| Safety |
| “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by BULLET (•) symbol listed |
! WARNING | |
| BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury. |
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•Inspect guards before using a tool. Keep guards in place. Check moving parts for binding or any other condition that may affect the normal operation or safety features of the tool. If damaged, have tool serviced before using the tool. Many accidents are caused by poorly maintained tools.
•Do not alter or misuse tool. Any alteration or modification is a misuse and may result in serious personal injury.
•The use of any other accessories not specified in this manual may create a hazard. Accessories that may be suitable for one type of tool, may become hazardous when used on an inappropriate tool.
Service
•Tool service must be performed only by qualified repair personnel. Service or maintenance performed by unqualified personnel may result in misplacing internal wires and components which could cause serious hazard.
•When servicing a tool, use only identical replacement parts. Follow instructions in the Maintenance section of this manual. Use of unauthorized parts or failure to follow Maintenance Instructions may create a hazard.
Safety Rules for
Miter Saws
•Use clamps to support workpiece whenever possible. If supporting the workpiece by hand, you must always keep hand outside of “No Hands” area as marked with a symbol on the base. Do not use this saw to cut pieces that are too small to be securely clamped. Your hand if placed inside the “No Hands” region can easily slip or be pulled into the blade.
•Do not reach in back of the saw blade behind the fence with either hand to hold down or support the workpiece, remove wood scraps, or for any other reason. The proximity of the spinning saw blade to your hand may not be obvious and you may be seriously injured.
•Never cross your hand over intended line of cutting. Supporting the workpiece “cross handed” i.e. holding the left side of the workpiece with your right hand is very dangerous.
•Disconnect battery pack from tool before performing any assembly, adjustments, changing accessories, or storing the tool. Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of starting the tool accidentally.
•Miter saws are intended primarily to cut wood or woodlike products, they cannot be used with abrasive cutoff wheels for cutting ferrous material such as bars, rods, studs, etc. However, if cutting materials like aluminum or other
•Inspect your workpiece before cutting. If workpiece is bowed or warped, clamp it with the outside bowed face toward the fence. Always make certain that there is no gap between the workpiece, fence and table along the line of the cut. Bent or warped workpieces can twist or rock and may cause binding on the spinning saw blade while cutting. Also, make sure there are no nails or foreign objects in the workpiece.
•Do not use the saw until the table is clear of all tools, wood scraps, etc., except the workpiece. Small debris or loose pieces of wood or other objects that contact the revolving blade can be thrown with high speed at the operator.
•Do not feed workpiece into the blade or cut “freehand” in any way. Workpiece must be stationary and clamped or braced by your hand. Saw must be fed through the workpiece smoothly and at a rate which will not overload the saw’s motor.
•Cut only one workpiece at a time. Multiple workpieces cannot be adequately clamped or braced and may bind on the blade or shift during cutting.
•Be certain the miter saw is mounted or placed on a level, firm work surface before using. A level and firm work surface reduces the risk of the miter saw becoming unstable.
•Plan your work. Provide adequate support accessories such as tables, saw horses, table extension, etc. for workpieces wider or longer than the table top (see page 50). Workpieces longer or wider than the miter saw table can tip if not securely supported. If the cutoff piece or workpiece tips it can lift the lower guard or be thrown by the spinning blade.
•Do not use another person as a substitute for a table extension or as additional support. Unstable support for the workpiece can cause the blade to bind or the workpiece to shift during the cutting operation pulling you and the helper into the spinning blade.
•The cutoff piece must not be jammed against or pressured by any other means against the spinning saw blade. If confined, i.e. using length stops, it could get wedged against the blade and thrown violently.
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