Skil 3700 Shop Safety Rules, Accessory Power Outlet, Non-Through Cutting Dado, Rabbet, Resawing

Lower the blade below table surface, remove the guard system, clamp feather boards or other fixture to hold workpiece down, and against the fence. Place the workpiece on the tabletop at the desired location. Start the saw and let it come to full operating speed then slowly raise the blade until it pierces the workpiece and then push the workpiece through the desired length. To stop the cut, shut off the saw, lower the blade and remove workpiece. Repeat as necessary to complete all sides of the pocket cut. REMEMBER the guard has been removed! Pay attention to the proximity of your fingers to blade.

Non-Through Cutting

(Dado, Rabbet, Resawing)

Use extra precautions when performing “Non-Through” sawing operations that require the removal of the guard! Remember that removing the hood guard assembly also removes the anti-kickback devices, the spreader and anti- kickback pawls! Immediately replace guard assembly (guard, splitter and anti-kickback pawls) after special applications that cannot use the guard assembly such as resawing, dadoing, rabbeting or molding.

For all non-through cutting, the operator must use feather boards to reduce the hazard from a kick back! Use feather boards to help guide and stabilize cutting so you can concentrate on the cutting action. Feather boards can be used to “hold” the work down on the table and at the side of the work to “slow” the workpiece should a kickback occur. Feather boards are not replacement for a guard and they cannot keep your fingers from accidentally contacting the blade. Feather boards should be set with the feathers/fingers just ahead of the blade teeth cutting action, pushing the wood against the fence, but not pressing the wood into the side of the spinning blade.

Use the fence to guide and support the work past the saw blade. Unsupported cuts will shift and may cause the work to be thrown backward.

Be aware of proximity of you hand/fingers to the cutting tool. Non-through cuts are “blind cuts”, use push sticks to move the work through the cutter.

Use the proper table insert for the width and diameter of the dado blade or molding head. Dado blade stack or molding head is wider than the slot of the standard table insert. These blades will strike and damage the standard insert and cause severe injury by throwing the insert against the operator.

Do not bevel with dado blades or molding heads. These accessories are designed for perpendicular non-through cutting.

Do not elevate the dado blade so that the hub protrudes above slot of the table insert. Contact with hub will cause the workpiece to be unstable as it passes through the cut and possibly kickback.

Don’t force the workpiece through the dado blade. Dado blades create wide non-through cuts that require the operator to feed the work slowly and use of feather boards and positive downward pressure on the workpiece to avoid loss of control.

Do not back up or pull the workpiece back (reverse feed) when resawing. Pulling the workpiece backward could cause

kickback.

Table saws are highly versatile products capable of performing variety of operations. There are too many applications to be fully addressed in this manual. Go to the library, home center, hardware or bookstore to learn about the many applications of a table saw; we suggest obtaining woodworking books like “The Table Saw Book” by Richard J. de Cristoforo or similar publications addressing your particular needs.

X-Shop Safety Rules

Accessory Power Outlet Table Saw / Accessory Switch

Only use the accessory power outlet to power tools designed for and properly installed in a properly assembled power tool table.

Do not use the accessory power outlet to power tools not to be used on the X-Shop.

The table saw /accessory switch only determines whether the main table saw or the accessory power outlet can be turned on by the main on/ off switch. Be aware of the position of the table saw / accessory power outlet switch before turning on the main power switch.

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