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from the nose side (opposite the sawdust exhaust
chute) of the guard. Note the warning on the
guard.
-- To avoid injury from thrown pieces, slips, or jams,
the workpiece must be held down on the table and
against the fence. Plan your hand placements to
safely feed the workpiece into the cutting tool.
Featherboards can also help keep the work against
the fence. A featherboard is made of solid hJmher
per sketch. _-_--- -_J
.... ..... ABOUT
___ 1/4" APART_
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-- To avoid accidental blade contact, never position
the guard or anti-kickback assembly with the
power "ON" or the blade spinning.
-- When properly adjusted to just clear the work-
piece, the guard nose will help keep the workpiece
down on the table. To prevent injury from the
workpiece rising from the table, thrown chips
from the workpiece or blade, or hand slippage
towards the front of the blade, position the nose
guard to just clear the workpiece. (See page 24)
-- To maximize protection from the rear of the blade
and avoid injury from kickbacks, adjust the anti-
kickback and spreader devices as instructed.
(See page 24)
-- To avoid injury from kickback, make sure by trial
before starting the cut that the anti-kickback
pawls will stop the kickback once it has started.
Make sure points of pawls are sharp. (See page
40) Warning: Use extra care for non-thru cuts
because the anti-kickback pawls cannot always
grab the irregular surface created by the operation.
INSPECT YOUR WORKPIECE
-- To keep thesawblade from rising up on top of the
workpiece and throwing it back at the operator,
when sawing 1/4" or thinner materials, follow all
normal ripping procedures except set sawblade
into the table top at least 1/8".
-- To avoid kickback, use extra care when ripping
wood that has a twisted grain or is twisted or
bowed- it may rock on the table and/or pinch the
sawblade. If the workpiece cannot be made stable
against the fence and table top, do not cut it with a
radial arm saw.
-- To avoid blade contact and/or kickback, use a
push stick when ripping short (10 to 12 inches
long) or narrow (2 to 6-1/2 inches wide) work-
pieces. Usea push block as illustrated on page 28
for pieces 3/8 to 2 inches wide or, wherever
possible, place the wider section of the board
between the fence and the blade.
--To avoid kickbacks never feed a workpiece ,'-
through the saw with another piece (butting _'-_
second piece against trailing end of piece being ",_
cut) even if of the same thickness, c_
-- To keep control of you r workpiece, never rip work
shorter than the blade diameter.
For rip or rip-type cuts, the trailing end of the
workpiece to which a push stick or push board is
applied must be square (perpendicular to the
fence and table top) so that feed pressure applied
to the workpiece by the push stick or push block
will not cause the workpiece to come away from
the fence or rise from the table and possibly cause
a kickback.
Plastic and composition (like particle board)
materials may be cut on your saw. However, since
these are often quite hard and slippery, the anti-
kickback pawls may not stop a kickback. To get
best performance, rip with the finished side down
(next to the table) and the roughest side up, and
be especially attentive to follow proper set up and
cutting procedures.
WHILE DOING A RIP TYPE OPERATION
-- Never reach around the blade to the outfeed side
to touch the portion of workpiece beyond the
blade until the whole workpiece has been pushed
beyond and clear of the blade. Your touch could
cause a kickback which could strike someone or
pull your hand into the rear (outfeed side) of the
blade before you can let go or react.
-- Position your body at the nose (in-feed) side of
the guard. Start and complete the cut from that
same side This will require added table support
for long or wide workpieces that extend beyond
the length or width of the saw table to prevent
workpiece from being thrown as it falls from the
table.
-- Never apply the feed force to the section of the
workpiece that will become the cutoff (free)
piece. Feed force when ripping must always be
applied between the sawblade and the fence so
that the slot cut by the blade (kerf) will not be
pinched shut on the blade causing a kickback.
Never touch the piece that has been cut off until
the blade has come to a complete stop.
--Keep pushing the section of the workpnece
between the blade and the fence until the piece
has been pushed completely past the blade, so
the blade will not grab the piece and throw it back
at the operator.
BEFORE DOING A CROSSCUT TYPE CUT
--To avoid blade contact, do not perform any
operation that requires the cutting tool to extend
beyond the edges of the table used for supporting
the workpiece.
--To maximize protection from accidental blade
contact and reduce risk of jamming objects into
the guard, place guard in a horizontal position
and adjust anti-kickback pawls to just clear the
top of the fence or the workpiece, whichever is
higher. The anti-kickback pawl assembly will
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