•Never hold the piece being cut in your hands or across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a stable platform. It is important to support the work properly to minimize body exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
•Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces when performing an operation where the cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its own cord. Contact with a “live” wire will also make exposed metal parts of the power tool “live” and shock the operator.
•When ripping, always use a rip fence or straight edge guide. This improves the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of the blade binding.
•Always use blades with correct size and shape (diamond versus round) of arbour holes. Blades that do not match the mounting hardware of the saw will run eccentrically, causing loss of control.
•Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or bolts. The blade washers and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for optimum performance and safety of operation.
•Never wet cut with blades designed for dry cutting. There is danger of blade fracture and serious personal injury.
•Always wear a dust mask and gloves when cutting tiles. Some material contains chemicals which may be toxic. Take care to prevent dust inhalation and skin contact.
•Diamond blades do not cut material, rather they grind material to perform a cutting action. Do not feed the blade into the tile/masonry faster than the blade can grind.
•Match the diamond blade to the cutting operation being performed.
•Before mounting a blade, check the blade, the arbour, blade bolt and flanges for damage or wear. Arrange for any damaged or worn parts to be replaced by GMC using original parts.
•Never grind a tile using the side of the blade, or try to make radius or curve cuts. This will damage the blade and could cause blade fracture.
Testing your safety switch
IMPORTANT. Ensure the RCD is tested upon every use. It is essential that the safety switch is tested to ensure it is functioning correctly. We strongly recommend that this procedure is conducted without fail before every use.
1.Plug your RCD device into a fixed
WARNING. The RCD device should be connected directly to a mains socket outlet only, never connect your RCD device to an extension cord.
2. To set the RCD into the ON | B | |
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“RESET” button. The “RED |
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3. Press the “TEST” button. |
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Doing this will make the RCD |
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then will change the “RED ON” |
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illuminator to a clear colour, |
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4.Upon tripping, you must reset RCD to the “ON” position. Press the green “RESET” button, the “RED ON” illuminator will transform from a clear colour to a red colour (Fig. B).
IMPORTANT. If your RCD device does not operate correctly in accordance with the instructions provided, you must stop using the device and contact the GMC help line.
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