MINI CIRCULAR SAW 500W TTB689CSW
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MACHINE SPECIFIC SAFETY WARNINGS 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.
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 piece being cut in your hands or across your leg. Secure the work-
piece to a stable platform.
It is important to support the work properly to minimize body
exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
e)
Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces only, 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 ac
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curacy 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 eccentrically,
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.
Kickback and related warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched or snagged rotating wheel. Pinching or snag
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ging causes rapid stalling of the rotating wheel which in turn causes the uncontrolled power
tool to be forced in the direction opposite of the wheel’s rotation at the point of the binding.
For example, if an abrasive wheel is snagged or pinched by the workpiece, the edge of the
wheel that is entering into the pinch point can dig into the surface of the material causing
the wheel to climb out or kick out. The wheel may either jump toward or away from the op
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erator, depending on direction of the wheel’s movement at the point of pinching. Abrasive
wheels may also break under these conditions.
Kickback is the result of power tool misuse and/or incorrect operating procedures or condi
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tions and can be avoided by taking proper precautions as given below.
a) Maintain a irm grip on the power tool and position your body and arm to allow
you to resist kickback forces. Always use auxiliary handle, if provided, for maximum
control over kickback or torque reaction during start-up.
The operator can control
