
Ripping
To reduce risk of kickback:
[Set pawls and riving knife according to rip- ping
[Check that riving knife is in line with blade (see Alignment: Riving Knife to Blade).
[Cut only straight workpieces so surface will lie flat on table and edge will stay tight against fence. If you must cut an irregular workpiece, attach a straight edge (see Cutting Aides).
[Push workpiece through from infeed to outfeed side until it is completely past pawls.
[Use featherboard (see Cutting Aides). [Keep hands away from outfeed side.
[If blade jams, turn saw off, remove yellow key, then free blade.
[When cutting composition materials, or other materials with one smooth and one rough side, put rough side up so pawls will be more likely to grab.
Wrong Way Feed
Wrong way feed is ripping by feeding the workpiece into the outfeed side of the blade.
WARNING
Rotational force of blade will pull work- piece through violently if workpiece is fed in same direction as blade rotates (wrong way feed). Hands and fingers could be pulled along with workpiece into spinning blade before you can let go or pull back. Fingers, hand or arm could be cut off. Propelled workpiece could hit bystander.
To eliminate risk of wrong way feed:
[Feed workpiece against blade rotation.
[Set pawls and riving knife; they act as par- tial barrier to outfeed side.
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