RIDGID TS3650 manual Additional Safety Instructions For

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Safety Instructions For Table Saw (continued)

•To reduce the risk of throwback of cut off pieces.

•Use the guard assembly.

To remove loose pieces beneath or trapped inside the guard.

•Turn saw “OFF”.

•Remove switch key.

•Wait for blade to stop before lifting the guard.

Before Leaving The Saw.

•Turn the saw off.

•Wait for blade to stop spinning.

•Unplug the saw.

•Make workshop child-proof. Lock the shop. Disconnect master switches. Remove the yellow switch key. Store it away from children and others not qualified to use the tool.

Additional Safety Instructions For:

Rip Type Cuts.

•Never use the miter gauge when ripping.

•

Use a push stick whenever the

Featherboard

fence is 2 inches or more from the

See “Work Feed Devices” section for

blade.

Material and Dimensions

Before Starting.

• When thru-sawing, use an auxiliary

• To reduce the risk of kickbacks and

fence and push block whenever the

slips into the blade, make sure the

fence must be between 1/2 and 2

rip

fence

is

parallel

to

the

inches from the blade.

sawblade.

•

Never thru-saw rip cuts narrower

than 1/2

inch. (See

“Basic Saw •

Before thru-sawing, check the anti-

Operations-Ripping

and

Bevel

kickback pawls. The pawls

must

stop a kickback once it has started.

Ripping” sections.)

Replace or

sharpen

anti-kickback

• Never rip anything shorter than 10”

pawls when

points

become

dull.

long.

(See “Maintaining Your Table Saw -

•

When using a push stick or push

Anti-Kickback Pawls” section.)

block, the trailing end of the board

• Plastic and composition (like hard-

must be

square. A push

stick or

board) materials may be

cut on

block against an uneven end could

your saw. However, since these are

slip off or push the work away from

usually quite hard and slippery, the

the fence.

anti-kickback pawls may not stop a

• A Featherboard can help guide the

kick-back. Therefore, be especially

workpiece.

(see ”Basic Saw

careful in your

setup and

cutting

Operation-Using Featherboards for

procedures.

Thru-Sawing.” section)

While Thru-sawing.

•

Always use featherboards for any

•

To reduce the risk of kickbacks and

non thru rip type cuts. (See “Basic

Saw Operations - Using Feather-

slips

into the blade,

always

push

forward on the section of the work-

boards

for

Non-Thru

Sawing”

piece between the sawblade and

section).		the rip fence. Never push forward
	8	on the piece being cut off.