Crosscutting - Craftsman 113.197511 Owner's Manual

Crosscutting
Crosscutting Defined
Crosscutting is cutting a workpiece to
length. The workpiece is held firmly
against the fence, and the blade is pulled
through the workpiece to make the cut.
Straight, bevel, miter and compound cuts
can be made.
Crosscutting Safety
The hazards associated with crosscutting
include: exposed blade teeth, rolling car-
riage, and thrown workpiece. This section
explains these hazards and tells how to
avoid them or reduce the risk of their hap-
pening. Read this section before making
any type of crosscut. Follow these steps
every, time you make a crosscut.
Exposed Blade Teeth
WARNING
During crosscutting, blade teeth can
be exposed. To reduce risk of
having fingers, hand or arm cut off:
_/Set bottom edge of guard parallel to
table to cover upper half of blade.
,/Lower pawls to clear fence or
workpiece, whichever is higher, by va".
Ix)wered pawls act as partial barrier to
front of blade.
`/Keep hands away from blade and out
of blade path. Keep hand holding down
workpiece at least 8" from blade.
,/ Blade can come off table edge beyond
30° left miter position. Use right miter
position whenever possible.
v_ Do not cut freehand. You will not be
able to control workpiece.
,/If blade jams, turn off saw, remove yel-
low key, then free blade.
Straight
Bevel
Miter
Compound
Rolling Carriage
_, WARNING
When saw is turned on, blade can
suddenly come forward. To reduce
risk of this happening:
`/Keep one hand on saw handle when
turning saw on.
_; Adjust leveling feet to make sure
radial arm slants slightly toward rear.
Thrown Workpiece
CAUTION
Workpiece could be picked up by
spinning blade and thrown. You
might be hit by thrown workpiece.
To reduce risk of thrown workpiece:
`/Make sure installed fence is at least
half as high as the workpiece, and
never less than 3/4".
v' Start and finish cut with blade in rear-
most position, behind fence.
,1'Firmly hold workpiece flat on table
and up against fence. Cut only one
workpiece at a time.
`/Pull blade through workpiece only dis-
tance needed to complete cut, and
never more than half diameter of blade.
,/Do not touch or move workpieces
until blade has stopped spinning.
,/Use length stop only on end of
workpiece which is held down.
`/Use table extensions t<) support
workpieces that extend beyond table.
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