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Personal safety
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Stay alert, watch what you are doing and use common
sense when operating a power tool. Do not use a
power tool while you are tired or under the influence
of drugs, alcohol or medication.
A moment of inatten-
tion while operating power tools may result in serious per-
sonal injury.
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Use personal protective equipment. Always wear eye
protection.
Protective equipment such as a dust mask,
non-skid safety shoes, hard hat or hearing protection
used for appropriate conditions will reduce personal in-
juries.
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Prevent unintentional starting. Ensure the switch is in
the off-position before connecting to power source
and/or battery pack, picking up or carrying the tool.
Carrying power tools with your finger on the switch or en-
ergising power tools that have the switch on invites acci-
dents.
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Remove any adjusting key or wrench before turning
the power tool on.
A wrench or a key left attached to a
rotating part of the power tool may result in personal in-
jury.
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Do not overreach. Keep proper footing and balance at
all times.
This enables better control of the power tool in
unexpected situations.
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Dress properly. Do not wear loose clothing or jew-
ellery. Keep your hair and clothing away from moving
parts.
Loose clothes, jewellery or long hair can be caught
in moving parts.
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If devices are provided for the connection of dust ex-
traction and collection facilities, ensure these are con-
nected and properly used.
Use of dust collection can re-
duce dust-related hazards.
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Do not let familiarity gained from frequent use of tools
allow you to become complacent and ignore tool
safety principles.
A careless action can cause severe in-
jury within a fraction of a second.
Power tool use and care
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Do not force the power tool. Use the correct power
tool for your application.
The correct power tool will do
the job better and safer at the rate for which it was de-
signed.
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Do not use the power tool if the switch does not turn it
on and off.
Any power tool that cannot be controlled
with the switch is dangerous and must be repaired.
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Disconnect the plug from the power source and/or re-
move the battery pack, if detachable, from the power
tool before making any adjustments, changing ac-
cessories, or storing power tools.
Such preventive
safety measures reduce the risk of starting the power tool
accidentally.
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Store idle power tools out of the reach of children and
do not allow persons unfamiliar with the power tool or
these instructions to operate the power tool.
Power
tools are dangerous in the hands of untrained users.
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Maintain power tools and accessories. Check for mis-
alignment or binding of moving parts, breakage of
parts and any other condition that may affect the
power tool’s operation. If damaged, have the power
tool repaired before use.
Many accidents are caused by
poorly maintained power tools.
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Keep cutting tools sharp and clean.
Properly main-
tained cutting tools with sharp cutting edges are less
likely to bind and are easier to control.
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Use the power tool, accessories and tool bits etc. in
accordance with these instructions, taking into ac-
count the working conditions and the work to be per-
formed.
Use of the power tool for operations different
from those intended could result in a hazardous situation.
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Keep handles and grasping surfaces dry, clean and
free from oil and grease.
Slippery handles and grasping
surfaces do not allow for safe handling and control of the
tool in unexpected situations.
Service
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Have your power tool serviced by a qualified repair
person using only identical replacement parts.
This
will ensure that the safety of the power tool is maintained.
Safety instructions for circular saws
Cutting procedures
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DANGER: Keep hands away from cutting area and
the blade. Keep your second hand on auxiliary handle,
or motor housing.
If both hands are holding the saw,
they cannot be cut by the blade.
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Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard
cannot protect you from the blade below the workpiece.
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Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the work-
piece.
Less than a full tooth of the blade teeth should be
visible below the workpiece.
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Never hold the workpiece in your hands or across your
leg while cutting. Secure the workpiece to a stable
platform.
It is important to support the work properly to
minimise body exposure, blade binding, or loss of con-
trol.
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Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces,
when performing an operation where the cutting tool
may contact hidden wiring or its own cord.
Contact
with a "live" wire will also make exposed metal parts of the
power tool "live" and could give the operator an electric
shock.
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When ripping always use a rip fence or straight edge
guide.
This improves the accuracy of cut and reduces the
chance of blade binding.
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Always use blades with correct size and shape (dia-
mond versus round) of arbour holes.
Blades that do not
match the mounting hardware of the saw will run off-
centre, causing loss of control.
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Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or
bolt.
The blade washers and bolt were specially designed
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Bosch Power Tools
