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CRAFTSMAN PROFESSIONAL
TABLE SAW TERMS
MITER GAUGE - A guide used for crosscutting
operations that slides in the tabletop channels located
on either side of the blade. It helps make accurate
straight or angle cuts.
RIP FENCE - A guide used for rip cutting that clamps
to the tabletop. It allows the workpiece to be straight.
TABLE INSERT - Provides access to the blade arbor
for changing blades.
OVERLOAD RESET SWITCH - Resets the
thermocouple and provides a way to restart the saw
motor if it overheats or overloads.
BLADE BEVEL SCALE - Measures the angle the
blade is tilted when set for a bevel cut.
TABLE SCALE - Measures the distance the rip fence
is set from the blade, allowing quick setups.
ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS - Prevents the workpiece
from being kicked upward or back toward the front of
the table saw by the spinning blade.
SPLITTER - Keeps the workpiece spread apart after
being cut, to prevent binding on the blade and
workpiece.
BLADE ELEVATION HANDWHEEL - Raises and
lowers the blade.
BLADE TILTING HANDWHEEL - Tilts the blade to
any angle between 0° to 45° for bevel cuts.
WOODWORKING TERMS
ARBOR - The shaft on which a blade is mounted.
BEVEL CUT - An angle cut made through the face of
the workpiece.
COMPOUND CUT - A simultaneous bevel and miter
cut.
CROSSCUT - A cut made across the width of the
workpiece.
FREEHAND - Performing a cut without using a fence
(guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent
the workpiece from twisting during the cutting
operation.
GUM - A sticky sap from wood products.
HEEL - Misalignment of the blade.
KERF - The amount of material removed by a blade
cut.
MITER CUT - An angle cut made across the width of
the workpiece.
RESIN - A sticky sap that has hardened.
REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) - The number
of turns completed by a spinning object in one minute.
SAW BLADE PATH - The area of the workpiece or
table top directly in line with the travel of the blade or
the part of the workpiece that will be cut.
SET - The distance between two saw blade tips, bent
outward in opposite directions to each other. The
further apart the tips are, the greater the set.
WORKPIECE - The item being cut. The surfaces of a
workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends
and edges.
Leadin Edge
Kerf
Surface
Sawblade Path
Trailing Edge
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