RIDGID TS3650 manual Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
Section	Page
Table of Contents	2
Safety Instructions For Table Saw	3
Safety Signal Words	3
Before Using The Saw	3
When Installing Or Moving The Saw	4
Before Each Use	4
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From
Jams, Slips Or Thrown Pieces
(Kickbacks Or Throwbacks)	5
Plan Ahead To Protect Your
Eyes, Hands, Face and Ears	6
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning	7
Additional Safety Instructions For:	8
Additional Safety Instructions For:	9
Additional Safety Instructions For
Herc-U-Lift™ Caster System:	9
Glossary of Terms for Woodworking	9
Motor Specifications and Electrical
Requirements	11
Power Supply and Motor Specifications	.....11
General Electrical Connections	11
Changing Motor Voltage	13
Motor Thermal Overload Protector	14
Wire Sizes	14
Unpacking and Checking Contents	15
Tools Needed	15
Unpacking	15
List of Loose Parts	16
Herc-U-Lift™ Caster Carton	17
Loose Parts	17
Assembly	17
Installing Bevel Handwheel	17
Installing Elevation Handwheel	18
Assembling Leg Stand	18
Mounting Your Saw	19
Assembling Table Extensions	21
Checking Table Insert	22
Checking Heeling Adjustment or Parallelism
of Sawblade to Miter Gauge Groove	23
Checking Blade Tilt, or Squareness
of Blade to Table	25
Checking Tilt Mechanism	26
Assembling Herc-U-Lift™ Caster System ...	27
Assembly Tips	27
Upper Assembly	27
Lower Assembly	28
Assembling Herc-U-Lift™ Caster System
to Saw	29
Installation Instructions	29
Operation of Herc-U-Lift™ Caster System .30
Installing Front Rip Fence Guide Bar	31
Installing Rear Fence Guide Bar	32
Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars	33
Installing Spacer Bar	34
Rip Fence Alignment Adjustment	35
Rip Fence Lock Lever Adjustment	35
Adjusting Fence Indicator	36
Installing Blade Guard	36
Aligning Blade Guard	37

Section	Page
Mounting the Motor		38
Installing Belt		39
Installing Belt Guard		39
Mounting Switch and End Caps		40
Securing Electrical Cords		41
Installing Guide Bar End Caps		41
Getting to Know Your Table Saw		42
Additional Safety Instructions When
Using Zero Clearance Insert		46
Remove the Existing	Insert	47
Installing Zero Clearance Insert/Sawblade . 47
Installing Zero Clearance Insert/Dado Blades ..		48
Operation Tips		48
Safety Instructions for Basic Saw Operations		49
Before Each Use		49
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From Jams,
Slips Or Thrown Pieces (Kickbacks Or
Throwbacks)		49
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes,
Hands, Face and Ears		51
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning		52
Work Feed Devices		52
Attaching Wood Face Board		53
Push Block		54
Auxiliary Fence		55
Work Support for Material over 26" Wide ...		56
Basic Saw Operations		57
Using the Miter Gauge		57
Additional Safety Instructions
for Crosscutting		57
Crosscutting		57
Repetitive Crosscutting		58
Miter Crosscutting		59
Bevel Crosscutting		59
Compound Crosscutting		59
Using the Rip Fence		60
Additional Safety Instructions for Rip Cuts		.60
Ripping		61
Bevel Ripping Narrow Work		62
Using Featherboards for Thru-Sawing		63
Using Featherboards for Non Thru-Sawing		63
Resawing		64
Using Carbide Tipped Blades		65
Dadoing		65
Rabbeting		66
Ploughing and Molding		66
Molding		67
Adjustments		68
Miter Gauge		68
Maintaining Your Table Saw		69
Maintenance		69
Lubrication		70
RIDGID Recommends the Following
Accessories		70
Wiring Diagrams		71
Troubleshooting		72
General		72
Motor		73
Notes		75
Repair Parts		76

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