AIR METAL SHEAR
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Safety
WARNING!
This manual provides critical safety instructions on the proper setup, operation, maintenance, and service of this
machine/tool. Save this document, refer to it often, and use it to instruct other operators.
Failure to read, understand and follow the instructions in this manual may result in fire or serious personal
injury
—including amputation, electrocution, or death.
The owner of this machine/tool is solely responsible for its safe use.
This responsibility includes but is not limited to proper installation in a safe environment, personnel training and
usage authorization, proper inspection and maintenance, manual availability and comprehension, application of
safety devices, cutting/sanding/grinding tool integrity, and the usage of personal protective equipment.
Edisons will not be held liable for injury or property damage from negligence, improper training, machine
modifications or misuse.
Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, and grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains
chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some
examples of these chemicals are:
Lead from lead-based paints.
Crystalline silica from bricks, cement and other masonry products.
Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work. To reduce your
exposure to these chemicals:
Work in a well ventilated area, and work with approved safety equipment, such as those dust masks that are
specially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
Safety Instructions
Keep all safety devices in place and in working order.
Remove adjusting keys and wrenches. Form habit of checking to see that keys and adjusting wrenches are
removed from tool before operation.
Keep work area clean. Cluttered areas and benches invite accidents.
Keep children and visitors away. All children and visitors should be kept at a safe distance from work area.
Make workshop child proof. Make sure to lock your shop and shut-OFF the power and air supply.
Do not force tool. It will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it was designed.
Use the right tool. Do not force tool or attachment to do a job for which it was not designed.
DO NOT USE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, OR WHEN TIRED.
Use correct air pressure. Exceeding the maximum PSI rating of this tool may cause seal damage,
unpredictable operation, or line burst.
