Safety Instructions For Circular Saws - Bosch GKM18V-20 Operating/Safety Instructions Manual

medical help. Liquid ejected from the bat-
tery may cause irritation or burns.
e. Do not use a battery pack or tool that is
damaged or modified. Damaged or modified
batteries may exhibit unpredictable behavior
resulting in fire, explosion or risk of injury.
f. Do not expose a battery pack or tool to fire
or excessive temperature. Exposure to fire
or temperature above 265 °F may cause ex-
plosion.
g. Follow all charging instructions and do not
charge the battery pack or tool outside the
temperature range specified in the instruc-
tions. Charging improperly or at tempera-
1. Cutting Procedures
a.
blade. Keep your second hand on auxiliary
handle, or motor housing. If both hands are
holding the saw, they cannot be cut by the
blade.
b. Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you from the blade
below the workpiece.
c. Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness
of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth of
the blade teeth should be visible below the
workpiece.
d. Never hold the workpiece in your hands
or across your leg while cutting. Secure
the workpiece to a stable platform. It is
important to support the work properly to
minimize body exposure, blade binding, or
loss of control.
e. Hold the power tool by insulated gripping
surfaces, when performing an operation
where the cutting tool may contact hidden
wiring. Contact with a "live" wire will also
make exposed metal parts of the power tool
"live" and could give the operator an elec-
tric shock.
f. When ripping, always use a rip fence or
straight edge guide. This improves the ac-
curacy of cut and reduces the chance of
blade binding.
General Power Tool Safety Warnings

Safety Instructions for Circular Saws

Keep hands away from
cutting area and
tures outside the specified range may dam-
age the battery and increase the risk of fire.
6. Service
a. Have your power tool serviced by a quali-
fied repair person using only identical re-
placement parts. This will ensure that the
safety of the power tool is maintained.
b. Never service damaged battery packs. Ser-
vice of battery packs should only be per-
formed by the manufacturer or authorized
service providers.
g. Always use blades with correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbor
holes. Blades that do not match the mount-
ing hardware of the saw will run off-center,
the
causing loss of control.
h. Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt. The blade washers and
bolt were specially designed for your saw,
for optimum performance and safety of op-
eration.
2. Kickback
Warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
jammed 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 jammed 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:
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