
Crosscutting Defined
Crosscutting is cutting a workpiece to
length. The workpiece is held firmly against the fence, and the blade is pulled
through the workpiece to make the cut.
Straight, bevel, miter and compound cuts can be made.
Crosscutting Safety
The hazards associated with crosscutting include: exposed blade teeth, rolling car- riage, and thrown workpiece. This section explains these hazards and tells how to avoid them or reduce the risk of their hap- pening. Read this section before making any type of crosscut. Follow these steps every, time you make a crosscut.
Exposed Blade Teeth
WARNING
During crosscutting, blade teeth can
be exposed. To reduce risk of
having fingers, hand or arm cut off:
_/Set bottom edge of guard parallel to table to cover upper half of blade.
,/Lower pawls to clear fence or workpiece, whichever is higher, by va". Ix)wered pawls act as partial barrier to front of blade.
`/Keep hands away from blade and out of blade path. Keep hand holding down workpiece at least 8" from blade.
,/ Blade can come off table edge beyond 30° left miter position. Use right miter position whenever possible.
v_ Do not cut freehand. You will not be
able to control workpiece.
,/If blade jams, turn off saw, remove yel- low key, then free blade.
Crosscutting
Bevel
Straight
Miter
Compound
Rolling Carriage
_, WARNING
When saw is turned on, blade can
suddenly come forward. To reduce
risk of this happening:
`/Keep one hand on saw handle when
turning saw on.
_; Adjust leveling feet to make sure
radial arm slants slightly toward rear.
Thrown Workpiece
CAUTION
Workpiece could be picked up by
spinning blade and thrown. You
might be hit by thrown workpiece. To reduce risk of thrown workpiece:
`/Make sure installed fence is at least
half as high as the workpiece, and never less than 3/4".
v' Start and finish cut with blade in rear-
most position, behind fence.
,1'Firmly hold workpiece flat on table and up against fence. Cut only one workpiece at a time.
`/Pull blade through workpiece only dis- tance needed to complete cut, and never more than half diameter of blade.
,/Do not touch or move workpieces until blade has stopped spinning.
,/Use length stop only on end of workpiece which is held down.
`/Use table extensions t<) support workpieces that extend beyond table.
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