Table of Contents |
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Table of Contents | 2 | |
Safety Instructions For Table Saw | 3 | |
Safety Signal Words | 3 | |
Before Using The Saw | 3 | |
When Installing Or Moving The Saw | 4 | |
Before Each Use | 4 | |
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From Jams, Slips | ||
Or Thrown Pieces (Kickbacks Or |
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Throwbacks) | 5 | |
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, |
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Face and Ears | 6 | |
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning | 7 | |
Additional Safety Instructions For: Rip Cuts | .. 8 | |
Additional Safety Instructions For: Crosscuts 9 | ||
Glossary of Terms for Woodworking | 9 | |
Motor Specifications and Electrical |
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Requirements | 11 | |
Power Supply and Motor Specifications .. | 11 | |
General Electrical Connections | 11 | |
Motor Specifications and Electrical |
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Requirements | 12 | |
Thermal Overload Protector | 13 | |
Wire Sizes | 13 | |
Unpacking and Checking Contents | 14 | |
Unpacking | 14 | |
List of Loose Parts | 14 | |
Getting to Know Your Table Saw | 15 | |
Alignment | 20 | |
Tools Needed | 20 | |
Remove Foam Motor Support | 20 | |
Checking Table Insert | 20 | |
Checking Heeling Adjustment or Parallelism | ||
of Sawblade to Miter Gauge Groove | 21 | |
Checking Blade Tilt, or Squareness of Blade | ||
to Table | 23 | |
To Check For Squareness, 90° Position ... | 23 | |
Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars | 25 | |
Aligning Sliding Table Extension | 26 | |
Rip Fence Alignment Adjustment | 26 | |
Rip Fence Lock Lever Adjustment | 27 | |
Adjusting Rip Indicator | 27 | |
Checking Sliding Table Extension | 28 | |
Installing Blade Guard | 28 | |
Aligning Blade Guard | 29 | |
Removing and Installing Sawblade | 30 | |
Miter Gauge Alignment | 31 | |
Adjusting Bevel Lock | 32 | |
Mounting Your Saw | 33 | |
Mounting Table Saw to Workbench |
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or Legset | 33 | |
Workbench Mounting Using Hardware | ..... | 33 |
Table Saw Mounting Procedures | 33 | |
Mounting Table Saw to RIDGID Universal |
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Power Tool Legset #AC9910 | 34 |
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Workbench Mounting Using "C" Clamps .. | 34 | |
Supporting Table Saw with Sawhorses | .... | 34 |
Safety Instructions for Basic Saw |
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Operations | 35 | |
Before Each Use | 35 | |
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From Jams, Slips | ||
Or Thrown Pieces (Kickbacks Or |
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Throwbacks) | 35 | |
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands, |
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Face and Ears | 36 | |
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning | 37 | |
Work Feed Devices | 38 | |
Attaching Wood Face Board | 39 | |
Push Block | 39 | |
Work Feed Devices | 40 | |
Auxiliary Fence | 40 | |
Fence Facing | 41 | |
Basic Saw Operations | 42 | |
Using the Miter Gauge | 42 | |
Additional Safety Instructions for |
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Crosscutting | 42 | |
Crosscutting | 42 | |
Repetitive Crosscutting | 43 | |
Miter Crosscutting | 44 | |
Bevel Crosscutting | 44 | |
Compound Crosscutting | 44 | |
Using the Rip Fence | 45 | |
Additional Safety Instructions for Rip Cuts 45 | ||
Ripping | 46 | |
Bevel Ripping Narrow Work | 47 | |
Using Featherboards for Thru Sawing | 48 | |
Using Featherboards for |
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Resawing | 50 | |
Using Carbide Tipped Blades | 50 | |
Dadoing | 51 | |
Rabbeting | 52 | |
Ploughing and Molding | 52 | |
Molding | 53 | |
Maintaining Your Table Saw | 54 | |
Maintenance | 54 | |
Adjusting Nylon Set Screw | 54 | |
Replacing Carbon Brushes | 55 | |
Lubrication | 55 | |
RIDGID Recommends the Following |
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Accessories | 55 | |
Troubleshooting | 56 | |
General | 56 | |
Motor | 57 | |
Repair Parts | 58 | |
Notes | 65 |
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