Anti-Kickback Pawls

Toothed safety devices behind the blade designed to stop a workpiece from being kicked back at the operator during a rippingoperation.

Arbor

The shaft on which a blade or cutting tool is mounted.

Bevel Cut

A cutting operation made with the blade at any angle other than 90" to the saw table.

Compound Cut

A cut with both a miter angle and a bevel angle.

Crosscut

A cutting operation made across the grain or the width of the workpiece.

Dado

Anon-throughcut that gives a square notch or trough; requires a special blade.

Featherboard

A device to help guide workpieces during rip cuts.

Freehand (for talole saw)

Dangerous practice of making a cut without using rip or miter fences. See Safety Rules.

Gum

A sticky, sap-based residue from wood products.

Heel

Alignment of the blade.

Kerr

The material removed by the blade in a through cut or the slot produced by the blade in a non-through cut.

Kickback

A hazard that can occur when blade binds or stalls, throwing workpiece back toward operator.

Leading End

The end of the workpiece pushed into the cutting tool first.

Miter Cut

A cutting operation made with the miter gage using any angle other than 0°on the miter gage.

Molding

A non-through cut that gives a varied shape to the workpiece and requires a special blade.

Push Stick

A device used to feed the workpiece through the saw to help keep the operator'shands well away from the blade.

Push Block

A device used for non-throughcut type operations to help keep the operator's hands away from the blade.

Rabbet

A notch in the edge of a workpiece.

Resaw

A cutting operation to reduce the thickness of the workpiece in order to make thinner pieces.

Resin

A sticky, sap-based substance.

Rip Cut

A cut made with the grain of the workpiece.

Saw Blade Path

The area directly in line with the blade -- over, under, behind, or in front of it. Also, the workpiece area which will be or has been cut by the blade.

Set

The distance that the tip of the saw blade tooth is bent (or set) outward from the face of the blade.

Throw-Back

Saw throwing back a workpiece; similar to kickback.

Through Sawing

Any cutting operation where the blade extends completely through the workpiece.

Trailing End

The workpiece end last cut by the blade in a rip cut.

Workpiece

The item on which the cutting operation is being done. The surfaces of a workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends, and edges.

Worktable

The surface on which the workpiece rests while performinga cutting operation.

Blade

Arbor

5/8 in,

Blade

Diameter

10 in.

Blade Tilt

0 ° - 45°

Net Weight Without Leg Stand

75

Ibs,

Net Weight With Leg Stand

97

Ibs,

Rating

 

 

 

120 V, 60 Hz - AC

only

Input

 

 

 

 

 

15 Amperes

No Load

Speed

 

 

 

 

4,800

RPM

Cutting

Capacity

with

Miter

at 0"/Bevel

0°:

3-9/16

in.

Cutting

Capacity

with

Miter

at 0VBevel

45°:

2-t/2

in.

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Craftsman 315.22811 Resin, Rip Cut, Saw Blade Path, Set, Throw-Back, Through Sawing, Trailing End, Workpiece, Worktable