Common Definitions, Terms and Phrases
The following is a list of common definitions, terms and phrases used throughout this manual as they relate to this table saw and woodworking in general. It is important that you read and become familiar with them before assembling, adjusting or operating this machine. Your safety is VERY important to us at Grizzly!
Arbor: Metal shaft extending from the drive mechanism. The cutting blade attaches to the arbor.
Bevel Edge Cut: Tilting the saw arbor and blade to an angle between 0¡ and 45¡ to perform an angled cutting operation.
Blade Guard: Metal or plastic mechanism that mounts over the saw blade to prevent acci- dental contact with the cutting edge.
Crosscut: Table saw operation in which a piece of wood is cut across the grain.
Crosscut Sled: A jig that supports the work- piece during crosscutting operations.
Dado Blade: Blade or set of blades that attach to the arbor and are used for cutting grooves and rabbets.
Featherboard: Safety device used to keep a board against the rip fence or table. Allows operator to keep hands away from the saw blade.
Kerf: The resulting cut or gap made by a saw blade.
Kickback: A condition in which the wood is thrown back towards an operator at a high rate of speed.
Miter Gauge: A component that controls the wood stock movement while performing a crosscut. Allows for variation of angle cuts such as miter cuts used on a picture frame.
Parallel: Being an equal distance apart at every point. i.e. the rip fence face is parallel to the side face of the saw blade.
Perpendicular: Intersecting and forming right angles; at right angles to the vertical and hori- zontal planes. i.e. the blade is perpendicular to the table surface.
Push Paddle: Safety aid used to push a piece of wood stock through a cutting operation.
Push Stick: Safety aid used to push a piece of wood stock through a cutting operation. Usually used when rip cutting.
Rabbet: Cutting operation that creates an L- shaped channel along the edge of wood stock.
Rip Cut: A cut made along grain of the wood.
Sacrificial Fence: A piece of wood attached to the face of the rip fence that is designed to extend the fence face away from the metal por- tion of the fence. Used primarily when making rabbet cuts with a dado blade.
Splitter: Metal plate attached to the back of the blade guard that maintains the kerf opening in the wood when performing a cutting operation.
Standard Kerf: 1Ú8" gap made with a standard blade.
Straightedge: A tool used to check the flatness, parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).
Thin Kerf: 3Ú32" gap made with a thin kerf blade.
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