-40- Model g0690/g0691 (Mfg. 11/10+)
Keep the blade guard installed and in the
down position . Failure to do this could
result in serious personal injury or death.
To make a rip cut:
1. review preventing Kickback on page 13
and take the necessary precautions to pre-
vent kickback.
2. if using natural wood, joint one long edge of
the workpiece on a jointer.
3. disCoNNECt thE saW FroM poWEr!
4. Ensure that the blade guard/spreader is
installed.
5. set the fence to the desired width of cut on
the scale.
6. adjust the blade height so the highest saw
tooth protrudes approximately 1⁄4" above the
workpiece.
7. set up safety devices such as featherboards
or other anti-kickback devices.
8. rotate the blade to make sure it does not
come into contact with any of the safety
devices.
9. plug the saw into the power source, turn it
ON, and allow it to reach full speed.
"ripping" means cutting with the grain of a natu-
ral wood workpiece. in other man-made materials
such as MdF or plywood, ripping simply means
cutting lengthwise.
Ripping
Serious injury can be caused by kickback.
Kickback is a high-speed expulsion of stock
from the table saw toward an operator. The
operator or bystanders may be struck by
flying stock, or the operator’s hands can be
pulled into the blade during kickback.
Note: The jointed edge of the workpiece
must slide against the fence during the cut-
ting operation.
10. use a push stick to feed the workpiece
through the saw blade, as shown in Figure
55, until the workpiece is completely past the
saw blade.
Turn OFF the saw and allow the blade to
come to a complete stop before removing
the cut-off piece. Failure to follow this warn-
ing could result in serious personal injury.
Figure 55. typical ripping operation.