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and possible injury from them can usually be avoided by:
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Maintaining rip fence parallel to saw blade.
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Keeping saw blade sharp. Replace or sharpen anti-kick-back pawls when points become dull.
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Keeping saw blade guard, spreader, and anti-kickback pawls in place and operating properly. The spreader
must be in alignment with the saw blade and the pawls must stop a kickback once it has started. Check their
action before ripping.
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Not ripping work that is twisted or warped or does not have a straight edge to guide along the rip fence.
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Not releasing work until you have pushed it all the way past the saw blade.
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Using a push stick for ripping widths less than 6 inches.
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Not confining the cutoff piece when ripping or crosscutting.
PROTECTION: EYES, HANDS, FACE, BODY, EARS
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If any part of your saw is missing, malfunctioning, or has been damaged or broken (such as the motor switch,
electronic controls, other operating control, a safety device or power cord), cease operating immediately
until the particular part is properly repaired or replaced.
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Wear safety goggles that comply with the standard of your country and a face shield or dust mask if operation
is dusty. Wear ear plugs or muffs during extended periods of operation.
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Small loose pieces of wood or other objects that contact the rear of the revolving blade can be thrown back
at the operator at excessive speed. This can usually be avoided by keeping the guard and spreader in place
for all thru-sawing operations (sawing entirely thru work) and by removing all loose pieces from the table
with a long stick of wood immediately after they are cut off.
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Use extra caution when the guard assembly is removed for resawing, dadoing, or rabbeting, replace guard
as soon as that operation is completed.
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Never turn the saw ON before clearing the table of all tools, wood scraps, etc., except the workpiece and
related feed or support devices for the operation planned.
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Never place your face or body in line with the cutting tool.
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Never place your fingers or hands in path of saw blade or other cutting tool.
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For rip or rip-type cuts, the following end of a workpiece to which a push stick or push board is applied must
be square (perpendicular to the fence) in order that feed pressure applied to the workpiece by the push stick
or block does not cause the workpiece to come away from the fence, and possibly cause a kickback.
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During rip and rip-type cuts, workpiece must be held down on table and against fence with a push stick, push
block, or feather boards, as applicable (see following figures).
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Push stick: A safety device used to push the workpiece through a cutting operation. Used most often when
rip cutting thin workpieces.
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The push stick and push block examples shown below are useful for keeping hands and fingers away from
saw blade during ripping, rabbeting and dadoing. Apply downward pressure and push workpiece through
the cut and past the blades. Several other configurations may be suitable for safe operation. Feather boards
are used to keep the work in contact with the rip fence or table during the cutting operation. Use of feather
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