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SAfETy INSTRUCTIONS
GLOSSARy Of
WOODWORkING TERMS
1.
Spindle:
The revolving shaft on which a
blade or cutting tool is mounted.
2.
Spindle Lock:
Allows the user to stop
the blade from rotating while tightening
or loosening the blade screw during blade
replacement or removal.
3.
bevel Cut:
A cutting operation made
with the blade at any angle other than
90° to the miter table.
4.
Chamfer Cut:
A cut that removes a
wedge from a block of wood so that the end
(or part of the end) is angled at other than 90°.
5.
Compound Miter Cut:
A cut made
using both a miter angle and a bevel angle
at the same time.
6.
Crosscut:
A cutting operation made
across the grain of the workpiece.
7.
freehand Cut:
Performing a cut without
using a fence, miter gauge, fixture, work
clamp, or other proper device to keep the
workpiece from twisting or moving during
the cut. Do not perform any operation
freehand. Use a clamp or vise wherever
possible.
8.
kerf:
The material removed by the blade
in a through cut, or the slot produced by the
blade in a non-through or partial cut.
9.
kickback:
A hazard that can occur when
the blade binds or stalls, throwing the
workpiece back toward the operator.
10.
Miter Cut:
A cutting operation made with
the blade at any angle other than 90° to the
fence.
11.
No-Hands Zone:
The area between the
marked lines on the left and right side of
the miter-table base. This zone is identified
by No-Hands Zone symbols inside the lines
marked on the miter table base.
12.
Non-through Cut:
Any cutting operation
where the blade does not extend
completely through the thickness of the
workpiece.
13.
Revolutions Per Minute (RPM):
The
number of turns completed by a spinning
object in one minute.
14.
Saw blade Path:
The area over, under,
behind, or in front of the blade, as it
applies to the workpiece; the area that will
be or has been cut by the blade.
15.
Set:
The distance that the saw blade
tooth is bent (or set) outward from the
face of the blade.
16.
Throat Plate:
A plate inserted in the
Miter Saw’s table that allows for blade
clearance.
17.
Through Sawing:
Any cutting operation
where the blade extends completely through
the thickness of the workpiece.
18.
Workpiece or Material:
The item on
which the cutting operation is being done.
The surfaces of a workpiece are commonly
referred to as faces, ends, and edges.
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