How To Use This Manual; Safety Instructions For All Saws - Panasonic EY3552 Operating Instructions Manual

I
. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic Metal
Cutter. The powerful cutting action of this cutter,
combined with the convenience of its recharge-
able battery pack, provides you with great metal
cutting performance.
This Metal Cutter is only to be used for cutting
unhardened ferrous metal.
DANGER
This product is a cutting tool, designed to cut
through metal. It has a rotating blade which is
capable of cutting you deeply, causing seri-
ous injury or death. As a result, please read
this manual and the cautionary markings on
the tool carefully, and obey all of the Safety
Instructions to avoid such injury.
WARNING
To avoid injury, never insert your finger or any
other object into any opening of the metal cutter.

How to Use This Manual

•Please read this manual completely before start-
ing to cut with your metal cutter. If you let some-
one else use the metal cutter, make sure they
either read this manual or are fully instructed in
the proper use and all safety precautions con-
cerning the metal cutter.
•Please keep this manual for future reference. It
contains important safety information that you
must follow to use the metal cutter safely.
•This manual and product use the following signal
words:
NOTE
Notes provide additional information that you
should know about the metal cutter.
CAUTION
Caution indicates a potentially hazardous situ-
ation, which could result in minor or moderate
injury if not avoided. Cautions also alert you to
unsafe practices to be avoided.
WARNING
Warning indicates a potentially hazardous situa-
tion, which could result in serious injury or death
if not avoided.
DANGER
Danger indicates a imminent hazard which will
result in serious injury or death if not avoided.
Read "the Safety Instructions" booklet and the
following before using.
II
. ADDITIONAL SAFETY
RULES
Safety instructions for all
saws
DANGER
• Keep hands away from cutting area and
the blade. Keep your second hand on
auxiliary handle, or motor housing. If both
hands are holding the saw, they cannot be
cut by the blade.
• Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you from the
blade below the workpiece.
• Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness
of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth of
the blade teeth should be visible below the
workpiece.
• Never hold piece being cut in your hands
or across your leg. Secure the workpiece
to a stable platform. It is important to sup-
port the work properly to minimize body
exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
• Hold power tool by insulated gripping
surfaces when performing an operation
where the cutting tool may contact hid-
den wiring or its own cord. Contact with
a "live" wire will also make exposed metal
parts of the power tool "live" and shock the
operator.
• When ripping always use a rip fence or
straight edge guide. This improves the
accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of
blade binding.
• Always use blades with correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbour
holes. Blades that do not match the mount-
ing hardware of the saw will run eccentri-
cally, causing loss of control.
• Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt. The blade washers and
bolt were specially designed for your saw,
for optimum performance and safety of
operation.
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