Bosch Power Tools 4405 manual Safety Rules For Miter Saws, Tool Use and Care

Safety

!WARNING “READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS” — Failure to follow the SAFETY RULES identified by BULLET (●) symbol listed BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury.

●Use safety equipment. Always wear safety goggles. Dust mask, safety shoes, hard hat or hearing protection must be used for appropriate conditions. Everyday eyeglasses only have impact resistant lenses, they are NOT safety glasses.

Tool Use and Care

●Use clamps or other practical way to secure and support the workpiece to a stable plat- form. Holding the work by hand or against your body is unstable. It allows for work to shift, causes binding of the tool and loss of control.

●Do not force tool. Use the correct tool for your application. The correct tool will do the job better and safer at the rate for which it is designed. Do not use the tool for purpose not intended - for example; do not use the miter saw for slicing meats.

●Do not use tool if switch does not turn it “ON” or “OFF”. Any tool that cannot be con- trolled with the switch is dangerous.

●Disconnect the plug from the power source before making any adjustments or changing accessories. Such preventive safety mea- sures reduce the risk of starting the tool acci- dentally.

●Keep cutting tools sharp and clean. Properly maintained tools, with sharp cutting edges, are less likely to bind and easier to control. When mounting saw blades be certain that the arrow on the blade matches the direction of the arrow marked on the tool and that the teeth are also pointing in the same direction.

●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 fea- tures of the tool. If damaged, have tool ser- viced 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 seri- ous personal injury.

●The use of any other accessories not speci- fied 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 mainte- nance performed by unqualified personnel may result in misplacing internal wires and compo- nents 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 Hand” 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.
	Always disconnect the power cord from the
	power source before making any adjust-
	ments or attaching any accessories. You
	may unintentionally start the saw, leading to
●	serious personal injury.
	Miter saws are intended 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 non-ferrous metals, use
	only saw blades specifically recommended
	for non-ferrous metal cutting. Cutting ferrous
	materials causes excessive sparking and will
	damage the lower guard and will overload the
	motor. (NOTE: Bosch Power Tool Company
	does not offer 10” metal cutting blades.)

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