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Sawbench/Panel Saw Safety Instructions
1. Maintenance.
Make sure the saw is turned off and
disconnect from the main power supply and make
sure all moving parts have come to a complete stop
before any inspection, adjustment or maintenance is
carried out.
2. Saw Condition.
Saw must be maintained for a
proper working condition. Never operate a saw that
has damaged or worn parts. Scheduled routine
maintenance should performed on a scheduled
basis.
3. Blade Condition.
Never operate a saw with a
dropped, cracked or badly worn blade. Before using
a saw inspect blades for missing teeth and cracks. A
damaged blade can cause serious injury.
4. Replacing Blade.
Make sure teeth are face forward
to the workpiece. Wear gloves to protect hands.
5. Hand Hazard.
Keep hands and fingers clear from
the line of cut of the blade. Serious injury can occur.
6. Leaving a saw Unattended.
Always turn the saw
off and make sure all moving parts have come to a
complete stop before leaving the saw. Do not leave
saw running unattended for any reason.
7. Avoiding Entanglement.
Blade guard must be
used at all times. Remove loose clothing, belts, or
jewelry items. Never wear gloves while machine is in
operation. Tie up long hair and use the correct hair
nets to avoid any entanglement with the saw moving
parts.
8. Understand the machines controls.
Make sure you
understand the use and operation of all controls.
9. Power outage.
In the event of a power failure during
use of the saw, turn off all switches to avoid possible
sudden start up once power is restored.
10. Work area hazards.
Keep the area around the saw
clean from oil, tools, chips. Pay attention to other
persons in the area and know what is going on
around the area to ensure unintended accidents.
11. Workpiece Handling.
Workpiece should be stable
on the table and support either by the rip fence or
crosscut table during cutting. Hold downs, push
sticks and featherboards and other safety devices
can be used to make cutting operations safe.
12. Hearing protection and hazards.
Always wear
hearing protection as noise generated from
saw blade and workpiece vibration can cause
permanent hearing loss over time.
13. Saw Blade Hazards.
Never reach behind or over a
blade with your hands while saw is operating, If you
loose your balance or kick back occurs you could
be pulled into the spinning saw blade.
14. Operator position.
Never stand or have any part of
your body in line with cutting path of the saw blade.
15. Use a Push Stick.
Always use a push stick when
ripping narrow material.
16. Blade guards & blade splitter.
Always use blade
guards and blade splitter when cutting completely
through the workpiece.
17. Crosscutting operation.
While using a mitre guide
to crosscut a workpiece, remove the rip fence.
18. Stalled blade.
In the case that the blade stalls
while in operation, turn the saw off before freeing
the stalled saw blade.
19. Blade height.
Always adjust blade to the correct
height above the workpiece.
20. Kickback.
Kickback is defined as high speed
expulsion of workpiece from the table saw towards
the operator.
21. Call for help.
If at any time you experience
difficulties, stop the machine and call you nearest
branch service department for help.
Machinery House
requires you to read this entire Manual before using this machine.
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