Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, Face And Ears; Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning - RIDGID TS2424 Owner's Manual

Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, Face and Ears

Dress for safety
• Do not wear loose clothing, gloves, neckties or jewelry
(rings, wrist watches). They can get caught and draw
you into moving parts.
• Wear nonslip footwear.
• Tie back long hair.
• Roll long sleeves above the elbow.
• Noise levels vary widely. To reduce the risk of possible
hearing damage, wear ear plugs or muffs when using
table saw for hours at a time.
• Any power saw can throw foreign objects into the eyes.
This can result in permanent eye damage. Always
wear safety goggles, not glasses complying with ANSI
Z87.1 (or in Canada CSA Z94-3-M88) shown on pack-
age. Everyday eyeglasses have only impact resistant
lenses. They are not safety glasses. Safety goggles
are available at many local retail stores. Glasses or
goggles not in compliance with ANSI or CSA could
seriously hurt you when they break.
• For dusty operations, wear a dust mask along with
safety goggles.

Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning

WARNING: Don't allow familiarity (gained from fre-
quent use of your table saw) to cause a careless
mistake. Always remember that a careless fraction
of a second is enough to cause a severe injury.
• Before actually cutting with the saw, watch it while it
runs for a short while. If it makes an unfamiliar noise or
vibrates a lot, stop immediately. Turn the saw off.
Unplug the saw. Do not restart until finding and cor-
recting the problem.
• Make sure the top of the arbor or cutting tool turns
toward the front of the saw.
Keep Children Away.
• Keep all visitors a safe distance from the table saw.
• Make sure bystanders are clear of the table saw and
workpiece.
Don't Force Tool.
• Let the blade reach full speed before cutting.
• It will do the job better and safer at its designed rate.
• Feed the workpiece into the saw only fast enough to let
the blade cut without bogging down or binding.
Plan the way you will push the workpiece through.
• Never pull the workpiece through. Start and finish
the cut from the front of the table saw.
• Never put your fingers or hands in the path of the
sawblade or other cutting tool.
• Never reach in back of the cutting tool with either
hand to hold down workpiece, support the workpiece,
remove wood scraps, or for any other reason.
• reduce the risk of hand positions where a sudden slip
could cause fingers or hand to move into a sawblade
or other cutting tool.
• Don't overreach. Always keep good footing and balance.
• Push the workpiece against the rotation of the blade,
never feed material into the cutting tool from the rear of
the saw.
• Always push the workpiece all the way past the saw-
blade.
• As much as possible, keep your face and body to one
side of the sawblade, out of line with a possible kick-
back or throwback.
• Set the cutting tool as low as possible for the cut you're
planning.
Reduce the Risk of Accidental Starting.
• Make sure switch is "OFF" before plugging saw into a
power outlet.
Before freeing jammed material.
• Turn switch "OFF".
• Wait for all moving parts to stop.
• Unplug the saw.
• Check blade, spreader and fence for proper alignment
before starting again.
To reduce the risk of throwback of cut off pieces.
• Use the guard assembly.
To remove loose pieces beneath or trapped inside
the guard.
• Turn saw "OFF".
• Remove switch key.
• Wait for blade to stop before lifting the guard.
Before Leaving The Saw.
• Turn the saw off.
• Wait for blade to stop spinning.
• Unplug the saw.
• Make workshop child-proof. Lock the shop. Disconnect
master switches. Remove the yellow switch key. Store
it away from children and others not qualified to use
the tool.
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