Cutting Panels - Craftsman 113.298720 Owner's Manual

RE;SAWING
RESAWING is known as ripping a piece of wood
through its thickness. Do not attempt to resaw
BOWED or WARPED material. NOTE: To RESAW a
piece of wood wider than 3-3/8 inch . . . it will be
necessary to remove the blade guard,,, and use the
AUXILIARY FENCE/WORK SUPPORT (See "Work
Helpers").
Clamp itto the table so that the workpiece will SLIDE
EASILY but not TILT or MOVE SIDEWAYS without
BINDING between the two fences.
Do not clamp directly to the bottom edge of the table
because the "swivel" of the clamp will not grip
properly. Place a small block of wood between the
bottom edge of the table and the "C" clamp.
WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY,..
1. DO NOT "BACK UP" (REVERSE FEED)
SMALL BLOCK
OF WOOD
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2. MAKE FIRST PASS TO A DEPTH SLIGHTLY LES.€
THAN ONE-HALF THE WIDTH OF THE BOARD
KEEP SAME FACE OF BOARD AGASINT FENCi
FOR SECOND PASS AS THE FIRST PASS.
3. INSTALL BLADE GUARD IMMEDIATELY UPOI_
COMPLETION OF THE RESAWING OPERATION
CUTTING PANELS
When cutting panels (whenever fence is positioned
outside of table surface), ALWAYS use the AUX-
ILIARY PANEL/WORK SUPPORT.
1. Unlock fence and raise rear end.
2. Position AUXILIARY FENCE/WORK SUPPORT
as shown and attach it with two "C" clamps.
AUXILIARY PANE
USING FEATHERBOARDS FOR
NON-THRU SAWING
Featherboards are not employed during non thru-
sawing operations when using the miter gauge.
Use featherboards for all other non "thru-sawlng"
operations (when sawblade guard must be
removed). Featherboards are used to keep the work
in contact with the fence and table as shown, and to
stop kickbacks.
Add 7-1/2 inch high flat facing board to the fence,
the full length of the fence.
Mount featherboards to fence and table as shown,
so that leading edges of featherboards will support
workoiece until cut is complete, and the workpiece
has been pushed completely past the cutte
(sawblade, dado head, molding head, etc.) with
pushstick, as n ripping.
Before starting the operation (switch "OFF" ant
cutter below table surface):
(a) Instalt featherboards so they exert pressure or
the workpiece: be positive they are secure an€
(b) Make sure by trial that the featherboards wil
stop a kickback if one should occur.
Replace the sawblade guard as soon as the non
thru-sawing operation is complete.
"C" CLAMPS
BOARD
FEATHERBOARD "C'" CLAMPS
WORK SUPPORT
"'C" CLAMPS
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