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REQUIREMENTS
WHEN RIPPING
(OPERATIONS
5 AND
6)
1.
Carriage
lock knob
must be tight.
2.
Radial
arm must be locked
in 0 ° position.
3.
Work
must
be held firmly
against
table and fence while
feeding
through.
4.
Guard
and anti-kickback
mechanism
must
be properly
set.
Observe
instructions
in
paragraph,
"Adjusting
Guard,
and Anti
Kickback
and Spreader
Assembly
for
Ripping.'"
5.
Blade should
be sharp and correctly
set.
6.
When
ripping
narrow
stock,
less than
3 inches but more
than
1/4
inches
between
the
guard
and
the
fence
(guide),
use a push stick.
F:'JSH ST ICh
(I_FNCH
SL_L!ARES)
PUSH STICK
PL_SH STICK
8,
9.
When
ripping stock
1/4 inch or less between
the blade
and fence
(guide)
use a pusher
board.
Pusher
board
should
not be less than
3 inches wide and
16 inches
long. Nail
or glue a 3/4
x 3/4 x 4 inch block
to one edge of push board to be used as a grip.
The
pusher
board
should
be fed into
the blade
behind
the stock
being
ripped
not more than
8 inches so as not
to
strike
anti-kickback
pawls
fingers
and then
pulled
back with
use of the grip.
Hands
must be kept well away
from
saw blade,
Saw
blade
must
be
parallel
to
fence,
to
mimmize
possibility
of kickbacks.
PUSHER
BOARD
3/4".
EDGE
OF
PUSftER
BOARD
OPERATION
No. 5 - OUT-RIPPING
AND IN-RIPPING
Ripping
is the
process
of
sawing
the workpiece
by
feeding
it into
the saw blade when
using the fence as a
guide
and as a positioning
device
to obtain
the desired
width
of cut.
WARNING:
NEVER
RIP
FREE-HAND.
BEFORE
RIPPING,
MAKE
SURE THE GUARD,
SPREADER
AND
ANTI-KICKBACK
PAWLS
ARE
SET
UP
PROPERLY.
ALSO, MAKE SURE THE SAW BLADE
IS
PARALLEL
WITH
THE
FENCE.
NEVER
RIP
WORKPIECES
SHORTER
THAN
THE SAW BLADE
DIAMETER.
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