Ryobi BTS15 manual To Make Dado Cuts

OPERATION

WARNING:

Never feed wood with your hands when making any non- through cut such as rabbets or dadoes.

TO MAKE DADO CUTS

A dado is a non-through cut and typically refers to a channel cut, both with the grain and across the grain. (The Ryobi part number for the dado set is 4650306.)

￿Unplug your saw.

WARNING:

When making a non-through cut, the cutter is covered by the workpiece during most of the cut. Be alert to the exposed cutter at the start and finish of every cut to avoid the risk of serious personal injury.

￿When the cut is made, turn the saw off ( ). Wait for the blade to come to a complete stop before removing the workpiece.

￿Unplug your saw.

￿Lower the saw blade.

￿Reinstall the blade guard assembly.

￿Retighten the nuts at the base of the riving knife. Check riving knife alignment to the blade.

WARNING:

Unplug the saw to avoid possible injury.

￿Lower the blade.

￿Remove the blade guard assembly.

￿Retighten the two hex nuts on base assembly.

￿Remove the throat plate.

￿Remove the saw blade.

￿Remove the flange/spacer and spacer/washer.

￿Reinstall the flange/spacer.

￿Mount the dado blade, using the blade and chippers appropriate for the desired width of cut.

￿Reinstall the flange nut.

￿Make sure the flange nut is fully engaged.

NOTE: the spacer/washer should only be used with a regular blade.

￿Replace the throat plate with optional Dado Throat Plate (A31TS04). When ordering parts, always give the model number. Call 1-800-525-2579 for assistance.

WARNING:

Always put all spacers in proper location when changing back to saw blade. Failure to do so may result in possible injury and damage to the tool.

WARNING:

Always use push blocks, push sticks, or featherboards when making dado cuts to avoid the risk of serious injury.

WARNING:

All blades must be rated for at least 5,500 RPM to prevent possible injury or damage to the tool.

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