Pawls/Riving Knife Knob Guard Tab | RIDGID SP6263 instruction

Pawls/Riving

Pawls
	Riving Knife
Control	Function	Operation/Comments
Guard Tab	Provides manual way to raise	Push and hold until workpiece clears
	clear plastic guard during ripping	guard, then release
	when workpiece fails to raise it

Pawls/Riving	Frees pawls and riving knife to
Knife Knob	independently move up and down
Pawls	During ripping, slow or stop kick-
	back by digging into workpiece;
	when lowered during crosscut-
	ting, provide partial barrier to lead-
	ing edge of blade
Riving Knife	Reduces kickback by keeping kerf
	open; when lowered during cross-
	cutting, provides partial barrier to
	leading edge of blade

Turn counterclockwise to loosen, clockwise to tighten

For ripping, set pawl level on work- piece surface. For safety reasons set pawls before ripping; See Ripping Set-Up for details and illustrations

For ripping, lower to table

For safety reasons riving knife must be in line with blade. See Alignment: Riving Knife to Blade