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Glossary
Anti-kickback
Pawls: Pivoted
objects
with
teeth which help prevent
workpiece
kickback.
Arbor: The bar or shaft that holds the saw
blade.
Bevel:
The slanting
of the motor
and blade to
an angle between
0° and 90 °.
Crosscut:
Cutting
a workpiece
to length.
Dado:
Non-through
cut which produces
a
square
sided notch
or trough
in the workpiece.
Featherboard:
Device
used to keep
workpiece
in contact
with the fence during
rip-
ping.
Freehand:
Performing
a cut without
the use
of fence, guide or hold-down
designed
to
prevent
the workpiece
from moving during
the cutting
operation.
Heel: Misalignment
of the blade relative
to
blade travel path.
Infeed: The end of the saw blade where
the
workpiece
is fed during
ripping;
identified
by
the absence
of pawls.
In-Rip: Positioning
the the motor
toward
the
front of the table, the blade toward
the fence.
Kerr: Slot caused
by removal
of material
by
the blade in a through
cut, or a shallow
slot
produced
by the blade in a non-through
cut.
Kickback:
Uncontrolled
throwing
of the
workpiece
during ripping.
Miter: Positioning
the saw arm to the right or
left of 0°.
Molding
Cut: Non-through
cut which
produces
a contoured
surface
on the
workpiece.
Outfeed: The end of the saw blade where the
rip cut workpiece leaves the saw blade; iden-
tified by presence of pawls.
Out-rip:
Positioning
the motor toward
the
fence, the blade toward
the front of the table
during ripping.
Parallel:
When two surfaces
are the same dis-
tance apart at all points.
Perpendicular:
When two surfaces are 90°
(square) to each other.
Push Block/Auxiliary
Fence: Two accessories
used together for ripping
a workpiece
be-
tween
1/2 inch and 2 inches wide.
Push Stick: Cutting
accessory
used during
rip-
ping a workpiece
between
2 inches and 6 in-
ches wide.
Revolutions
Per Minute
(RPM):
Number
of
turns completed
by an object
in one minute.
Ripping:
Used to change
the width of a
workpiece
by cutting
along its length.
Spreader:
Used during ripping
to keep the
kerf from closing and pinching
the blade.
It
helps prevent
kickback.
Workpiece:
Object
being cut by the saw.
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