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5) Service
a)
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 Specific to Circular Saws
Cutting procedures
a)
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.
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 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 minimize body exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
e)
Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces only, 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 correct size and shape (diamond versus round) of
arbour 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
Further safety instructions for all saws
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.
