3
Safety
“READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by BULLET (l) symbol listed
BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury.
Tool Use and Care
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Use clamps or other practical way to secure and
support the workpiece to a stable platform.
Holding
the work by hand or against your body is unstable. It
allows for work to shift, causes binding of the tool and
loss of control.
•
Do not force tool. Use the correct tool for your
application.
The correct tool will do the job better and
safer at the rate for which it is designed. Do not use the
tool for purpose not intended - for example; do not use
the miter saw for slicing meats.
•
Do not use tool if switch does not turn it “ON” or
“OFF”.
Any tool that cannot be controlled with the switch
is dangerous.
•
Disconnect the plug from the power source before
making any adjustments or changing accessories.
Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of
starting the tool accidentally.
•
Keep cutting tools sharp and clean.
Properly
maintained tools, with sharp cutting edges, are less likely
to bind and easier to control. When mounting saw blades
be certain that the arrow on the blade matches the
direction of the arrow marked on the tool and that the
teeth are also pointing in the same direction.
•
Inspect guards before using a tool. Keep guards in
place. Check moving parts for binding or any other
condition that may affect the normal operation or
safety features of the tool. If damaged, have tool
serviced before using the tool.
Many accidents are
caused by poorly maintained tools.
•
Do not alter or misuse tool.
Any alteration or
modification is a misuse and may result in serious
personal injury.
•
The use of any other accessories not specified in this
manual may create a hazard.
Accessories that may be
suitable for one type of tool, may become hazardous
when used on an inappropriate tool.
Service
•
Tool service must be performed only by qualified
repair personnel.
Service or maintenance performed by
unqualified personnel may result in misplacing internal
wires and components which could cause serious
hazard.
•
When servicing a tool, use only identical replacement
parts. Follow instructions in the Maintenance section
of this manual.
Use of unauthorized parts or failure to
follow Maintenance Instructions may create a hazard.
Safety Rules for
Miter Saws
•
Use clamps to support workpiece whenever possible.
If supporting the workpiece by hand, you must
always keep hand outside of “No Hands” area as
marked with a symbol on the base. Do not use this
saw to cut pieces that are too small to be securely
clamped.
Your hand if placed inside the “No Hands”
region can easily slip or be pulled into the blade.
•
Do not reach in back of the saw blade behind the
fence with either hand to hold down or support the
workpiece, remove wood scraps, or for any other
reason.
The proximity of the spinning saw blade to your
hand may not be obvious and you may be seriously
injured.
•
Never cross your hand over intended line of cutting.
Supporting the workpiece “cross handed” i.e. holding the
left side of the workpiece with your right hand is very
dangerous.
•
Always disconnect the power cord from the power
source before making any adjustments or attaching
any accessories.
You may unintentionally start the saw,
leading to serious personal injury.
•
Miter saws are intended primarily to cut wood or
woodlike products, they cannot be used with
abrasive cutoff wheels for cutting ferrous material
such as bars, rods, studs, etc. However, if cutting
materials like aluminum or other non-ferrous metals,
use only saw blades specifically recommended for
non-ferrous metal cutting.
Cutting ferrous materials
causes excessive sparking and will damage the lower
guard and will overload the motor.
•
Inspect your workpiece before cutting. If workpiece
is bowed or warped, clamp it with the outside bowed
face toward the fence. Always make certain that
there is no gap between the workpiece, fence and
table along the line of the cut.
Bent or warped
workpieces can twist or rock and may cause binding on
the spinning saw blade while cutting. Also, make sure
there are no nails or foreign objects in the workpiece.
•
Do not use the saw until the table is clear of all tools,
wood scraps, etc., except the workpiece.
Small debris
or loose pieces of wood or other objects that contact the
revolving blade can be thrown with high speed at the
operator.
•
Do not feed workpiece into the blade or cut
“freehand” in any way. Workpiece must be
stationary and clamped or braced by your hand.
Saw
must be fed through the workpiece smoothly and at a rate
which will not overload the saw’s motor.
“SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS”
WARNING
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