KNOVA KN BTS-10N Manual page 18

OPERATION
4. Place the workpiece flat on the table and against the fence.
Keep the workpiece away from the blade.
5. Turn the saw ON and wait for the blade to come to full
speed.
6. Slowly feed the workpiece into the blade by pushing
forward only on the workpiece section (1) that will pass
between the blade and the fence. (Fig. 28)
7. Keep your thumbs off the table top. When both of your
thumbs touch the front edge of the table (2), finish the cut
with a push stick (3). To make an additional push stick,
use the pattern on page 41. (Fig. 29)
CAUTION
AVOID KICKBACK by pushing forward
on the section of the workpiece that passes between
the blade and the fence. Never perform any freehand
operations.
Fig. 28
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CAUTION
When width or rip narrower than 2 in.,
the push stick cannot be used because the blade
guard will interfere. Use the auxiliary fence (4) and
push block (5) as shown. (Fig. 29)
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Fig. 29
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8. Continue pushing the workpiece (6) with the push stick (3)
(Fig. 28) or push block (5) (Fig. 29) until it passes through
the blade guard and clears the rear of the table.
9. Never pull the piece back when the blade is turning. Turn
the switch OFF. When the blade completely stops, you
can then remove the workpiece.
CAUTION
Never attempt to pull the workpiece
backwards during a cutting operation. This will cause
kickback and serious injury to the user can occur.
When the blade completely stops, raise the
antikickback pawls (7) on each side of the riving knife
and slide the workpiece out.
BEVEL RIPPING
This cut is the same as ripping except the blade bevel angle is
set to an angle other than "0º".
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RIPPING SMALL PIECES
To avoid injury from the blade contact, never make cuts nar-
rower than 3/4 in. wide.
1. It is unsafe to rip small pieces. Instead, rip a larger piece
to obtain the size of the desired piece.
2. When a small width is to be ripped, your hand cannot be
safely put between the blade and the rip fence, use push
stick or push block to pass the workpiece completely
through and past the blade.
HELPFUL DEVICES
In order to make some of cuts, it is necessary to use the de-
vices like, push block, featherboard and auxiliary fence, which
you can make yourself. Here are
some templates for your reference.
FEATHERBOARD (Fig. 30, 31)
A featherboard is a device used to help control the workpiece
by guiding it securely against the table or fence. Feather-
boards are especially useful when ripping small workpieces
and for completing non-through cuts. The end is angled with a
number of short kerfs to give a friction hold on the workpiece
and locked in place on the table with C-clamps. Test that it
can resist kickback.
C A U T I O N
portion of the workpiece to avoid kickback that could
cause serious personal injury.
MAKE A FEATHERBOARD (Fig. 30)
Select a solid piece of lumber approximately 3/4 in. thick, 4
in. wide and 18 in. long. To make a featherboard, cut one end
of the lumber at 60 degrees, then cut 8 in.-long slots 1/4 in.
apart on the angled end as shown in Fig. 30.
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Fig. 30
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USE A FEATHERBOARD (Fig. 31)
1. Lower the saw blade (1).
2. Position the rip fence (2) to the desired adjustment and
lock the rip fence.
3. Place the workpiece (3) against the fence and over the saw
blade area.
4. Adjust the featherboard (4) to resist the workpiece forward
of the blade.
5. Attached the C-clamps (5) to secure the featherboard to
the edge of the table.
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Place the featherboard against the uncut
18 in
60º
2.3 in
8 in