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Ripping
To reduce
risk of kickback:
`/Set
pawls and riving knife according
to rip-
ping set-up procedure.
Correctly
set riving
knife is more likely to prevent workpiece
from binding or pinching
blade; correctly
set pawls are more likely to grab into work-
piece to stop or slow kickback
if one hap-
pens.
,!Check
that riving knife is in line with blade
(see Alignment:
Riving Knife to Blade).
,/Cut
only straight
workpieces
so s_rface
wit1 lie flat on table and edge will stay tight
against fence. If you must cut an irregular
workpiece,
attach a straight edge (see
Cutting Aides).
,/Push
workpiece
through
from infeed to
outfeed side until it is completely
past
pawls.
-/'Use featherboard
(see Cutting Aides).
,/Keep
hands away from outfeed side.
-,/If blade jams, turn saw off, remove yellow
key, then free blade.
`/When
cutting composition
materials,
or
other materials
with one smooth
and one
rough side, put rough side up so pawls wilt
be more likely to grab.
Wrong Way Feed
Wrong way feed is ripping by feeding the
workpiece
into the outfeed side of the blade.
_
WARNING
Rotational
force of blade will pull work-
piece through
violently
if workpiece
is
fed in same direction
as blade
rotates
(wrong
way feed).
Hands
and fingers
could
be pulled along with workpiece
into spinning
blade before
you can let
go or pull back. Fingers,
hand
or arm
could
be cut off. Propelled
workpiece
could hit bystander.
To eliminate
risk of wrong way feed:
V_Feed w0rkpiece against blade rotation.
,/Set
pawls and riving knife; they act as par-
tial barrier to outfeed side.
Wrong Way Feed
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