HOW TO MAKE AND USE THE FEATHERBOARD
Refer to Figures 49-50.
To use the featherboard:
• Unplug the saw.
• Completely lower the saw blade.
• Position the rip fence to the desired adjustment for the cut to
be performed, and lock the rip fence.
• Place the workpiece against the fence and over the saw blade
area.
• Adjust the featherboard to apply resistance to the workpiece
just forward of the blade.
• Attach a C-clamp (not supplied) to secure the featherboard to
the edge of the saw table.
WARNING: Do not
locate the featherboard to the rear
of the workpiece. If positioned improperly, kickback can result from the featherboard pinching the workpiece and binding the
blade in the saw kerf. Failure to heed this warning
can result in serious personal injury.
TYPES OF CUTS
Refer to Figure 51.
There are six basic cuts: 1) the cross cut, 2) the rip cut, 3) the
miter cut, 4) the bevel cross cut, 5) the bevel rip cut, and 6) the
compound (bevel) miter cut. All other cuts are combinations of
these basic six. Operating procedures for making each kind of
cut are given later in this section.
WARNING:
Always make sure the blade guard and
anti-kickback pawls are in place and working properly when
making these cuts to avoid possible injury.
Cross cuts are straight 90° cuts made across the grain of the
workpiece. The wood is fed into the cut at a 90° angle to the
blade, and the blade is vertical.
Rip cuts are made with the grain of the wood. To avoid kickback
while making a rip cut, make sure one side of the wood rides
firmly against the rip fence.
Miter cuts are made with the wood at any angle to the blade
other than 90°. The blade is vertical. Miter cuts tend to “creep”
during cutting. This can be controlled by holding the workpiece
securely against the miter gauge.
WARNING:
Always use a push stick with small pieces of
OPERATION
Figure 50
Figure 51
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