Craftsman 113.196380 Owner's Manual page 56

Ripping
2. Insert yellow key and turn saw on.
3. Stand at infeed side and out of line of
workpiece, in case of kickback. Start and
finish cut from infeed side.
4. Put workpiece on table, in front of hold
down, and tight against fence. To hold work-
piece in position, put left hand on table, at
least 8" in front of hold down, and lightly
press fingers against workpiece. Support
workpiece with table extension or right
hand.
CAUTION
For large workpieces use a feather-
board in place of your hand on the
table. It gives better support. (See
cutting aides)
5. With right hand, push workpiece under
hold down and into blade. Keep left hand
fixed on table, applying slight pressure to
keep workpiece against fence.
6. Use right hand to continue to apply feed
pressure to part of workpiece close to fence.
Keep hand at least 8" in front of hold down.
Note: Most workpieces wilt automatically
raise clear plastic guard as they pass from
infeed to oatfeed side. Unusually tall and
narrow workpieces mm, not raise clear
guard. When this happens, push guard tab
to raise guard, then release tab when guard
rests on top of workpieee surfi_ce.
CAUTION
Pushing guard tab means using
only one hand to control workpiece.
While pushing tab, use extra care to
guide workpiece and to keep hand
at least 8" in front of hold down.
Release tab as soon as clear guard
rests on workpiece.
7. When end of workpiece gets to table, use
push stick or block, instead of hand, on part
of workpiece between blade and fence to
push until workpiece is completely past
pawls.
8. Turn saw off and wait for blade to stop
spinning before touching workpiece.
Out-ripping
_Ta Guard
b
Keep Hand
Back 8"
In-ripping
Keep Hand
Back 8"
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