there are two miter gauge slots in the table
top. Use the one that works best for the piece
being crosscut. To make a crosscut using the
miter gauge:
1. Inspect the board for soundness. You do not
necessarily need a square edge to crosscut with
accuracy.
2. Inspect the miter gauge.
3. Turn on the saw and allow it to come to full
speed.
4. Hold the work-
piece firmly against
the face of the miter
gauge and ease it
into the blade and
through the work-
piece (fig. 26).
5. Turn off the saw and allow the blade to
come to a full stop.
WARNING: Small cutoff pieces can contact
the moving blade and be thrown back toward
the operator. Always use the least amount of
clearance between the table insert and the
blade to reduce the risk of injury from these
pieces. Never attempt to grab these pieces
while the table saw is turned on.
Your hand may come into contact with the
blade. Turn the table saw off and safely re-
move these pieces AFTER the blade has come
to a complete stop.
RIPPING
Ripping means to cut with the grain of the
wood. In other materials such as MDF or ply-
wood, ripping simply means to cut lengthwise.
To rip a board:
1. Inspect the board for soundness. You will
need a straight edge to rip with accuracy. Your
workpiece may need to be jointed flat before
attempting to cut on the table saw.
WARNING: Never attempt to rip a board
that does not have one perfectly straight edge
and one flat side on it. Always run the straight
edge of the board against the rip fence. Failure
to do this could result in kickback and serious
personal injury.
2. Set the rip fence to the desired distance
from the blade. IF YOU ARE MAKING NARROW
CUTS, USE A PUSH-STICK. Serious injury can oc-
cur if you put your hands close to the blade.
A push-stick pattern has been included at the
end of this manual. Use it to hold the work-
piece against the table and fence and push the
workpiece fully past the blade. When a small
width is to be ripped and a push-stick cannot
be safely put between the blade and rip fence,
rip a larger piece to obtain the desired piece.
3. Turn on the saw and allow it to reach full
speed.
Place the straight edge
of the board against the
rip fence and the flat side
on the tabletop. Feed
the workpiece slowly and
evenly into the blade.
When ripping, always
stand off to the side of
the workpiece and push it through, making
sure to keep your fingers out of line with the
blade (fig. 27).
Do not stand directly behind the workpiece
when ripping.
WARNING: Stand out of the line of potential
kickback. Hold the workpiece firmly against
the fence and table. Do not allow your fingers
to get close to the blade. Do not reach over the
blade to off-load the workpiece.
DADO OPERATIONS
In addition to its ability to rip and crosscut
lumber, the table saw is also an invaluable tool
for creating a variety of dadoes. These non-
through cuts can be created with specially-de-
signed stacking or wobbling dado blades.
WARNING: Never allow hands or arms to be
above or behind the saw blade. Should kick-
back occur, the hands and arms can be pulled
into the saw blade. Serious injury will result.
WARNING: Never perform a through cut
operation with a dado blade. A dado blade is
designed to make non-through cuts only. Fail-
ure to follow these directions could result in
serious injury.
WARNING: Dado operations present very
real hazards requiring proper procedures to
avoid serious injury. The chance of kickback
is always greater when dado blades are used
so extra precautions must be used. Any move-
ment of the stock away from the fence can
cause kickback. Be certain that stock is flat and
straight. Failure to follow these warnings could
result in serious personal injury.
Fig.26
Fig.27
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