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Safety Instructions For Band Saw (continued)
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, Face and Ears
Dress for safety
• Any power saw can throw foreign
objects into the eyes. This can result
in permanent eye damage. Always
wear safety goggles, not glasses,
complying with ANSI Z87.1 (or in
Canada CSA Z94.3-99) shown on
package. Everyday eyeglasses
have only impact resistant lenses.
They are not safety glasses. Safety
goggles are available at many local
retail stores. Glasses or goggles not
in compliance with ANSI or CSA
could seriously hurt you when they
break.
• For dusty operations, wear a dust
mask along with safety goggles.
• Do not wear loose clothing, gloves,
neckties or jewelry (rings, wrist
watches). They can get caught and
draw you into moving parts.
• Wear nonslip footwear.
• Tie back long hair.
• Roll long sleeves above the elbow.
• Noise levels vary widely. To reduce
the risk of possible hearing dam-
age, wear ear plugs or muffs when
using saw for hours at a time.
Plan the way you will hold the
workpiece from start to finish.
• Do not hand hold pieces so small
that your fingers will go under the
blade guard. Use jigs or fixtures to
hold the work and keep your hands
away from the blade.
• Secure work. Use clamps to hold
work when practical. It’s often safer
than using your hand, and frees
both hands to operate the tool.
• Don’t overreach. Keep good foot-
ing and balance.
Whenever Saw Is Running
WARNING: Don't allow familiarity
(gained from frequent use of
your band saw) cause a careless
mistake. Always remember that a
careless fraction of a second is
enough to cause a severe injury.
• Before starting your cut, watch the
saw while it runs. If it makes an
unfamiliar noise or vibrates a lot,
stop immediately. Turn the saw off.
Unplug the saw. Do not restart until
finding and correcting the problem.
• Before removing loose pieces from
the table, turn saw off and wait for
all moving parts to stop.
Keep Children Away.
• Keep all visitors a safe distance
from the table saw.
• Make sure bystanders are clear of
the table saw and workpiece.
Don’t Force Tool.
• Let the blade reach full speed
before cutting.
• It will do the job better and safer at
its designed rate.
• Feed the workpiece into the saw
only fast enough to let the blade
cut without bogging down or bind-
ing.
