Craftsman 509398, 509399 Major Hazards, Safety Symbol and Signal Words, Outfeed Zone Hazard

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Safety

This manual has safety information and instructions to help users eliminate or reduce the risk of accidents and injuries, including:

1.Severe cuts, and loss of fingers or other body parts due to contact with the blade.

2.Eye impact injuries and blindness, from being hit by a thrown workpiece, workpiece chips or pieces of blade.

3.Bodily impact injuries, broken bones and internal organ damage from being hit by a thrown workpiece.

4.Shock or electrocution.

5.Burns.

Major Hazards

Three major hazards are associated with using the radial arm saw for ripping. They are outfeed zone hazard, kickback and wrong way feed.

This section only briefly explains these haz- ards. Read the ripping and crosscutting safety sections for more detailed explana- tions of these and other hazards.

Outfeed Zone Hazard

Safety Symbol and Signal Words

An exclamation mark inside a triangle is the safety alert symbol.

It is used to draw attention to safety infor- mation in the manual and on the saw. It is followed by a signal word, DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION, which tells the level of risk:

DANGER: means if the safety informa- tion is not followed someone will be seri- ously injured or killed.

WARNING: means if the safety informa- tion is not followed someone could be seri- ously injured or killed.

CAUTION: means if the safety informa- tion is not followed someone may be injured.

Read and follow all safety information and instructions.

If you reach around the blade to the outfeed side when ripping, and try to hold down or pull the workpiece through to complete a cut, the rotational force of the blade will pull your hand back into the blade.

Fingers will be cut off.

Read and follow the information and instructions under ripping safety.

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Contents Inch Radial SAW Guard KIT Table of Contents Major Hazards SafetySafety Symbol and Signal Words Read and follow all safety information and instructionsKickback Hazard Guard Features Include Guard Function and FeaturesHazards Associated with Clear Por- tion of Guard Safety Instructions Personal Safety InstructionsWork Area Safety Instructions Workpiece Safety Instructions Saw Safety InstructionsBlade Safety Instructions On-Product Safety Labels Safety Assembly Identify PartsList of loose parts with model Remove Original Table Boards, and Mounting Supports Remove Sawblade and GuardPositioning Table Supports Installing Front Table Make Front Table Flat Reposition U-Clip to New Hole Location Leveling Front Table Assembly Making Front Table Flat X 13 Lock Nut Assembly Assembly Installing Guard Adapter Framing Square Must Be True Installing Blade/Squaring Crosscut TravelInstall Guard Install Fence, Rear Tables, and Table ClampsAlignment Guard Installation Steps/Align Riving Knife to BladeRequires yellow key ControlsLock before ripping Blade partially protects against Control Function Guard Tab Crosscutting Safety CrosscuttingCrosscutting Defined Keep one hand on saw handle through step Crosscut KerfsMaking Crosscuts Repetitive Crosscutting Ripping Push Sticks and Push Blocks Workpiece PositioningKickback Wrong Way Feed To reduce risk of kickbackPawls and Riving Knife Function Hold Down FunctionFollow these steps before ripping Ripping Set-up ProcedureMaking Rip Cuts Remove workpiece from table Ready push stick or push blockIn-Ripping Dado Blades, Molding Heads EdgingRipping Hints Cutting Aides Making the Handle Putting it togetherAuxiliary Fence Featherboard This Side Maintenance Clean sawdust from the slot and sliderReplacing Pawls Repair Parts #509398 & #509399Key Description Repair Parts Guard RZQHU·V Inch Radial SAW Guard KIT Pdqxdo