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REMOVING SAW BLADE
When removing saw blades from your saw, make sure the saw is disconnected from. the power
source.
Remove the table insert, place a block of wood against the front of the saw blade and
and using the arbor nut wrench, turn the arbor nut toward you.
OPERATION
Plain sawing includes ripping and cross cutting, plus a few other standard operaHons of a
fundamental nature.
The following methods feature safety.
As with ali power tools there is a
certain amount of hazard invloved with the operator and his use of the tool.
Using the tool with
the respect and caution demanded as far as safety precautions are concerned wi Il considerably
!essen the possibility of persona! injury.
However, if normal safety precautions are overlooked
or completely ignored, persona! injury to the operator can develop.
1t is good practice to make
trial cuts using scrap material when setting up your saw for operation.
CROSS CUTTING
Cross cutting requires the use of the miter gage to
position and guide the work.
Place the work against
the miter gage and advance bath the gage and work
toward the saw blade, as shown in Fig. 33.
The miter
gage may be used in either table slot, however, most
operators prefer the left groove for average work. When
bevel cutting (bi ade ti lted), use the table groove that
does not cause interference of your hand or miter gage ..
with the saw bi ade guard.
Start the eut slowly and hold the work firmly against
the miter gage and the table.
One of the rules in run-
ning a saw is that you never hang onto or touch a free
piece of work.
Hold thé supported piece, not the free
piece thal is eut off.
The feed in cross cutting con-
tinues unti 1 the work is eut in two, then the miter gage
and work are pulled back to the starting point.
Before
pulling the work back, it is good practice to give the
work a little sideways shift to move the work slightly
away from the saw blade.
Never pick up any short
length of free work from the table while the saw is run-
ning.
A smart operàtor never touches a eut-off piece
unless it is at least a foot long.
Never use the tence
as a cut·off gage when cross cutting.
For added safety and convenience the miter gage can
be fitted with an auxiliary wood-facing thal should be
at least 1 inch higher than the maximum depth of eut,
and should extend 12 inches or more on either side of
the blade.
This auxiliary wood·facing can be fastened
to the front of the miter gage by using two wood screws
through
the hales
provided in the miter .gage body
and into the wood·facing.
RIPPING
Ripping is the operalion oL:fnakil'lg a lengthwisekut
through a board, as shown in Fig. 34, and the rip fénce
is used to position and guide the work.
One edge of
the work rides against the rip tence whi le the flat
side of the board rest on the table.
Since the work
is pushed along the tence. it must have a straight
edge and make solid contact with the table.
The saw
guard must be used.
The guard has anti·kickback
fingers and a splitter to prevent the saw kerf from
closing and binding the blade.
Start the motor and advance the work holding it dawn
and against the tence.
Never stand in the line of the
saw eut when ripping.
Hold the work with bath hands
and push it along the tence and into the saw blade
as shawn in Fig.34.
The work can then be led through
the saw blade with one or two hands.
Alter the work
is beyond the saw blade and anti·kickback fingers the
hand is removed from the work.
When this is done
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Fig.
35
the work will either stay on the table, t'ilt up·slightly
and be caught by the rear end ot Jhe·guaido=or si ide
off the table to the floor.
Alter~alely,
the· f<Jed can
continue to the end of the table, aHer·which the work
is lifted and brought back along ·the .outside edge of
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