SWS Power Tools 66630 Set Up And Operating Instructions Manual page 4

or other part that is damaged should
be properly repaired or replaced.
20. DIRECTION OF FEED. Feed work
into a blade or cutter against the
direction of rotation of the blade or
cutter only.
21. NEVER LEAVE TOOL RUNNING
UNATTENDED. TURN POWER OFF.
Don't leave tool until it comes to a
complete stop.
table Saw Safety warnings
For your Own Safety read instruction
Manual before Operating Saw
1. Wear eye protection.
2. Use saw-blade guard and spreader
for every operation for which it can be
used, including all through sawing.
3. Keep hands out of the line of saw
blade.
4. Use a push-stick when required.
5. Know how to reduce risk of kickback.
6. Do not perform any operation free-
hand.
7. Never reach around or over saw
blade.
8. Make sure the workpiece is support-
ed at all times while sawing. Use a
roller stand (not provided) with larger
workpieces if necessary.
9. To properly understand all safety
warnings, be familiar with the follow-
ing safety terms and equipment:
a. Featherboard – A block with "fingers"
that hold the workpiece against the
fence while sawing.
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b. Through-sawing – A cut made from
one side of a board to the opposite
side, without stopping.
c. Ripcut or Ripping - A cut made paral-
lel to (along with) the grain of the
wood.
d. Crosscut or Crosscutting - A cut
made perpendicular (at a 90° angle)
to the grain of the wood.
e. Push-stick – A narrow strip of wood
or other soft material with a notch
cut into one end and which is used
to push short pieces of material
through saws. It provides a safe
distance between the hands and the
cutting tool. Must be narrower than
the cut width to prevent contact with
the blade.
f. Freehand – Feeding a workpiece
through the saw without using a
fence or guided support to guide it.
nOt a SaFe MetHOD.
g. Kerf – The gap made by the saw in
the workpiece.
h. Kickback – A sudden reaction to a
pinched, bound, or misaligned blade,
causing an uncontrolled workpiece
to lift up and out of the saw toward
the operator.
i. Spreader – A metal plate that fol-
lows the saw blade to keep the kerf
(gap) from closing on the saw blade.
Spreaders, except riving knives,
must be aligned to the blade after
blade adjustment to prevent binding.
j. Riving Knife – A spreader mounted
on the same mechanism as the
blade. Generally more effective than
simple spreaders.
10. As noted previously,
sudden reaction to a pinched, bound,
or misaligned blade, causing an un-
Kickback is a
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