Types Of Cuts - Craftsman 141.142580 Operator's Manual

Dardwood
Plywood
Figure 44 - Push Block
HOW TO MAKE AND USE THE FEATHERBOARD
Refer to Figures 45-46.
A featherboard is a device used to help control the workpiece
by guiding it securely against the table or fence. Featherboards
are especially useful when ripping small workpieces and for
completing non-through cuts. The end is angled with a number
of shod kerfs to give a friction hold on the workpiece and locked
in place on the t_le with a C-clamp. Test to ensure it can resist
kickback: Place the featherboard against the uncut portion of
the wo#,_.piece to avoid kickbad_ that could cause serious personal
injury.
To make the featherboard:
The featherboard is an excellent project for the saw,
• Sel_ a solid pi_e of lumber approximately _" (19 ram) thick,
3 5/_"(9 cm) wide and 18" (45 cm) long.
• Mark. the Center of the width on one end of the stock.
• Miter one-half of the width to 30 °, and miter the other half of
the same end to 45° (see "MITER CUTS" for more information).
• Mark the board from the point at 6" (15 cm), 8" (20 cm), 10"
(25 cm), and 12" (30 cm). Drill a %, (9.5 ram) hole at the 8"
(20 cm), 10" (25 cm), and 12" (30 cm) marks.
• Set the rip fence to allow an approximately V4"(6.5 mm)
"finger" to be cut in the stock. Feed the stock only to the maA
previously made at 6" (15 cm).
• Turn the saw OFF, and allow the blade to completely stop
rotating before removing the stock.
• Reset the rip fence, and cut spaced rips into the workpiece
to allow approximately W' (6.5 ram) fingers with _4" (3 ram)
spaces between the fingers.
Figure 45 - Fatherboard
To use the featherboard:
° Unplug the saw.
• Completely lower the saw blade.
• Position the rip fence to the desired adjustment for the cut to
be performed, and lock the rip fence.
° Place the wo¢_piece against the fence and over the saw blade
area.
• Adjust the featherboard to apply resistance to the workpiece
just forward of the blade.
° Attach a C-clamp (not supplied) to secure the featherboard
to the edge of the saw table.
Push Block
Workpiece
C-clamp
Push Stick
Featherboard
Figure 46 - Blade Guard and Anti-kickback Pawls Attachment
WARNING: Do not locate the featherboard to the rear of the
workpiece. If positioned improperly, kickback can result from the
featherboard pinching the workpiece and binding the blade in the
saw kerr. Failure to heed this warning can result in serious
personal injury.
TYPES OF CUTS
Refer to Figure 47.
There are six basic cuts: 1) the cross cut, 2) the rip cut, 3) the
miter cut, 4) the bevel cross cut, 5) the bevel rip cut, and, 6) the
compound (bevel) miter cuL All other cuts are combinations of
these basic six. Operating procedures for making each kind of
cut are given later in this section.
WARNING: Always make sure the blade guard and anti-kickback
pawls are in place and working properly when making these cuts
to avoid possible injury.
Cross cuts are straight 90 ° cuts made across the grain of the
work,piece. The wood is fed into the cut at a 90 _ angle to
the blade, and the blade is vertical
Rip cuts are made with the grain of the wood. To avoid kickback
while making a rip cut, make sure one side of the wood rides
firmly against the rip fence,
Miter cuts are made with the wood at any angle to the blade
other than 90°. The blade is vertical. Miter cuts tend to "creep"
during cutting. This can be controlled by holding the workpiece
securely against the miter gauge.
WARNING: Always use a push stick with small pieces of wood,
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