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JCB-18CS
Instruction & User Manual
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Wear ear protectors.
Exposure to noise
can cause hearing loss.
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Wear eye protection.
Wear goggles
to prevent eyes from exposure to flying
particles.
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Wear dust mask.
Take protective
measures against inhalation of dust. Some
materials can contain toxic materials. Also
work with dust/ chip extraction when
connectable.
Additional Safety Rules For Saw
Tools
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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 workpiece.
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 control.
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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 (diamond 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
for your saw, for optimum performance and
safety of operation.
Kickback Causes And Related
Warnings
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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
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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
TOOL SPECIFIC SAFETY WARNINGS
Cutting Procedures
