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ADDITIONAL
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
FOR TABLE SAWS
WARNING:
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, DO NOT
B. Wear safety goggles
that comply
with ANS!
OPERATE YOUR SAW UNTIL IT IS COMPLETELY
Z87.1,
and a face shield
or dust
mask if
ASSEMBLED
AND INSTALLED
ACCORDING
TO
THE INSTRUCTIONS...
AND UNTIL YOU HAVE
READ AND UNDERSTAND
THE FOLLOWING:
1. GENERAL
SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
POWER TOOLS...
SEE PAGE 2
2. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SAW...
SEE PAGE
22
3. BASIC SAW OPERATION
.....
SEE PAGE 27
4. MAINTENANCE
...............
SEE PAGE 41
5. STABILITY
OF SAW
If there is any tendency for the saw to tip over or
move during certain cutting
operations
such as
cutting
extremely
large heavy panels or long
heavy boards, the saw should
be bolted down.
If you attach any kind of table extensions
over
24" wide to either end of the saw, make sure you
either
bolt the saw to the bench
or floor
as
appropriate,
or support
the outer
end of the
extension
from
the
bench
or
floor,
as
appropriate.
6. LOCATION
The saw should
be positioned
so neither
the
operator nor a casual observer is forced to stand
in line with the saw blade.
7. KICKBACKS
A
"KICKBACK"
occurs
during
a rip-type
operation
when a part or all of the workpiece
is
thrown back violently
toward the operator.
Keep your face and body to one side of the
sawblade,
out of line with a possible "Kickback."
Kickbacks
-- and possible injury from them --
can usually be avoided
by:
A. Maintaining
the
rip fence
parallel
to the
sawblade.
B. Keeping
the sawblade
sharp.
Replace
or
sharpen
antikickback
pawls
when
points
become dull.
C. Keeping
sawblade
guard,
spreader,
and
antikickback
pawls in place and operating
properly.
The spreader must be in alignment
with the sawb!ade and the pawls must stop a
kickback
once
it has started.
Check
their
action before ripping.
D. NOT ripping work that is twisted or warped or
does not have a straight edge to guide along
the rip fence.
E. NOT releasing work until you have pushed it
all the way past the sawblade.
F. Using a push stick for ripping widths of 2 to 6
in., and an auxiliary fence and push block for
ripping widths narrower than 2in. (See "Basic
Saw
Operation
Using
The
Rip
Fence"
section.)
G. NOT
confining
the
cut-off
piece
when
ripping or cross-cutting.
8. PROTECTION:
EYES, HANDS, FACE, EARS,
BODY
A. If
any
part
of
your
saw
is
missing,
malfunctioning,
or has been
damaged
or
broken
. . . such
as the
motor
switch,
electronic
controls,
or
other
operating
control,
a safety device or the power cord...
cease
operating
immediately
until
the
particular
part
is properly
repaired
or
reptaced.
C.
D,
E.
F.
operation
is dusty. Wear ear plugs or muffs
during extended
periods of operation.
Small loose pieces of wood or other objects
that contact
the rear of the revolving
blade
can
be thrown
back
at the
operator
at
excessive speed. This can usually be avoided
by keeping the guard and spreader in place
for
all
thru-sawing
operations
(sawing
entirely thru the work) AND by removing all
loose pieces from the table with a long stick of
wood IMMEDIATELY
after they are cut off.
Use extra caution when the guard assembly is
removed for resawing, dadoing, rabbeting, or
molding
-- replace the guard as soon as that
operation
is completed.
For rip or rip-type cuts, the following
end of a
workpiece
to which
a push stick or push
board
is
applied
must
be
square
(perpendicular
to the fence) in order that feed
pressure
applied
to the workpiece
by the
push
stick
or block
does
not
cause the
workpiece
to come away from the fence, and
possibly cause a kickback.
During
rip 6nd rip type cuts, the workpiece
must be held down on the table and against
the fence with a push stick, push block, and
featherboards,
as required. A featherboard
is
made of solid lumber
(at least 3/4" thick) per
sketch.
I'
24.,
.I
5,/16" APART
G. NEVER turn the saw "ON" before clearing the
table of all tools, wood scraps, etc., except the
workpiece
and
related
feed
or
support
devices for the operation
planned.
H. NEVER place your face or body in line with
the cutting
tool.
I. NEVER place your fingers
or hands in the
path of the sawblade or other cutting
tool.
J. NEVER reach in back of the cutting tool with
either
hand to hold
down
or support
the
workpiece,
remove wood scraps, or for any
other reason. Avoid awkward operations and
hand positions
where
a sudden
slip could
cause
fingers
or
hand
to
move
into
a
sawbiade or other cutting
tool.
K. DO NOT perform layouL assembly, or setup
work on the table while the cutting
tool is
rotating.
L. DO
NOT
perform
any
operation
"FREEHAND"
-- always
use either the rip
fence
or the miter gauge
to position
and
guide the work.
M. NEVER use the
rip
fence when
crosscutting
or the miter gauge when ripping. DO NOT use
the rip fence as a length stop.
Never hold onto or touch the "free end" of the
workpiece
or a !'free piece" that is cut off,
while power is "ON" and!or the sawblade is
rotating.
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