Rip Cutting Checklist - Craftsman 113.198111 Operator's Manual

Blade Guard, Anti-kickback
Pawls and Spreader
The blade guard, anti-kickback pawls and
workpiece spreader are designed to reduce or
eliminate the risk of injury from blade con-
tact, workpiece kickback and wrong way feed.
The Blade Guard:
• serves as a partial barrier to help
keep hands from contacting the blade
at the infeed end of the saw blade.
• helps keep the workpiece from lifting
or fluttering during ripping.
• helps catch or deflect workpiece chips
or pieces of the blade.
The Anti-Kickback Pawls :
• help reduce kickback by grabbing into
and holding the workpiece.
• act as a barrier to provide some
protection from blade contact.
The Spreader:
• helps keep the kerf of the workpiece
open, which helps prevent the blade
from being pinched and causing
workpiece kickback.
• when correctly set, helps reduce or
eliminate the chance of wrong way
feed because it blocks the workpiece
from contacting the saw blade.
4_kWARNING: The anti-kickback pawls
and spreader adjustments must be made
each time a different thickness workpiece
is cut to reduce or eliminate kickback.
Rip Cutting Checklist
Use the following rip cutting checklist at the
beginning of each new cutting period to
reduce the risk of an accident.
Rip Cutting Checklist
Yellow key removed from switch.
Saw unplugged and switch off.
No play in the carriage, yoke or column.
Arm slopes to the rear and table level side
to side.
Arbor nut snug.
Blade sharp.
Fence secure, solid (knot free), no kerfs.
Fence in correct rip position.
Saw blade desired distance from the fence
for cut.
Swivel, bevel, rip, miter and table
locks locked.
Blade guard, anti-kickback pawls and
spreader adjusted.
Use push stick if cutting between 2 and
6 inches off workpiece.
Use push block if cutting between 1/2
and 2 inches off workpiece.
Use featherboard if making a non-through
cut and when needed on through cuts.
Read and follow instructions for the type
of rip cut you want to make.
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