Safety Instructions For Table Saw

Safety is a combination of common sense, staying alert and knowing how your table saw works. Read this manual to understand this table saw.

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 Saw

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 lead-based paints

Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products, and

Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treated lumber.

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 venti- lated area, and work with approved safety equipment, 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 table saw in until the fol- lowing steps have been satisfac- torily completed.

Completely align and align saw (See “Alignment” section).

Learn the use and function of the ON-OFF switch, blade guard, spreader, anti-kickback device, miter gauge, rip fence, table insert, blade elevation and blade bevel lock controls (See “Getting to Know Your Table Saw” section).

Review and understand all safety instructions and operating proce- dures in this manual.

Review the maintenance methods for this saw (See “Maintaining Your Table Saw” section)).

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