Sears 137.28463 operating instructions Ripping Small Pieces, Helpful Devices

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RIPPING SMALL PIECES

To avoid injury from the blade contact, never make cuts narrower than 3/4 in. wide.

1.It is unsafe to rip small pieces. Instead, rip a larger piece to obtain the size of the desired piece.

2.When a small width is to be ripped, your hand cannot be safely put between the blade and the rip fence, use push stick or push block to pass the workpiece completely through and past the blade.

HELPFUL DEVICES

In order to make some of cuts, it is necessary to use the devices like, push block, featherboard and auxiliary fence, which you can make yourself. Here are some templates for your reference.

FEATHERBOARD (FIG. RR, SS) A featherboard is a device used to help control the workpiece by guiding it securely against the table or fence. Featherboards are especially useful when ripping small workpieces and for completing non-through cuts. The end is angled with a number of short kerfs to give a friction hold on the workpiece and locked in place on the table

with C-clamps. Test that it can resist kickback.

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Place the featherboard against the uncut portion of the workpiece to avoid kickback that could cause serious personal injury.

MAKE A FEATHERBOARD (Fig. RR) Select a solid piece of lumber approximately 3/4 in thick, 4 in wide and 18 in long. To make a featherboard, cut one end of the lumber at 60 degrees, then cut 8 in-long slots 1/4 in apart on the angled end as shown in Fig. RR.

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USE A FEATHERBOARD (Fig. SS)

1.Lower the saw blade (1).

2.Position the rip fence (2) to the desired adjustment and lock the rip fence.

3.Place the workpiece (3) against the fence and over the saw blade area.

4.Adjust the featherboard (4) to resist the workpiece forward of the blade.

5.Attached the C-clamps (5) to secure the featherboard to the edge of the table.

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