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REQUIREMENTS WHEN RIPPING
(OPERATIONS 5 AND 6)
1. Carriage lock knob must be tight.
2. Radial arm must be locked in 0 ° position.
3. Work must be held firmly against table and fence while
feeding through.
4. Guard and anti-kickback mechanism must be properly
set. Observe instructions in paragraph, "Adjusting
Guard, and Anti-Kickback and Spreader Assembly for
Ripp ing."
5. Blade should be sharp and correctly set.
6. When ripping narrow stock, less than 3 inches but more
than 1/4 inches between the guard and the fence
(guide), use apush stick.
PUSH STICK
(I-INCH SQUARES)
PUSH STICK
PUSH STICK
7. When ripping stock 1/4 inch or less between the blade
and fence (guide) use a pusher board.
Pusher board should not be lessthan 3 inches wide and
16 inches long. Nail or glue a 3/4 x 3/4 x 4 inch block
to one edge of push board to be used asa grip.
The pusher board should be fed into the blade behind
the stock being ripped not more than 8 inches so as not
to strike anti-kickback pawls fingers and then pulled
back with use of the grip.
8. Hands must be kept well away from saw blade.
9. Saw blade must be parallel to fence, to minimize
possibility of kickbacks.
_3/4"
4"
EDGE OF
PUSHER BOARD
OPERATION No. 5 - OUT-RIPPING
AND IN-RIPPING
Ripping is the process of sawing the workpiece by
feeding it into the saw blade when using the fence as a
guide and as a positioning device to obtain the desired
width of cut.
WARNING: NEVER RIP FREE-HAND. BEFORE
RIPPING, MAKE SURE THE GUARD, SPREADER
AND ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS ARE SET UP
PROPERLY. ALSO, MAKE SURE THE SAW BLADE
IS PARALLEL WITH THE FENCE. NEVER RIP
WORKPIECES SHORTER THAN THE SAW BLADE
DIAMETER.
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