Glossary Of Terms - Woodstock Shop Fox W1888 Owner's Manual

The following is a list of common definitions, terms and phrases used throughout this manual as they relate
to this table saw and woodworking in general. Become familiar with these terms for assembling, adjusting
or operating this machine.
Arbor: A metal shaft extending from the drive
mechanism that is the mounting location
for the saw blade.
Bevel.Edge.Cut: A cut made with the blade
tilted to an angle between 0˚ and 45˚ to
cut a beveled edge onto a workpiece. Refer
to Page.45 for more details.
Blade.Guard.Assembly: Metal or plastic safety
device that mounts over the saw blade. Its
function is to prevent the operator from
coming into contact with the saw blade.
Refer to Page.38 for more details.
Crosscut: Cutting operation in which the
crosscut fence is used to cut across the
shortest width of the workpiece. Refer to
Page.43 for more details.
Dado.Blade: Blade or set of blades that are
used to cut grooves and rabbets. Refer to
Page.45 for more details. The saw and
arbor are not intended to safely use a
larger dado blade.
Dado.Cut: Cutting operation that uses a dado
blade to cut a flat bottomed groove into
the face of the workpiece. Refer to Page.
45.for more details.
Featherboard: Safety device used to keep the
workpiece against the rip fence and against
the table surface. Refer to Page.55 for
more details.
Kerf:.The resulting cut or gap in the workpiece
after the saw blade passes through during a
cutting operation.
Kickback:.An event in which the workpiece is
propelled back towards the operator at a
high rate of speed.
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Non-Through.Cut: A cut in which the blade
does not cut through the top of the
workpiece. Refer to Page.33 for more
details.
Parallel: Being an equal distance apart at every
point along two given lines or planes (i.e.
the rip fence face is parallel to the face of
the saw blade).
Perpendicular: Lines or planes that intersect
and form right angles (i.e. the blade is
perpendicular to the table surface).
Push.Stick: Safety device used to push the
workpiece through a cutting operation.
Used most often when rip cutting thin
workpieces. Refer to Page.58 for more
details.
Rabbet: Cutting operation that creates an
L-shaped channel along the edge of the
workpiece. Refer to Page.48 for more
details.
Rip.Cut: Cutting operation in which the rip
fence is used to cut across the widest width
of the workpiece. Refer to Page.42 for
more details.
Riving.Knife: Metal plate located behind the
blade. It maintains the kerf opening in the
wood when performing a cutting operation.
Refer to Page.41 for more details.
Straightedge: A tool used to check the flatness,
parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).
Thin.Kerf.Blade: A blade with a kerf or
thickness that is thinner than a standard
blade cannot be used on this saw without
using a thin-kerf riving knife.
Through.Cut: A cut in which the blade cuts
completely through the workpiece. Refer to
Page.33 for more details.