Model G1023RL Series (Mfd. Since 12/11)
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The following is a list of common definitions, terms and phrases used throughout this manual as they relate
to this table saw and woodworking in general. Become familiar with these terms for assembling, adjusting
or operating this machine. Your safety is
VERY important to us at Grizzly!
Arbor: A metal shaft extending from the drive
mechanism that is the mounting location for the
saw blade.
Bevel Edge Cut: Tilting the arbor and saw blade
to an angle between 0˚ and 45˚ to cut a beveled
edge onto a workpiece. Refer to
Page 37 for more
details.
Blade Guard Assembly: Metal or plastic safety
device that mounts over the saw blade. Its func-
tion is to prevent the operator from coming into
contact with the saw blade. Refer to
Page 31 for
more details.
Crosscut: Cutting operation in which the miter
gauge is used to hold the workpiece while it is
cut across its shortest width. Refer to
Page 36 for
more details.
Dado Blade: Blade or set of blades that are used
to cut grooves and rabbets.
Dado Cut: Cutting operation that uses a dado
blade to cut a flat bottomed groove into the face of
the workpiece. Refer to
Page 37 for more details.
Featherboard: Safety device used to keep the
workpiece against the rip fence and against the
table surface. Refer to
Page 45 for more details.
Kerf: The resulting cut or gap in the workpiece
after the saw blade passes through during a cut-
ting operation.
Kickback: An event in which the workpiece is
propelled back towards the operator at a high rate
of speed.
N
on-Through Cut: A cut in which the blade does
not cut through the top of the workpiece. Refer to
Page 28 for more details.
Parallel: Being an equal distance apart at every
point along two given lines or planes (i.e. the
rip fence face is parallel to the face of the saw
blade).
Perpendicular: Lines or planes that intersect and
form right angles (i.e. the blade is perpendicular to
the table surface).
Push Stick: Safety device used to push the
workpiece through a cutting operation. Used most
often when rip cutting thin workpieces. Refer to
Page 49 for more details.
Rabbet: Cutting operation that creates an
L-shaped channel along the edge of the workpiece.
Refer to
Page 40 for more details.
Rip Cut: Cutting operation in which the rip fence
is used to cut across the widest width of the
workpiece. Refer to
Page 35 for more details.
Riving Knife: Curving metal plate located behind
the blade. It maintains the kerf opening in the
wood when performing a cutting operation. Refer
to
Page 34 for more details.
Spreader: Straight metal plate located behind
the blade. Maintains kerf opening in wood when
performing a cutting operation. Acts as a barrier
behind blade to shield hands from being pulled
into the blade if a kickback occurs.
Straightedge: A tool used to check the flatness,
parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).
Thin Kerf Blade: A blade with a kerf or thickness
that is thinner than a standard blade cannot be
used on this saw.
Through Cut: A cut in which the blade cuts com-
pletely through the workpiece (refer to
Page 28).
Glossary of Terms
