Hitachi C 10LA Glossary of Terms, Hitachi Professional Table SAW Terms, Woodworking Terms

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

HITACHI PROFESSIONAL

TABLE SAW TERMS

MITER GAUGE – A guide used for crosscutting operations that slides in the tabletop channels located on either side of the blade. It helps make accurate straight or angle cuts.

RIP FENCE – A guide used for rip cutting that clamps to the tabletop. It allows the workpiece to be straight.

TABLE INSERT – Provides access to the blade arbor

for changing blades.

OVERLOAD RESET SWITCH – Resets the thermocouple and provides a way to restart the saw motor if it overheats or overloads.

BLADE BEVEL SCALE – Measures the angle the blade is tilted when set for a bevel cut.

TABLE SCALE – Measures the distance the rip fence is set from the blade, allowing quick setups.

ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS – Prevents the workpiece from being kicked upward or back toward the front of the table saw by the spinning blade.

SPLITTER – Keeps the workpiece spread apart after being cut, to prevent binding on the blade and workpiece.

BLADE ELEVATION HANDWHEEL – Raises and

lowers the blade.

BLADE TILTING HANDWHEEL – Tilts the blade to any angle between 0° to 45° for bevel cuts.

WOODWORKING TERMS

ARBOR – The shaft on which a blade is mounted.

BEVEL CUT – An angle cut made through the face of

the workpiece.

COMPOUND CUT – A simultaneous bevel and miter

cut.

CROSSCUT – A cut made across the width of the

workpiece.

FREEHAND – Performing a cut without using a fence (guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent the workpiece from twisting during the cutting operation.

GUM – A sticky sap from wood products.

HEEL – Misalignment of the blade.

KERF – The amount of material removed by a blade

cut.

MITER CUT – An angle cut made across the width of

the workpiece.

RESIN – A sticky sap that has hardened.

REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) – The number of turns completed by a spinning object in one minute.

SAW BLADE PATH – The area of the workpiece or table top directly in line with the travel of the blade or the part of the workpiece that will be cut.

SET – The distance between two saw blade tips, bent outward in opposite directions to each other. The further apart the tips are, the greater the set.

WORKPIECE – The item being cut. The surfaces of a workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends and edges.

Leading Edge Saw Blade Path

Kerf

Surface

Trailing Edge

Workpiece

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