RIPPING (Fig. W, X)
WARNING
To prevent serious injury:
Never use a miter gauge when ripping.
Do not allow familiarity or frequent use of your table saw to cause careless mistakes. Remember that even a careless fraction of a second is enough to cause a severe injury.
Keep both hands away from the blade and clear from the path of the blade.
The workpiece must have a straight edge against the fence and must not be warped, twisted, or bowed when ripping.
1.Remove the miter gauge and store it in the "storage" compartment in the base of the saw.
2.Secure the rip fence to the table.
3.Raise the blade so it is about 1/8" higher than the top of the workpiece.
4.Place the workpiece flat on the table and against the fence. Keep the workpiece away from the blade.
5.Turn the saw ON and wait for the blade to come to full speed.
6.Slowly feed the workpiece into the blade by pushing forward only on the workpiece section (1) that will pass between the blade and the fence. (Fig. W)
WARNING
AVOID KICKBACK by pushing forward on the section of the workpiece that passes between the blade and the fence. Never perform any freehand operations.
Fig. W
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NOTE: Always use a push stick. When width of the rip is narrower than 2" the push stick cannot be used because the guard will interfere... therefore, use the auxiliary fence so the push stick can be used as shown on page 26.
7.Keep your thumbs off the table top. When both of your thumbs touch the front edge of the table (2), finish the cut with a push stick. To make an additional push stick, use the pattern on page 26.
8.The push stick (3) should always be used. (Fig. X)
9.Continue pushing the workpiece with the push stick
(3)until it passes through the blade guard and clears the rear of the table.
10.Never pull the piece back when the blade is turning. Turn the switch OFF. When the blade completely stops, you can then remove the workpiece.
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BEVEL RIPPING
This cut is the same as ripping except the blade bevel angle is set to an angle other than " 0o ".
RIPPING SMALL PIECES
To avoid injury from the blade contact, never make cuts narrower than 1/2" wide.
1.It is unsafe to rip small pieces. Instead, rip a larger piece to obtain the size of the desired piece.
2.When a small width is to be ripped and your hand cannot be safely press between the blade and the rip fence, use one or more push sticks to move the workpiece. Always use a push stick during ripping operations.
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