Creative WS-6615 Circular SAW Safety, Safety Intructions for Circular SAW with Riving Knife

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WS-6613 / WS-6613 / WS-6615X

CIRCULAR SAW SAFETY

■Keep hands away from cutting area and blade. Keep your second hand on auxiliary handle or motor housing. If both hands are holding the saw, they cannot be cut by the blade.

■Do not reach underneath the workpiece. The guard cannot protect you from the blade below the workpiece.

■Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth of the blade teeth should be visible below the workpiece.

■Never use damaged or incorrect blade was- hers or bolts. The blade washers and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for optimum per- formance and safety of operation.

■NEVER hold piece being cut in your hands or across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a sta- ble platform. It is important to support the work properly to minimize body exposure, blade bin- ding, or loss of control.

■Hold power tool by insulating gripping surfa- ces when performing an operation where the cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its own cord. Contact with a "live" wire will also make exposed metal parts of the tool live and shock the operator.

■When ripping always use a rip fence or a straight edge guide. This improves the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of blade binding.

■Always use blades with correct size and shape (diamond versus round) of arbor holes. Blades that do notmatch the mounting hardware of the saw will run eccentrically, causing loss of control.

■Never use damaged or incorrect blade was- hers or bolts. The blade washers and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for optimum per- formance and safety of operation.

■Check the lower guard for proper closing befo- re each use. Do not operate saw if lower guard does not move freely and close instantly. Never clamp or tie the lower guard into the open position

. If saw is accidentally dropped, lower guard may be bent. Raise the lower guard with the retracting handle and make sure it moves freely and does not touch the blade or any other part, in all angles and depths of cut.

■Check the operation and condition of the lower guard spring. If the guard and the spring are not operating properly, they must be serviced before use. Lower guard may operate sluggishly due to damaged parts, gummy deposits, or a buildup of debris.

■Lower guard should be retracted manually only for special cuts such as "Pocket Cuts" and "Compound Cuts". Raise lower guard by

Retracting Handle. As soon as blade enters the material, lower guard must be released. For all other sawing, the lower guard should operate automatically.

■Always observe that the lower guard is cove- ring the blade before placing saw down on bench or floor. An unprotected, coasting blade will cause the saw to walk backwards, cutting wha- tever is in its path. Be aware of the time it takes for the blade to stop after switch is released.

■Do not use blades which are deforemed or crac- ked;

■Do not use saw blades made of high speed steel;

■Do not use blades which do not comply with cha- racteristics specified in these instructions;

■Do not stop the blade by lateral pressure on the disc;

■Ensure that movable guards, operate freely without jamming;

■Do not lock the movable guard in the open posi- tion;

■Ensure that any retraction mechanism of the guard system operates correctly;

■Do not use any abrasive wheels on the saw

SAFETY INTRUCTIONS FOR CIRCULAR SAW WITH RIVING KNIFE

■Use the appropriate riving knife for the blade being used. For the riving knife to work, it must be thicker than the body of the blade but thinner than the tooth set of the blade.

■Adjust the riving knife as described in this instruc- tion manual. Incorrect spacing, positioning and alignment can make the riving knife ineffective in preventing kickback.

■Riving knife causes interference during plunge cutting and can create kickback.

■For the riving knife to work, it must be engaged in the workpiece. The riving knife is ineffective in pre- venting kickback during short cuts.

■Do not operate the saw if riving knife is bent. Event a light interference can slow the closing rate of a guard

CAUSE OF KICKBACK

■Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched, bound, or misaligned saw blade, causing an uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the workpie- ce toward the operator.CIRCULAR SAW SAFE

■When the blade is pinched or bound tightly by the kerf closing down, the blade stalls and the motor reaction drives the unit rapidly back toward the operator.

■If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the blade can dig into the top surface of the wood causing the blade to climb out of the kerf and jump back toward the operator.

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