Riving Knife; Saw Blade - Festool TS 55 EQ Instruction Manual

Speed regulation:
3.1
The speed controller (3.1) provides infi nitely vari-
able setting between 2 000 and 5 200 rpm of the
speed of the saw blade. This enables you to opti-
mise the cutting speed to suit the material.
Material
Solid wood (hard, soft)
Chipboards and hard fi bre boards
Laminated wood, blockboards, ve-
neered and coated boards
Plastics, fi bre-reinforced plastics,
paper and fabric
Acrylic glass
Plaster and cement-bonded fi bre
boards
Aluminium panels and profi les up
Al
to 15 mm
Constant speed:
The pre-selected speed remains constant whether
the machine is in operation or in no load.
Temperature cut-out:
To prevent overheating, the safety electronics
switches the machine off when it reaches a criti-
cal motor temperature.
Let the machine cool down for approx. 3-5 minutes
before using it again. The machine requires less
time to cool down if it is running with no load.
Current limiting:
Current limiting prevents permissibly high current
consumption under extreme overload. This can
lead to a decrease in the motor speed. The motor
immediately restarts after the load is removed.

Riving knife

The TS 55 EQ is fi tted with a riving
knife (4.1) as standard. All saw work should, for
safety reasons, only be carried out with the riv-
ing knife installed and correctly set!
4.1
The riving knife must be set so that
- the distance between riving knife and cutting
circle (4.2) of the saw blade is 2 to 4 mm (mea-
surement x), and
- the saw blade is set 2 to 4 mm above the riving
knife (measurement y).
Speed
Setting the riving knife:
range
6
3-6
6
3-5
4-5
1-3
5.1
4-6
- Move lever (5.3) as far as it will go,
- push switch lock (5.4) up and push sawing unit
down until it locks into place,
- loosen screw (5.1) with Allen key (5.2),
- set spacer wedge as shown in picture 4,
- tighten screw (5.1),
- put lever (5.3) back.
blade is in good condition. Saw blades which are
cracked or have changed shape should no longer
be used, but changed immediately!
When selecting the saw blades it is essential that
the following points are observed:
- Do not use saw blades made of high alloy high
speed steel (HSS circular saws), as otherwise
there is a great danger of kickback.
- Use only saw blades that have an outside diam-
eter of 160mm.
- The bore diameter of the saw blade holder should
be 20 mm.
6
4.2

Saw blade

Check regularly whether the saw
5.4
5.3
5.2