Bosch GKS 65 Operating Instructions Manual page 15

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For Your Safety
Read all instructions. Failure to
follow all instructions listed below
may result in electric shock, fire
and/or serious injury.
Additionally, the general safety instructions either
in the enclosed booklet or those added in the
centre of these operating instructions must be ob-
served.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS.
When working with the machine, always
hold it firmly with both hands and provide
for a secure stance. The power tool is guided
more secure with both hands.
Secure the workpiece. A workpiece clamped
with clamping devices or in a vice is held more
securely than by hand.
Take protective measures when dust can
develop during working that is harmful to
one's health, combustible or explosive. Ex-
ample: Some dusts are regarded as carcino-
genic. Work with dust/chip extraction and
wear a dust mask.
Keep your workplace clean. Material mix-
tures are particularly dangerous. Dust of light
metal can be inflammable or explode.
Do not work materials containing asbes-
tos. Asbestos is considered carcinogenic.
Always wait until the machine has come to
a complete stop before placing it down. The
tool insert can jam and lead to loss of control
over the power tool.
Do not use a machine with a damaged
mains cable. Do not touch the damaged ca-
ble and pull the mains plug when the cable
is damaged while working. Damaged cables
increase the risk of an electric shock.
Connect machines that are used in the
open via a residual current device (RCD).
DANGER: Keep hands away from the cut-
ting area and the blade. Keep your second
hand on the auxiliary handle or the motor
housing. If both hands are holding the saw,
they cannot be cut by the saw blade.
Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The blade 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 work-
piece.
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Never hold the piece being cut in your
hands or across your leg. Secure the work-
piece on a stable support. It is important to
support the work properly to minimize body ex-
posure, blade binding, or loss of control.
Hold the power tool only by the insulated
gripping surfaces when performing an op-
eration where the cutting tool may contact
hidden wiring or its own power cord. Con-
tact 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 accu-
racy of cut and reduces the chance of blade
binding.
Always use saw blades with correct size
and shape (diamond versus round) of ar-
bour holes. Blades that do not match the
mounting hardware of the saw will run eccen-
trically, causing loss of control.
Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolts. The blade washers and
bolts were specially designed for your saw, for
optimum performance and safety of operation.
Causes and operator prevention of kick-
back:
– Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
bound or misaligned saw blade, causing an
uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the work-
piece toward the operator.
– When the blade is pinched or bound tightly
by the kerf closing down, the blade stalls and
the motor reaction drives the unit rapidly back
toward the operator.
– If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in
the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the blade
can dig into the top surface of the wood caus-
ing the blade to climb out of the kerf and jump
back toward the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and /or in-
correct operating procedures or conditions and
can be avoided by taking proper precautions
as given below.
Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the
saw and position your arms to resist kick-
back forces. Always position yourself to
the side of the saw blade, so that your body
is never in line with the saw blade. Kickback
can cause the saw to jump backwards, but
kickback forces can be controlled by the oper-
ator if proper precautions are taken.
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