Accessories And Attachments; Definition Of Terms; Section 4 Definition Of Terms - Steel City 35903 User Manual

ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS

There are a variety of accessories available for your Steel City Product. For more information on
any accessories associated with this and other machines, please contact your nearest Steel City
distributor, or visit our website at : www.steelcitytoolworks.com.
Anti-Kickback Fingers
the blade guard and splitter assembly designed to
minimize the chance of a workpiece being thrown back
during a cutting operation.
Arbor – The shaft on which the blade or accessory
cutting-tool is mounted.
Bevel Cut – The operation of making any cut with the
blade set at an angle other than 90 degrees.
Compound Cut – The operation of making both a bevel
and a miter cut at one time.
Crosscut – The operation of making a cut across the
grain or width of a workpiece.
Dado – A non-through cut that produces a square notch.
A dado is typically from 1/8-in. to 13/16-in. wide. A dado
requires a special set of blades, not included with this
table saw.
Featherboard – An accessory device that can be made
or purchased to help guide or hold down a workpiece
during cutting operations.
Freehand – A very dangerous operation of making a cut
without using the fence or miter gauge in a cutting
operation. FREEHAND CUTS MUST NEVER BE
PERFORMED ON A TABLE SAW.
Gum, Pitch or Resin –
comes from wood products.
Heeling – The misalignment of the blade to the miter
slots; when the blade is not parallel to the miter slots.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

– A safety device attached to
A sticky, sap based residue that
Kerf – The material removed from the workpiece by the
blade during any cutting operation.
Kickback – When the workpiece is thrown back toward
the operator at a high rate of speed during a cutting
operation.
Riving Knife-The same as splitter-it prevents the slot
cut into kerf from closing behind the blade on a rip.
the clearance between riving knife and blade will be
consistent when raising or lowing blade.
Miter Cut – The operation of making a cut using the
miter gauge at any angle other than zero degrees.
Push Stick – An accessory device that can be made or
purchased to help push the workpiece through the
blade. A push stick is used to keep the operator hands
away from the blade when ripping a narrow workpiece.
Rabbet – A square notch in the edge of the workpiece.
Rip Cut – The operation of making a cut with the grain
or down the length of the workpiece.
Saw Blade Path –
the blade, including area over, under, behind and in front
of it.
Set of the Saw Blade
saw blade are angled outwards from the thickness of the
blade.
Table/Work Area –
table saw on which the workpiece rests while set-up or
cutting operations are being performed.
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The area that is directly in line with
– The distance that the tips of the
The total surface of the top of the
Also