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Blade
Guard,
Anti-kickback
Pawls
and Spreader
The blade guard,
anti-kickback
pawls and
workpiece
spreader
are designed
to reduce
or
eliminate
the risk of injury from blade con-
tact, workpiece
kickback
and wrong way feed.
The Blade
Guard:
• serves
as a partial
barrier
to help
keep
hands
from contacting
the blade
at the infeed
end of the saw blade.
• helps
keep the workpiece
from lifting
or fluttering
during
ripping.
• helps catch or deflect
workpiece
chips
or pieces
of the blade.
The
Anti-Kickback
Pawls
:
• help reduce
kickback
by grabbing
into
and holding
the workpiece.
• act as a barrier
to provide
some
protection
from blade contact.
The Spreader:
• helps keep the kerr of the workpiece
open, which
helps prevent
the blade
from being pinched
and causing
workpiece
kickback.
when correctly
set, helps reduce
or
eliminate
the chance
of wrong way
feed because
it blocks
the workpiece
from contacting
the saw blade.
_I_WARNING:
The
anti-kickback
pawls
and spreader
adjustments
must
be made
each
time
a different
thickness
workpiece
is cut to reduce
or eliminate
kickback,
Rip Cutting
Checklist
Use the following
rip cutting
checklist
at the
beginning
of each new cutting period
to
reduce
the risk of an accident.
Rip Cutting Checklist
Yellow
key removed
from switch.
Saw unplugged
and switch off.
No play in the carriage,
yoke or column.
Arm slopes to the rear and table level side
to side.
Arbor
nut snug.
Blade sharp.
Fence
secure,
solid (knot free),
no kerfs.
Fence
in correct
rip position.
Saw blade desired
distance
from the fence
for cut.
Swivel, bevel, rip, miter
and table
locks locked.
Blade guard,
anti-kickback
pawls and
spreader
adjusted.
Use push stick if cutting between
2 and
6 inches off workpiece.
Use push block if cutting between
1/2
and 2 inches
off workpiece.
Use featherboard
if making
a non-through
cut and when needed
on through
cuts.
Read
and follow instructions
for the type
of rip cut you want to make.
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