11.2 Rabetting and Grooving

Remove blade guard and set riving knife as decribed in paragraph 5.6 of this manual. Check depth of cut directly on the blade with tape or stick measure. Set rip fence to required width and make first cut. The sequence of cuts is important: when making the second cut the waste must be on the left side of the blade. If on to the right of the blade, the waste may jam between fence and blade and kicked back against you (danger of personal injury).

First cut

Second cut

11.3 Set-In Work

Remove the riving knife and tighten the gusset plate.

With set-in work the cut starts somewhere within the board. To do this work safely (danger of kickback) backstops are re- quired. These can simply be wooden blocks clamped to the saw table or, for longer workpieces, a complete jig or anti- kickback fence may be required, which is firmly attached to the saw table.

Set rip fence as required. Place workpiece with yout right hand against the stop, the left hands holds the workpiece against the fence and pushes it down into the blade.

Note: Mark area where blade will cut through on top of workpiece. Keep hands at at least 150 mm distance from blade.

11.4 Ripping with the Auxiliary Fence

Have riving knife and blade guard installed as described in paragraph 5.5. The auxiliary fence is used for

ripping stock that tends to open or close behind the blade.

Loosen both wing nuts holding the rip fence extrusion, remove the rip fence extrusion and install it with the small edge facing the blade. In this position it serves as an auxiliary fence. The wide edge must rest on the table. Position the fence extrusion to that its front end reaches to approx. the centre of the saw blade.

Always use the auxiliary fence when ripping 45° bevels, guiding the work along the small edge of the fence extrusion.

See also paragraph 5.3.

11.5 Crosscuts

Perform all crosscutting operations with the mitre fence supplied with this machine or with a sliding carriage available as optional accessory.

Install fence extrusion with the small edge facing the blade and position so that its front end just reaches the saw blade. With very small cutoffs use a deflector board as described in paragraph 8 to keep the cutoffs from being picked up by the rising teeth of the saw blade.

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