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or Rechargeable (Nickel Cadmium, Nickel
Metal Hydride, or Lithium-Ion) batteries.
6. Do not dispose of batteries in
fi
re.
7. Batteries should be recycled or disposed of
as per state, provincial and local guidelines.
When shipping or disposing of batteries and
cordless tools, always ensure that they are
packed individually in plastic bags to prevent
short circuits and
fi
res.
Safety instructions for all 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 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 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 correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbor
holes.
Blades that do not match the mounting
hardware of the saw will run o
ff
-centre,
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 circular
saws
Kickback causes and related warnings
•
Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
jammed 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 jammed 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
fi
rm grip with both hands 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 blade is binding, or when
interrupting a cut for any reason, release
the trigger and hold the saw motionless
in the material until the blade comes to a
complete stop. Never attempt to remove
the saw from the work or pull the saw
backward while the blade is in motion or
kickback may occur.
Investigate and take
corrective actions to eliminate the cause of
blade binding.
c)
When restarting a saw in the workpiece,
centre the saw blade in the kerf so that
the saw teeth are not engaged into the
material.
If a saw blade binds, it may walk up
or kickback from the workpiece as the saw is
restarted.
d)
Support large panels to minimise the risk
of blade pinching and kickback.
Large
panels tend to sag under their own weight.
Supports must be placed under the panel on
both sides, near the line of cut and near the
edge of the panel.
e)
Do not use dull or damaged blades.
Unsharpened or improperly set blades
produce narrow kerf causing excessive
friction, blade binding and kickback.
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