Safety Instructions For Oscillating Edge Belt/ Spindle Sander
Safety is a combination of common sense, staying alert and knowing how your oscillating edge belt/spindle sander works. Read this manual to understand this sander.
Safety Signal Words
DANGER: means if the safety infor- mation is not followed someone will be seriously injured or killed.
WARNING: means if the safety infor- mation is not followed someone could be seriously injured or killed.
CAUTION: means if the safety infor- mation is not followed someone may be injured.
Before Using The Sander
WARNING: Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known (to the State of California) to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are:
•Lead from
•Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry prod- ucts, and
•Arsenic and chromium from
Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of work. To reduce your exposure to these chemicals: work in a well ventilated area, and work with approved safety equip- ment, such as those dust masks that are specially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of mistakes that could cause seri- ous, permanent injury, do not plug the sander in until the fol- lowing steps are completed.
•Assembly. (See pages
•Learn the use and function of the
•Review and understanding of all safety instructions and operating procedures in this manual.
•Review of the maintenance meth- ods for this sander. (See page 29)
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