Cutting Aides; Push Sticks; Push Block - Craftsman 113.196380 Owner's Manual

Cutting Aides
Before cutting any wood on your saw, study
all of the Crosscutting and Ripping
Instructions found on pages 45 through 57.
As you learn new radial arm saw wood-
working techniques, you'll see that many
types of cuts need different support and
feeding devices, known as jigs or fixtures.
They can help you make cuts more accurate-
ly. By helping to steady the workpiece and
keep you away from the blade, they can help
you safely use your saw for certain cuts.
Many people custom build their own jigs
and fixtures. Jigs and fixtures are often
designed for a particular cut.
You can use your radial saw to easily make
many jigs and fixtures. To get you started,
we've included instructions for some simple
ones. After you have made a few practice
cuts, make up these jigs before starting any
projects. Make the push stick first.
Push Sticks
Make the push stick using a piece of 1 x 2.
(see drawing top right for dimensions and
shapes)
Push Block
There are any number of ways to properly
cut your work pieces to make a push block.
The following steps describe one way you
can proceed.
Making the base:
• Start with a piece of 3/8" plywood at least
5-5/8" wide or wider and 12" long or
longer.
• Make _,o ripeuts. Perform the first ripcut
along the long side of the 3/8" plywood to
create a 3/8" wide strip. Next ripcut the
3/8" plywood to a width of 5-1/8".
• Crosscut the 3/8" plywood to 12"' long.
• Crosscut a 2-1/2" piece off of the 318"
wide by 3/8" thick strip and save this short
piece for later.
• The next cuts will create the 3/8" by 9-
1/2" notch in the base. Mark the long edge
of the board 2-1/2" from one end. Make a
crosscut into the edge, stopping about 3/4"
into the board. Set the saw to the in-rip
position and rip the width to 4-3/4" along
the same edge as the stopped crosscut.
Stop the ripcut where the two cuts inter-
sect. Turn off the saw and remove the base
piece. The base should now measure as
shown.
Push Stick SLIGHTLY LESS THAN
THICKNESS OF WORKPIECE
a/4" up TO a/8"-.x.
1. 8" _ //_
° NOTCH j
•q 1]2"
Material For Push Block
At Least 12" _'_
3/8" THICK PLYWOOD
BASE
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At Least
5-5/8"
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i_ At Least 12"
3/4" THICK PLYWOOD
HANDLE
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At Least
5 _
Cutting out the Base
-_'--_ 2-1/2" (save)
-- -- -- .-.L
4 th Cut 1 st Cut
3 rd Cut
3/8" _-
' 1
5-1/8"
2 nd Cut
-_ 12"
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Creating the Notch
1 st Cut
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2-1j_"
2 nd Cut
4 -3/4"
Finished Base
12"
4-314"
_THESE EDG!S
MUST BE
PARALLEL
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