Safety instructions for all saws
Cutting procedures
a)
DANGER: Keep hands away from cutting area and the blade. Keep your
second hand on auxiliary handle, or motor housing.
If both hands are holding
the saw, they
cannot be cut by the blade.
NOTE For
circular saws
with a maximum blade diameter of 140 mm or smaller, the words "Keep your
second hand on auxiliary handle, or motor housing" do not apply.
b)
Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you from
the blade below the workpiece.
c)
Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the workpiece.
Less than a full
tooth of the blade teeth should be visible below the workpiece.
d)
Never hold the workpiece in your hands or across your leg while cutting.
Secure the workpiece to a stable platform.
It is important to support the work
properly to minimise
body exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
e)
Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces, when performing an
operation where the cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its own cord.
Contact with a "live"
wire will also make exposed metal parts of the power tool "live"
and could give the operator an electric shock.
f)
When ripping, always use a rip fence or straight edge guide.
This improves
the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of blade binding.
g)
Always use blades with correct size and shape (diamond versus round) of
arbour holes.
Blades that do not match the mounting hardware of the saw will run
off-centre,
causing loss of control.
h)
Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or bolt.
The blade washers
and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for optimum performance and safety
of operation.
Further safety instructions for all saws
Kickback causes and related warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched, jammed or misaligned saw blade,
causing an
uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the workpiece toward the
operator;
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