tree limbs or logs.
17. Do not use any abrasive wheels.
WARNING:
a. Keep hands away from the cutting
area and the blade. Keep your second
hand on the motor housing. If both
hands are holding the saw, they can not be
cut by the blade.
b. Do not reach underneath the work-
piece. The guard cannot protect you from
the blade below the work-piece.
c. Adjust the cutting depth to the
thickness of the work-piece. Less than
a full tooth of the blade teeth should be
visible below the work-piece.
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 power tool by insulated gripping
surfaces 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 shock the operator.
f. When ripping always use a rip fence
or straight edge guide. This improves
the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance
of blade binding.
g. Always use blades with correct size
and shape of arbor 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 are specially designed for your saw,
for optimum performance and safety of
operation.
FURTHER SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ALL SAWS.
CAUSES AND OPERATOR PREVENTION
OF KICKBACK:
- Kickback is a sudden reaction to pinched,
bound or misaligned saw blade, causing an
uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the
work-piece toward the operator;
- When the blade is pinched or bound tightly
by the work piece being cut, the blade
stalls and the motor reaction drives the unit
rapidly back toward the operator;
- If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned
in the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the
blade can dig into the top surface of the
wood causing the blade to climb out of the
material being cut and jump back toward
the operator.
KICKBACK IS THE RESULT OF
SAW MISUSE AND/OR INCORRECT
OPERATING PROCEDURES OR
CONDITIONS AND CAN BE AVOIDED
BY TAKING PROPER PRECAUTIONS AS
GIVEN BELOW.
a. Maintain a firm grip with both hands
on the saw and position your arms to
resist kickback forces. Position your
body to either side of the blade, but
not in line with the blade. Kickback
could cause the saw to jump backwards,
but kickback forces can be controlled by the
operator, if proper precautions are taken.
b. When blade is binding, or when
interrupting a cut for any reason,
release the trigger and hold the
saw motionless in the material until
the blade comes to a complete
stop. Never attempt to remove the
saw from the work or pull the saw
backward while the blade is in motion
or kickback may occur. Investigate and
take corrective actions to eliminate the
cause of blade binding.
c. When restarting a saw in the work-
piece, center the saw blade in the
work piece cut and check that
saw teeth are not engaged into the
material. If saw blade is binding, it may
walk up or kickback from the work-piece as
the saw is restarted.
d. Support large panels to minimize the
risk of blade pinching and kickback.
Large panels tend to sag under their own
weight. Supports must be placed under
the panel on both sides, near the line of cut
and near the edge of the panel.
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