Additional Safety Instructions For:
Crosscut Type Cuts.
•Never use the rip fence when cross- cutting.
•An auxiliary wood facing attached to the miter gauge can help prevent workpiece twisting and throwbacks. Attach it to the slots provided. Make the facing long enough and big enough to support your work. Make sure, however, it will not interfere with the sawblade guard.
Before Starting
•Use jigs or fixtures to help hold any piece too small to extend across the full length of the miter gauge face during the cut. This lets you properly hold the miter gauge and workpiece and helps keep your hands away from the blade.
While Cutting
•To reduce the risk of blade contact, always hold the miter gauge as shown in “Basic Saw Operations - Using The Miter Gauge”.
Glossary of Terms for Woodworking
Anti-Kickback Pawls
Device which, when properly maintained, is designed to stop the workpiece from being thrown towards the front of the saw at the operator during ripping operation.
Arbor
The shaft on which a cutting tool is mounted.
Bevel Cut
An angle cutting operation made through the face of the workpiece.
Compound Cut
A simultaneous bevel and miter crosscut- ting operation.
Crosscut
A cutting operation made across the width of the workpiece.
Dado
A non thru cut which produces a square sided notch or trough in the workpiece.
Featherboard
A device which can help guide work- pieces during rip type operation.
Freehand
Performing a cut without the use of fence (guide), miter gauge, fixture, hold down or other proper device to prevent the work- piece from twisting during the cutting operation. Twisting of the workpiece can cause it to be thrown.
Gum
A sticky, sap based residue from wood products.
Heel
Misalignment of the sawblade such that the blade is not parallel to the miter gauge groove.
Kerf
The amount of material removed by the blade in a through cut or the slot produced by the blade in a nonthrough or partial cut.
Kickback
An uncontrolled grabbing and throwing of the workpiece back toward the front of the saw.
Leading End
The end of the workpiece which, during a rip type operation, is pushed into the cut- ting tool first.
Miter Cut
An angle cutting operation made across the width of the workpiece.
Molding
A non through cut which produces a spe- cial shape in the workpiece used for join- ing or decoration.
Ploughing
Grooving with the grain the length of the workpiece, using the fence. (A type of
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