Non Thru-Sawing; Rabbeting - Bosch GTS1031 Operating Instructions Manual

NON THRU-SAWING
Add 8" high flat facing board to the fence, the full
length of the fence (Fig. 53).
Use featherboards for all "Non Thru-Sawing" oper-
ations (when sawblade guard must be removed).
Featherboards 1 are used to keep the work in con-
tact with the fence and table as shown, and to stop
kickbacks.
Mount featherboards I to fence and table as shown,
so that leading edges of featherboards will support
workpiece until cut is complete, and the workpiece
has been pushed completely past the cutter (saw-
blade, dado head, etc.) with a Push Stick 2, as in
ripping.
Before starting the operation (switch saw "OFF" and
set cutter below table surface):
A. Install featherboards so they exert pressure on
the workpiece; BE POSITIVE THEY ARE SE-
CURELY ATTACHED.
B. Make sure by trial that the featherboards will stop
a kickback if one should occur.
Featherboards are not employed during non thru-
sawing operations when using the miter gauge.
REPLACE THE SMART GUARD SYSTEM AS
SOON AS THE NON THRU-SAWING OPERATION
IS COMPLETE.
RABBETING
RABBETING is known as cutting out a section of the
corner of a piece of material, across an end or along
an edge (Fig. 54).
Making a RABBET requires cuts which do not go all
the way through the material. Therefore the Smart
Guard System must be removed.
1. Remove blade guard.
2. For rabbeting along an edge (long way of work-
piece) as shown, add facing to rip fence approxi-
mately as high as the workpiece is wide. Adjust
rip fence and blade to required dimensions; then
make first cut with board flat on table, follow set-
up Fig. 53. Make second cut with workpiece on
edge. Follow all precautions, safety instructions,
and operation instructions as for ripping or rip type
operations, including featherboards and Push
Stick, etc.
3. For rabbeting across an end, for workpiece 10-
1/2" and narrower make the rabbet cut with the
board flat on the table. Using the miter gauge fit-
ted with a facing, follow the same procedures and
instructions for crosscutting making successive
cuts across the width of the workpiece to obtain
the desired width of cut. DO NOT use the rip
fence for rabbeting across the end.
4. INSTALL SMART GUARD SYSTEM IMMEDI-
ATELY UPON COMPLETION OF RABBETING
OPERATION.
Rabbet cuts can also be made in one pass of the
workpiece over the cutter using the dado head.
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WORK
SUPPORT
FIRSTCUT
RABBET _
SECONDCUT
RABBETING ALONG RABBETING ACROSS
THE EDGE THE END
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