Specific Safety Rules - Performax 241-0944 Owner's Manual

WARNING
Keep hands away from the cutting area and blade. NEVER place your hands behind
the saw blade since kickback could cause the saw to jump backwards over your
hand. Keep your body positioned to either side of the saw blade.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
- Check the lower guard for proper closing before each use. If the saw is accidentally dropped, the
lower guard may be bent. Raise the lower guard with the lower guard lever and make sure it can
move freely and does not touch the blade or any other parts in all angles and depths of cutting. Do
not operate the saw if the lower guard does not move and close freely. Never clamp or tie the lower
guard into the open position.
- 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 plat-
form. It is important to support the work properly to minimize body exposure, blade binding, or loss
of control.
- Hold tool by insulated gripping surfaces when performing an operation where the cutting tool may
contact hidden wiring or its own cord. Contact with a "live" wire will make exposed metal parts of
the tool "live" and shock the operator.
- Always observe the lower guard to see if it covers the entire blade before placing the saw on the
bench or floor. Please pay attention to the time it needs to take for the blade to stop after released
the switch.
- When operating the saw, keep the cord away from the cutting area and position so that it might be
caught by the work piece during the cutting operation.
- Keep your second hand on the motor housing or auxiliary handle, not close to the blade. Do not
reach underneath the work or attempt to remove the cutting material when the blade is still moving.
- It is important to support the work properly and to hold the saw firmly to prevent from loss of con-
trol, which might cause personal injury. NEVER hold the pieces for cutting in your hands or across
your legs.
- Making a "Pocket Cut" into existing walls or other blind area is dangerous. The protruding blade
may cut "live wires" or objects that may cause kickback.
- When cutting is interrupted or the blade bound, please release the trigger immediately and hold
the saw firmly in the material until the blade comes to a complete stop. Never attempt to remove the
saw from the work or pull the saw backward while the blade is in motion, otherwise, kickback might
happen.
- Use a rip fence or straight edge guide when ripping.
- Avoid cutting nails, inspect the material that is being cut to see if there are nails in it and remove
before cutting.
- Do not run the saw while carrying it at your side.
- Make sure the depth and bevel adjusting locking levers are tight and secure before making a cut.
- Do not use damaged or dull blades. Because unshaped or improperly set blades will produce nar-
row Nerf which may cause excessive friction, blade binding or kickback etc.
- Always use blades with correct size arbor holes, never use defective or incorrect blade washers or
bolts.

SPECIFIC SAFETY RULES

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