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SAFETY INFORMATION FOR CIRCULAR SAW BENCHES
• Leave protective covers mounted. Protective covers must be in proper working order and correctly mounted. Loose, damaged
or poorly functioning protective covers must be repaired or replaced.
• Always use the saw blade protective cover and the riving knife for separating cuts. The protective cover and other safety devices
reduce the risk of injuries for separating cuts where the blade saws through the entire workpiece thickness.
• Caution: The machine table must not be used for cutting joints, making slits or slicing wood during timber handling.
• Caution: Do not process workpieces less than 2 mm in thickness.
• Before switching on the power tool, make sure that the saw blade is not touching the protective cover, the riving knife or the
workpiece.
Accidental contact between these components and the saw blade can result in an unsafe situation.
• Adjust the riving knife as described in these operating instructions. Incorrect spacing, position and alignment may result in the
riving knife failing to effectively prevent recoil.
• In order for the riving knife to be able to work, it must act on the workpiece. The riving knife will have no effect for cuts in
workpieces that are too short to allow the riving knife to engage. It may not prevent recoil under these conditions.
• Use the appropriate saw blade for the riving knife. In order for the riving knife to work correctly, the saw blade diameter must
match the relevant riving knife, the steel blade of the saw blade must be thinner than the riving knife and the tooth width must be
greater than the riving knife thickness.
• DANGER: Do not place your fingers or hands near the saw blade or in the sawing area. A moment of inattention or a slip could
result in your hand being propelled towards the saw blade and result in serious injuries.
• Feed the workpiece to the saw blade or cutting tool against the direction of rotation only. Feeding the workpiece in the same
direction as the saw blade's direction of rotation above the table can result in the workpiece and your hand being drawn into the saw
blade.
• Never use the mitre stop to feed the workpiece when making longitudinal cuts and never additionally use the parallel stop for
longitudinal adjustment when making cross cuts using the mitre stop.
Simultaneously guiding the workpiece using the parallel
stop and the mitre stop increases the probability of the saw blade jamming and recoil occurring.
• Always exert the feeding force on the workpiece between the stop rail and saw blade when making longitudinal cuts. Use a
push stick if the distance between the stop rail and saw blade is less than 150 mm, and a push block if the distance is less than
50 mm.
These work aids ensure that your hand remains a safe distance from the saw blade.
• Only use the push stick supplied by the manufacturer or another push stick manufactured according to instructions. The push
stick ensures sufficient distance between your hand and the saw blade.
• Never use a damaged or partially sawn-off push stick. A damaged push stick can break and result in your hand coming into
contact with the saw blade.
• Do not work "freehand". Always use the parallel stop or the mitre stop to position and guide the workpiece. "Freehand" means
supporting or guiding the workpiece using the hands instead of using a parallel stop or mitre stop. Freehand sawing will result in
misalignment, jamming and recoil.
• Never reach around or over a rotating saw blade. Reaching for a workpiece can result in unintentional contact with a rotating saw
blade.
• Support long and/or wide workpieces at the back and/or side of the saw table to keep them horizontal. Long and/or wide
workpieces tend to tilt at the edge of the saw table; this results in loss of control, jamming of the saw blade and recoil.
• Feed the workpiece continuously. Do not bend or turn the workpiece. If the saw blade jams, switch off the power tool, pull
out the mains plug and remove the cause of the jam.
Jamming of the saw blade on the workpiece can result in recoil or blocking of
the engine.
• Do not clear material removed by sawing while the saw is running. Material removed by sawing can settle between the saw blade
and stop rail or in the protective cover and can draw your finger into the saw blade when clearing it. Switch off the saw and wait until
the saw blade has come to a stop before clearing the material.
• Never stand in a direct line with the saw blade. Always keep on the side of the saw blade with the stop rail. Recoil can cause
the workpiece to be flung at high speed towards people standing in front of and in line with the saw blade.
• Never reach over or behind the saw blade to pull or support the workpiece. This can result in unintentional contact with the saw
blade or recoil can result in your fingers being drawn into the saw blade.
• Never hold and push the workpiece being sawn against the rotating saw blade. Pushing the workpiece being sawn against the
saw blade will result in jamming and recoil.
• Align the stop rail parallel to the saw blade. An unaligned stop rail will push the workpiece against the saw blade and cause recoil.
• Exercise particular care when sawing in non-visible areas of assembled workpieces. The plunging saw blade may be sawing in objects
that can cause recoil.
• Support large boards to reduce the risk of recoil due to a jammed saw blade. Large boards can bend under their own weight.
Boards must be supported wherever they project past the table surface.
• Exercise particular care when sawing workpieces that are twisted, knotted or warped or that do not have a straight edge for
guiding using a mitre stop or along a stop rail.
A twisted, knotted or warped workpiece is unstable and will result in misalignment
of the kerfs with the saw blade, jamming and recoil.
• Never saw several workpieces stacked one on top of each other or one behind the other. The saw blade could catch one or more
parts and cause recoil.
• If you want to restart a saw whose blade is stuck in the workpiece, centre the saw blade in the saw gap in such a way that the
teeth are not caught in the workpiece.
If the saw blade is jammed, it can lift the workpiece and cause recoil when the saw is
restarted.
• Keep the saw blades clean, sharp and adequately set. Never use warped saw blades or saw blades with cracked or broken teeth.
Sharp and correctly set saw blades reduce jamming, blocking and recoil.
• Switch off the circular saw bench and disconnect it from the mains before removing the table insert, changing the saw blade,
adjusting the riving knife or saw blade protective cover and if the machine is going to be left unattended.
Precautions help to
avoid accidents.
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