Grizzly G0444Z instruction manual Common Definitions, Terms And Phrases

Common Definitions, Terms And Phrases

Arbor: Metal shaft that connects the drive mech- anism to the blade.

Bevel Edge Cut: Tilting the saw arbor and blade to an angle between 0¡ and 45¡ to perform an angled cutting operation.

Blade Guard: Guard mechanism that mounts over the saw blade to prevent accidental con- tact with the cutting edge.

Crosscut: Table saw operation in which the miter gauge is used to cut across the grain of the workpiece.

Dado Blade: Blade or set of blades that attach to the arbor and are used for cutting grooves and rabbets.

Dado Cut: Table saw operation that uses a dado blade to cut a flat bottomed groove into the face of the workpiece.

Featherboard: Safety device used to keep a board against the rip fence or table. Allows operator to keep hands away from the saw blade.

Kerf: The resulting cut or gap made by a saw blade.

Kickback: An event in which the workpiece is thrown back toward an operator at a high rate of speed.

Miter Gauge: A component that controls the workpiece movement while performing a crosscut. Allows for variation of angle cuts such as miter cuts used on a picture frame.

Moulding Head: A cutterhead attached to the arbor. Accepts interchangeable moulding knives for profile cutting. We DO NOT recom- mend the use of moulding heads because they require advanced skills for their safe operation.

Non-Through Cut: A sawing operation that requires the removal of the blade guard and splitter. Dado and rabbet cuts are considered

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Non-Through Cuts because the blade does not protrude above the top face of the workpiece. Always remember to re-install the blade guard and splitter after performing a non-through cut.

Parallel: Being an equal distance apart at every point. i.e. the rip fence face is parallel to the side face of the saw blade.

Perpendicular: Intersecting and forming right angles; at right angles to the vertical and hori- zontal planes. i.e. at 90û the blade is perpen- dicular to the table surface.

Push Paddle/Push Stick: Safety aid used to push the workpiece through the cutting opera- tion.

Rabbet: Cutting operation that creates an L- shaped channel along the edge of the board.

Rip Cut: A cut made along the grain of the work- piece.

Sacrificial Fence: A piece of wood attached to the face of the rip fence that is designed to extend the fence face away from the metal por- tion of the fence. Used primarily when making rabbet cuts with a dado blade.

Splitter: Metal plate attached to the back of the blade guard that maintains the kerf opening in the workpiece when performing a cutting oper- ation.

Standard Kerf: 1Ú8" gap made with a standard blade.

Straightedge: A tool used to check the flatness, parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).

Thin Kerf: 3Ú32" gap made with a thin kerf blade.

Through Cut: A sawing operation in which the workpiece thickness is completely sawn through. Proper blade height usually allows 1Ú4" of the top of the blade to extend above the wood stock.

G0444/G0444Z 10" Table Saw