General standards
• Put your hands away from the cutting
area and from the cutting wheel. When using the tool,
hold it firmly by the handle, this way you avoid accidental
injury and will prevent loosing control over the tool.
• Accidental contact with a running
cutting wheel may cause severe personal injury.
• You should NEVER hold the piece to be
cut with your hands or on top of a leg. Hold the work
piece adequately to avoid the cutting wheel to enter into
contact with your body, to avoid the wheel to bend or
loosing control over the tool or the work piece.
• Do not remove any scrap material
while the wheel is rotating.
• Remember at all times that the guard
cannot protect you from the rotating wheel under the
work piece. Never squat or put your hand underneath the
work piece while the tool is running.
• Do not approach the wheel near your
body while carrying the tool. You could suffer severe
injury in case of an accidental start up.
• Holding the tool by its insulated parts
spares the user from getting an electric shock in case the
wheel touches hidden wiring.
• ALWAYS keep the power cable away from the cutting
area. When cutting, the power cable should NEVER hang
over the work piece.
• Never leave the tool running without
supervision. Turn it off when not in use and wait for the
wheel to stop completely.
• Check the tool before each use. It is
important to check for tightness in every nut, lever and
knobs.
• Use continuous rim diamond wheels
for wet or dry cutting designed for speeds no lower than
11000 RPM and suitable for masonry. Never use
segmented wheels or with holes, notches or teeth. Do not
use damaged out of shape or broken wheels. Do not use
abrasive wheels.
• Always wear safety lenses with side protection, dust
mask and ear plugs.
Before starting,
fasten the work
piece with a press
or brackets
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Kickback
Kickback means the sudden and strong movement
outward that makes the tool to shoot out from the work
piece and may force users to loose control over the tool
or cause them a severe injury. It usually happens when
the cutting wheel is stuck in the piece or due to deficient
operations. In order to avoid the kickback the following
caution measures must be observed:
• Use cutting wheels in good working condition and make
sure they are properly installed. Bent, damaged, worn or
dull wheels; or not properly installed get stuck in the
material causing kickback.
• When using the tool, hold it firmly by its handle. Your
body should be in a stable position with both feet on the
floor in order to control the kickback force if it happens.
• To cut, align the wheel with the cutting axis and wait for
it to reach its highest speed before you start cutting. Do
not try to cut the work piece with the wheel supported on
top of the piece. This could cause kickback.
• To start over inside a cut, center the wheel into the cut
and verify it doesn´t come into contact with the material.
• If you notice the wheel is bending or it stops cutting
when the tool is running, release the switch and hold the
tool inside the work piece until the wheel comes to a full
stop. Do not try to remove the wheel while moving. It
could cause kickback.
• While using the tool do not place your hand or your body
in line with the cutting axis. If a kickback happens there is
the possibility of severe injury.
• Before you start any type of cut, the cutting depth-adjus-
ting lever and the bevel cut levers should be tight and
fastened. If they move while making a cut may bend the
wheel and produce kickback. An excessive cutting depth
position increases the load in the unit and the possibility
of the wheel bending inside the cut, increases as well.
There is also the possibility the cut closes and the
available area increases above the cutting wheel.
ENGLISH
Safety warnings for
tile and masonry saw
CAUTION
CAUTION
CAUTION
WARNING
WARNING
WARNING
DANGER
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