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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 information is not followed someone will be seriously injured or killed.
WARNING: means if the safety information is not followed someone could be seriously injured or killed.
CAUTION: means if the safety information 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
•Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other masonry products, 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 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 serious, permanent injury, do not plug the table saw in until the following steps have been satisfactorily completed.
•Completely assemble and align saw (See “Assembly” section).
•Learn the use and function of the
•Review and understand all safety
instructions and operating procedures in this manual.
•Review the maintenance methods for this saw (See “Maintaining Your Table Saw” section).
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