Wrong Way Feed - RIDGID SP6263 Owner's Manual

Ripping
To reduce risk of kickback:
S et pawls and riving knife according to rip-
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ping set-up procedure. Correctly set riving
knife is more likely to prevent workpiece
from binding or pinching blade; correctly
set pawls are more likely to grab into work-
piece to stop or slow kickback if one hap-
pens.
C heck that riving knife is in line with blade
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(see Alignment: Riving Knife to Blade).
C ut only straight workpieces so surface
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will lie flat on table and edge will stay tight
against fence. If you must cut an irregular
workpiece, attach a straight edge (see
Cutting Aides).

Wrong Way Feed

Wrong way feed is ripping by feeding the
workpiece into the outfeed side of the blade.
WARNING
Rotational force of blade will pull work-
piece through violently if workpiece is
fed in same direction as blade rotates
(wrong way feed). Hands and fingers
could be pulled along with workpiece
into spinning blade before you can let
go or pull back. Fingers, hand or arm
could be cut off. Propelled workpiece
could hit bystander.
To eliminate risk of wrong way feed:
F eed workpiece against blade rotation.
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S et pawls and riving knife; they act as par-
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tial barrier to outfeed side.
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P ush workpiece through from infeed to
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outfeed side until it is completely past
pawls.
U se featherboard (see Cutting Aides).
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K eep hands away from outfeed side.
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I f blade jams, turn saw off, remove yellow
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key, then free blade.
W hen cutting composition materials, or
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other materials with one smooth and one
rough side, put rough side up so pawls will
be more likely to grab.