RiPPiNG
CAUTION! To prevent serious injury:
e Do not allow frequent use of your table saw to cause complacency and careless
mistakes. Remember that even a careless fraction of a second is enough to cause a
severe injury.
• Keep both hands away from the blade and the path of the blade.
• The workpiece must have a straight edge against the fence and must not be warped,
1. Remove the mitre gauge and secure the rip fence to the table.
2. Adjust the blade so it is about 1/8 in. higher than the workpiece.
3. Hold the workpiece flat on the tabletop and against the rip fence. Keep the workpiece
about 1" away from the front of the blade.
4. Turn the saw ON and allow the blade to
come to full speed.
5. Slowly feed the workpiece into the blade
by pushing forward only on the workpiece
section (1) that will pass between the
blade and the fence (Fig. 32).
6. Keep your thumbs off the tabletop. Always
hold the workpiece when the blade is
truning. Do not let go of it to reach for the
push stick. When both of your thumbs
touch the front edge of the table (2), finish
the cut with a push stick (3). Make a push
stick using the pattern on page 35 of this
manual.
7. The push stick should always be used
during ripping operations.
8. Continue pushing the workpiece with the
push stick until it passes the blade guard
and clears the rear of the table.
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Fig. 33
1 2
Never pull the workpiece back while the blade is turning. Turn the switch OFF and
unplug the power cord. When the blade completely stops, raise the anti-kickback fingers
on each side of the splitter if necessary and slide the workpiece out.
WARNING!
e DO NOT TRY TO PULL THE WORKPIECE BACK WHILE THE BLADE IS STILL
TURNING. TURN THE SWITCH OFF AND CAREFULLY SLIDE THE
WORKPIECE OUT WHEN THE BLADE HAS COMPLETELY STOPPED.
e NEVER PERFORM ANY OPERATION FREEHAND.
e AVOID KICKBACK BY KEEPING BLADES SHARP, THE RIP FENCE PARALLEL
TO THE SAW BLADE, AND BY KEEPING THE SPLITTER,
ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS AND GUARDS IN PLACE, ALIGNED AND
FUNCTIONING.
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