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NON THROUGH SAWING
Add an 8" high flat facing board to the fence, the
full length of the fence (Fig. 59).
“C” Clamps
Work
Support
Push
Stick
Featherboard
Featherboard
Use featherboards for all “Non Through Sawing”
operations (when the sawblade guard must be
removed). Featherboards are used to keep the
work in contact with the fence and the table as
shown, and to stop kickbacks.
Mount featherboards to the fence and table as
shown, so that the leading edges of the feather-
boards will support the workpiece until the cut is
complete, and the workpiece has been pushed
com pletely past the cutter (sawblade, dado head,
etc.) with a push stick, as in ripping.
Before starting the operation (with the saw turned
“OFF” and the cutter set below the table surface):
A. Install featherboards so they exert pres-
sure on the work piece; BE POSITIVE
THEY ARE SECURELY ATTACHED.
B. Make sure, by trial, that the feather-
boards will stop a kick back if one should
occur.
Featherboards are not employed during non
through sawing operations when using the miter
gauge.
REPLACE THE SMART GUARD SYSTEM AS
SOON AS THE NON THROUGH SAWING
OPERATION IS COMPLETE.
Basic Table Saw Operation
3. For rabbeting across an end, for workpiece
10-1/2" and narrower make the rabbet cut with
the board flat on the table. Using the miter
gauge fitted with a facing, follow the same pro-
cedures and instructions for crosscutting mak-
ing suc cessive cuts across the width of the
workpiece to obtain the desired width of cut.
DO NOT use the rip fence for rabbeting across
the end.
4. INSTALL SMART GUARD SYSTEM IMMEDI-
ATELY UPON COM PLETION OF RABBET-
ING OPERATION.
Rabbet cuts can also be made in one pass of the
workpiece over the cutter using the dado head.
RABBETING
RABBETING is cutting out a section of the corner
of a piece of material, across an end or along an
edge (Fig. 60).
Making a RABBET requires cuts that do not go all
the way through the material. Therefore, the
Smart Guard System must be removed.
1. Remove blade guard.
2. For rabbeting along an edge (long way of
workpiece) as shown, add a facing approxi-
mately as high as the workpiece is wide to
the rip fence. Adjust the rip fence and blade
to the required dimensions, then make the
first cut with the board flat on the table, fol-
lowing the set-up shown in Fig. 60. Make a
second cut with the workpiece on its edge.
Follow all precautions, safety instructions,
and operation instructions as for ripping or
rip type operations, including featherboards
and push stick, etc.
RABBETING ALONG
THE EDGE
RABBETING ACROSS
THE END
Rabbet
First Cut
Second Cut
FIG. 60
FIG. 59
