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SAW SAFETY WARNINGS
CUTTING PROCEDURES
a.
Keep hands away from cutting area and the blade.
If both hands are
holding the saw, they cannot be cut by the blade.
b.
Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you
from the blade below the workpiece.
c.
Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the workpiece
. Less than a full
tooth of the blade teeth should be visible below the workpiece.
d.
Never hold the piece being cut in your hands or across your leg. Secure the
workpiece to a stable platform.
It is important to support the work properly
to minimise body exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
e.
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.
f.
When ripping, always use a rip fence or straight edge guide.
This improves
the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of blade binding.
g.
Always use blades with the correct size and shape of arbor holes.
Blades
that do not match the mounting hardware of the saw will run eccentrically
causing loss of control.
h.
Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or bolt
. The blade washers
and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for optimum performance
and safety of operation.
KICKBACK CAUSES AND RELATED WARNINGS
• Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched, bound or misaligned saw
blade, causing an uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the workpiece
toward the operator.
• When the blade is pinched or bound tightly by the kerf closing down, the
blade stalls and the motor reaction drives the unit rapidly back toward the
operator.
• If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in the cut, the teeth at the back
edge of the blade can dig into the top surface of the wood causing the
blade to climb out of the kerf and jump back 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.
a.
Maintain a firm grip on the saw and position your arms to resist kickback
forces. Position your body to either side of the blade, but not in line with the
blade.
Kickback could cause the saw to jump backwards, but kickback
forces can be controlled by the operator if proper precautions are taken.
b.
When the blade is binding, or when interrupting a cut for any reason, release
the trigger and hold the saw motionless in the workpiece until the blade
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