Safety
!“READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by BULLET (l) symbol listed WARNING BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury.
Tool Use and Care
•Use clamps or other practical way to secure and support the workpiece to a stable platform. Holding the work by hand or against your body is unstable. It allows for work to shift, causes binding of the tool and loss of control.
•Do not force tool. Use the correct tool for your application. The correct tool will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it is designed. Do not use the tool for purpose not intended - for example; do not use the miter saw for slicing meats.
•Do not use tool if switch does not turn it “ON” or “OFF”. Any tool that cannot be controlled with the switch is dangerous.
•Disconnect the plug from the power source before making any adjustments or changing accessories. Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of starting the tool accidentally.
•Keep cutting tools sharp and clean. Properly maintained tools, with sharp cutting edges, are less likely to bind and easier to control. When mounting saw blades be certain that the arrow on the blade matches the direction of the arrow marked on the tool and that the teeth are also pointing in the same direction.
•Inspect guards before using a tool. Keep guards in place. Check moving parts for binding or any other condition that may affect the normal operation or safety features of the tool. If damaged, have tool serviced before using the tool. Many accidents are caused by poorly maintained tools.
•Do not alter or misuse tool. Any alteration or modification is a misuse and may result in serious personal injury.
•The use of any other accessories not specified in this manual may create a hazard. Accessories that may be suitable for one type of tool, may become hazardous when used on an inappropriate tool.
Service
•Tool service must be performed only by qualified repair personnel. Service or maintenance performed by unqualified personnel may result in misplacing internal wires and components which could cause serious hazard.
•When servicing a tool, use only identical replacement parts. Follow instructions in the Maintenance section of this manual. Use of unauthorized parts or failure to follow Maintenance Instructions may create a hazard.
Safety Rules for
Miter Saws
•Use clamps to support workpiece whenever possible. If supporting the workpiece by hand, you must always keep hand outside of “No Hands” area as marked with a symbol on the base. Do not use this saw to cut pieces that are too small to be securely clamped. Your hand if placed inside the “No Hands” region can easily slip or be pulled into the blade.
•Do not reach in back of the saw blade behind the fence with either hand to hold down or support the workpiece, remove wood scraps, or for any other reason. The proximity of the spinning saw blade to your hand may not be obvious and you may be seriously injured.
•Never cross your hand over intended line of cutting. Supporting the workpiece “cross handed” i.e. holding the left side of the workpiece with your right hand is very dangerous.
•Always disconnect the power cord from the power source before making any adjustments or attaching any accessories. You may unintentionally start the saw, leading to serious personal injury.
•Miter saws are intended primarily to cut wood or woodlike products, they cannot be used with abrasive cutoff wheels for cutting ferrous material such as bars, rods, studs, etc. However, if cutting materials like aluminum or other
•Inspect your workpiece before cutting. If workpiece is bowed or warped, clamp it with the outside bowed face toward the fence. Always make certain that there is no gap between the workpiece, fence and table along the line of the cut. Bent or warped workpieces can twist or rock and may cause binding on the spinning saw blade while cutting. Also, make sure there are no nails or foreign objects in the workpiece.
•Do not use the saw until the table is clear of all tools, wood scraps, etc., except the workpiece. Small debris or loose pieces of wood or other objects that contact the revolving blade can be thrown with high speed at the operator.
•Do not feed workpiece into the blade or cut “freehand” in any way. Workpiece must be stationary and clamped or braced by your hand. Saw must be fed through the workpiece smoothly and at a rate which will not overload the saw’s motor.
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