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Safety Information for
Crosscutting
Read
and follow the safety information
below
before
making
any type of crosscut.
_I= WARNING
1. Set guard and anti-kickback
pawls to
proper height to serve as a partial barrier.
2. The saw blade can throw the
workpiece
over the fence
if the blade
is
pushed
backwards
into workpiece.You
or others
can be hit and injured
by the
thrown
workpiece.
Start a crosscut
with
the blade
in its rearmost
position.
3. If the
blade
is pulled
through
the
workpiece
beyond
the
middle
of the
blade,
it can:
• pick up and throw the cut-off
sec-
tion of the workpiece
which could
hit and injure
you or others
in the
area, or;
• lift or move
the
held-down
section
of the
workpiece
and
pull
your
hand
into
the
blade
as the
blade
is returned.
Pull the
saw
blade
through
the
workpiece
to the
dis-
tance
shown
below.
4. Fingers
or hand can slip intQ tbe:ga w _'
blade
as you make a crosscut.iFingerg:,:
hand or arm can be cut off. Keep the _
hand holding
the workpiece
at least 8 in-
ches to the side of the workpiece,
out of
the path of the saw blade.
Keep hand
holding
the workpiece
in view at all
times.
5. The blade
can come completely
off
table edge beyond
the 30 ° left miter
position.
Fingers,
hands, arms or legs
can be cut off.
Use the right miter posi-
tion whenever
possible
to make miter
crosscuts.
6. The
blade
continues
to turn for about
12 seconds
after the saw is turned
off. Wait for the blade
to stop before
reaching
for the workpiece.
7. If length
stops are used on the cut-off
end of workpiece,
the cut-off end can
be thrown
by the
blade.
The workpiece
could
hit and injure
you or others
in the
area.
Do not use a length
stop on the
cut-off
end of the workpiece.
Use a
length
stop
only on the end of the
workpiece
which
is held down.
8. Holding
on to or touching
the
cut
off
end
of the
workpiece
while
the
saw
blade
is still
turning
can
cause
the
workpiece
to pinch
the
blade.
The
workpiece
can
be thrown
and
hit and
in-
jure
you
or others
in the
area.
Do not
touch,
hold
on to,
push,
or grab
the
cut-
off piece
of the
workpiece
while
the
power
is on or the
saw
blade
is turning.
9. The
saw
can
throw
the
workpiece,
workpiece
chips
or pieces
of the
blade
violently.
You
can
be blinded.
Wear
safety
goggles.
Fig. 90 - Blade Distance
to Complete
Crosscut
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