Additional Safety for Sliding Table Saws

Model W1822 (For Machines Mfg. Since 9/10)

READ and understand this entire manual AND the table saw owner's manual before using this attach- ment. Serious personal injury may occur if safety and operational informa- tion is not understood and followed. DO NOT risk your safety by not reading!

Use this and other machinery with caution and respect. Always consider safety first, as it applies to your individual working conditions. No list of safety guidelines can be complete—every shop environment is different. Failure to follow guidelines could result in serious personal injury, damage to equipment or poor work results.

SAFETY

KICKBACK. Kickback happens when the workpiece is thrown back toward the operator at a high rate of speed. Until you have a clear understanding of kickback, how it occurs, and how to prevent it, DO NOT operate the table saw with this sliding table attachment!

CLEARANCE. To prevent flying metal debris causing serious injuries, always make sure the sliding table crosscut fence will not contact the blade before starting the table saw.

WORKPIECE CONTROL. If the workpiece should unexpectedly move and bind with the blade, kickback could occur. Always make sure the workpiece is placed in a stable position on the tables and is either supported by the rip fence or the crosscut fence during cutting operations.

OPERATOR POSITION. If kickback occurs, the workpiece will be ejected in a path that is in-line with the blade. Never have any part of your body in-line with the cutting path of the blade during operation.

AWKWARD POSITIONS. Avoid awkward body and hand positions where a sudden slip could cause your hands to move into the spinning blade.

REACHING OVER SAW BLADE. To prevent your hands or arms accidently contacting the spinning blade, never reach behind or over the blade during cutting operations.

USING RIP FENCE WITH SLIDING TABLE CROSSCUT FENCE. When using the rip fence as a stop block for the crosscut fence, the rip fence must be in front of the blade. Otherwise, the workpiece could bind against the rip fence and kickback could occur.

REMOVING WORKPIECES. To avoid accidental contact with the spinning blade, always turn the saw OFF and wait until the blade is completely stopped before removing any part of the workpiece from the table.

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