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e) Use only the push stick provided by the manufacturer or constructed in accor-
dance with the instructions. This push stick provides sucient
distance for the hand from the saw blade.
f) Never use a damaged or cut push stick. A damaged push stick may break causing
your hand to slip into the saw blade.
g) Do not peorm any operation “freehand”. Always use either the rip fence or the
mitre gauge to position and guide the workpiece. “Freehand” means using your
hands to suppo or guide the workpiece, in lieu of a rip fence or mitre gauge.
Freehand sawing leads to misalignment, binding and kickback.
h) Never reach around or over a rotating saw blade. Reaching for a workpiece may
lead to accidental contact with the moving saw blade.
i) Provide auxilia workpiece suppo to the rear and/or sides of the saw table for
long and/or wide workpieces to keep them level. A long and/or wide workpiece has a
tendency to pivot on the table’s edge, causing loss of control, saw blade binding and
kickback.
j) Feed workpiece at an even pace. Do not bend or twist the workpiece. If jamming
occurs, turn the tool o immediately, unplug the tool then clear the jam. Jamming
the saw blade by the workpiece can cause kickback or stall the motor.
k) Do not remove pieces of cut-o material while the saw is running. The material
may become trapped between the fence or inside the saw blade guard and the saw
blade pulling your ngers into the saw blade. Turn the saw o and wait until the saw
blade stops before removing material.
l) Use an auxilia fence in contact with the tabletop when ripping workpieces less
than 2 mm thick. A thin workpiece may wedge under the rip
fence and create a kickback.
3) Kickback causes and related warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction of the workpiece due to a pinched, jammed saw blade
or misaligned line of cut in the workpiece with respect to the saw blade or when a
pa of the workpiece binds between the saw blade and the rip fence or other xed
object.
Most frequently during kickback, the workpiece is lifted from the table by the rear
poion of the saw blade and is propelled toward the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or incorrect operating procedures or
conditions and can be avoided by taking proper precautions as given below.
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