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MAKING A NON-THROUGH CUT
See Figure 70.
This is the only type of cut made without the blade
guard.
,_, WARNING: Unplug saw while removing or
replacing the blade guard to prevent accidental
starting and injury.
_1= WARNING: Never put your hands within 3 in. of
the blade when it is on or you could be seriously
hurt.
• Lift the blade guard out of the way.
• Adjust blade angle and height by releasing bevel
lock handle and turning height and bevel
handwheels. Reset bevel lock handle.
• Remove riving knife and guard assembly as
shown. Take out throat plate by removing the
screw with a phillips screwdriver. Be sure to
reinstall throat plate before moving to the next
step.
• Place a support the same height as top of saw
table behind the saw for cut work. Add supports to
the sides as needed.
WARNING: Always use pushsticks or
pushblocks when making non-through cuts to
avoid the risk of serious injury. Never feed wood
with your hands.
MAKING A DADO CUT
See Figure 71.
An optional dado throat plate is required for this
procedure. See the Accessories section of this
manual and check with your nearest Sears Retail
Store. All blades and dado sets must be rated at least
5,000 RPM.
_1, WARNING: Unplug saw before working around
the blade. Accidental starting could cause
serious injury.
• Take out throat plate by removing the screw.
• Remove riving knife and blade guard assembly.
Remove the blade.
• Mount dado blade according to instructions pro-
vided with it.
• Test blade nut and blade washer tightness.
• Install optional dado throat plate.
• Plug in saw and follow dado instructions. Always
use pushsticks with dado cuts.
• Make sure wood does not touch the blade before
you turn on saw. Let blade obtain full speed before
feeding wood into the blade.
• When the work iscompleted, press the switch off
and remove the key. Unplug the saw, remove the
dado insert and dado blade. Reinstall the blade,
riving knife, blade guard and throat plate.
DADOCUT
• Make sure wood is not touching blade. Insert _ PUSHSTICK
switch key and lift switch to ON position. Let the R_D _ _/
blade obtain full speed before feeding workpiece BLADEGUA
into blade.
• When the work iscompleted, press the switch off
and remove the key. Unplug the saw, reinstall the
riving knife, and blade guard.
NON-THROUGHCUT
BLADEGUARD_ PUSHSTICK
REMOVED
Fig. 71
Fig. 70
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