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RIPPING
Fig. 48
TYPICAL OPERATIONS
CROSS-CUTTING
Cross-cutting requires the use of the miter gage to
position and guide the work. Place the work against the
miter gage and advance both the gage and work toward
the saw blade, as shown in Fig. 48. The miter gage may
be used in either table slot. When bevel cutting (blade
tilted), use the table groove that does not cause
interference of your hand or miter gage with the saw
blade guard. The saw guard must always be used.
Start the cut slowly and hold the work firmly against the
miter gage and the table. One of the rules in running a
saw is that you never hang onto or touch a free piece of
work. Hold the supported piece, not the free piece that is
cut off. The feed in cross-cutting continues until the work
is cut in two, and the miter gage and work are pulled
back to the starting point. Before pulling the work back,
it is good practice to give the work a little sideways shift
to move the work slightly away from the saw blade.
Never pick up any short length of free work from the
table while the saw is running. Never touch a cut-off
piece unless it is at least a foot long.
WARNING: NEVER USE THE FENCE AS A CUT-
OFF GAGE WHEN CROSS-CUTTING.
For added safety and convenience the miter gage can
be fitted with an auxiliary wood facing that should be at
least 1 inch higher than the maximum depth of cut, and
should extend 12 inches or more on both sides of the
blade. This auxiliary wood-facing can be fastened to the
front of the miter gage by using two wood screws
through the holes provided in the miter gage body and
into the wood facing.
Fig. 49 Fig. 50
Ripping is the operation of making a lengthwise cut
through a board, as shown in Fig. 49, and the rip fence
(A) is used to position and guide the work. One edge of
the work rides against the rip fence while the flat side of
the board rests on the table. Since the work is pushed
along the fence, it must have a straight edge and make
solid contact with the table. The saw guard must always
be used. The guard has anti-kickback fingers to prevent
kickback and a splitter to prevent the saw kerf from
closing and binding the blade.
Start the motor and advance the work, holding it down
and against the fence. Never stand in the line of the saw
cut when ripping. Hold the work with both hands and
push it along the fence and into the saw blade as shown
in Fig. 49. The work can then be fed through the saw
blade with one or two hands. After the work is beyond
the saw blade and anti-kickback fingers the hand is
removed from the work. When this is done the work will
either stay on the table, tilt up slightly and be caught by
the rear end of the guard or slide off the table to the floor.
Alternately, the feed can continue to the end of the table,
after which the work is lifted and brought along the
outside edge of the fence. The cut-off stock remains on
the table and is not touched with the hands until the saw
blade is stopped unless it is a large piece allowing safe
removal. When ripping boards longer than three feet, it is
recommended that a work support be used at the rear of
the saw to keep the workpiece from falling off the saw
table.
If the ripped work is less than 4 inches wide, a push stick
should always be used to complete the feed, as shown
in Fig. 50. The push stick can easily be made from scrap
material as explained in the section
“CONSTRUCTING
A PUSH STICK.” When ripping 2 inches or narrower,
assemble an auxiliary wood facing to the fence, as
explained in the section
“USING AUXILIARY WOOD
FACING ON RIP FENCE” and use a push stick.
A