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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 work piece .
7 .
Slide Rails:
Guide the head assembly
when making a slide cut .
8 .
Head Assembly Locking pin:
The
compound miter saw is equipped with a
locking pin that is used to lock the head
assembly in the down position .
9 .
Flange:
A ring or collar on the end of a
spindle or arbor that permits other objects,
such as a blade, to be attached to it .
10 .
Freehand Cut:
Performing a cut without
using a fence, miter gauge, fixture, work
clamp, or other proper device to keep the
work piece from twisting or moving during
the cut . Do not perform any operation
freehand . Use a clamp or vise wherever
possible .
11 .
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 .
12 .
kickback:
A hazard that can occur when
the blade binds or stalls, throwing the work
piece back toward the operator .
13 .
Miter Cut:
A cutting operation made with
the blade at any angle other than 90° to the
fence .
14 .
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 .
15 .
Non-through Cut:
Any cutting operation
where the blade does not extend
completely through the thickness of the
work piece .
16 .
Revolutions Per Minute (RPM):
The
number of turns completed by a spinning
object in one minute .
17 .
Saw blade Path:
The area over, under,
behind, or in front of the blade, as it
applies to the work piece; the area that will
be or has been cut by the blade .
18 .
Set:
The distance that the saw blade
tooth is bent (or set) outward from the
face of the blade .
19 .
Throat Plate:
A plate inserted in the
Miter Saw’s table that allows for blade
clearance .
20 .
Through Sawing:
Any cutting operation
where the blade extends completely through
the thickness of the work piece .
21 .
Work piece or Material:
The item on
which the cutting operation is being done .
The surfaces of a work piece are commonly
referred to as faces, ends, and edges .
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