when plugging in or unplugging the lathe.
• Turn off and unplug the lathe before moving it to a new
area. To reduce the risk of back injury, get help when
you need to lift or move the lathe.
• Never Stand On Tool. Serious injury could occur if the
tool tips or you accidentally hit the cutter head. Do not
store anything above or near the tool where anyone
might stand on the tool to reach them.
• Replace damaged, missing or failed parts before using
the lathe again.
• Keep lathe interior free of wood chips and dust buildup
around motor and switch box.
• Keep turning tools sharp. Dull or nicked tools tend to
dig in the wood, causing the tool or workpiece to be
thrown.
• To reduce the risk of injury from unsafe accessories,
use only recommended accessories.
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