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WS-6613 / WS-6613 / WS-6615X
GB
CIRCULAR SAW SAFETY
■ Keep hands away from cutting area and blade.
Keep your second hand on auxiliary handle or
motor housing. If both hands are holding the saw,
they cannot be cut by the blade.
■ Do not reach underneath the workpiece. The
guard cannot protect you from the blade below the
workpiece.
■ Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the
workpiece. Less than a full tooth of the blade
teeth should be visible below the workpiece.
■ Never use damaged or incorrect blade was-
hers or bolts. The blade washers and bolt were
specially designed for your saw, for optimum per-
formance and safety of operation.
■ NEVER hold piece being cut in your hands or
across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a sta-
ble platform. It is important to support the work
properly to minimize body exposure, blade bin-
ding, or loss of control.
■ Hold power tool by insulating gripping surfa-
ces when performing an operation where the
cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its
own cord. Contact with a "live" wire will also make
exposed metal parts of the tool live and shock the
operator.
■ When ripping always use a rip fence or a
straight edge guide. This improves the accuracy
of cut and reduces the chance of blade binding.
■ Always use blades with correct size and shape
(diamond versus round) of arbor holes. Blades
that do notmatch the mounting hardware of the
saw will run eccentrically, causing loss of control.
■ Never use damaged or incorrect blade was-
hers or bolts. The blade washers and bolt were
specially designed for your saw, for optimum per-
formance and safety of operation.
■ Check the lower guard for proper closing befo-
re each use. Do not operate saw if lower guard
does not move freely and close instantly. Never
clamp or tie the lower guard into the open position
. If saw is accidentally dropped, lower guard may
be bent. Raise the lower guard with the retracting
handle and make sure it moves freely and does
not touch the blade or any other part, in all angles
and depths of cut.
■ Check the operation and condition of the lower
guard spring. If the guard and the spring are not
operating properly, they must be serviced before
use. Lower guard may operate sluggishly due to
damaged parts, gummy deposits, or a buildup of
debris.
■ Lower guard should be retracted manually
only for special cuts such as "Pocket Cuts"
and "Compound Cuts". Raise lower guard by
Retracting Handle. As soon as blade enters the
material, lower guard must be released. For all
other sawing, the lower guard should operate
automatically.
■ Always observe that the lower guard is cove-
ring the blade before placing saw down on
bench or floor. An unprotected, coasting blade
will cause the saw to walk backwards, cutting wha-
tever is in its path. Be aware of the time it takes for
the blade to stop after switch is released.
■ Do not use blades which are deforemed or crac-
ked;
■ Do not use saw blades made of high speed steel;
■ Do not use blades which do not comply with cha-
racteristics specified in these instructions;
■ Do not stop the blade by lateral pressure on the
disc;
■ Ensure that movable guards, operate freely
without jamming;
■ Do not lock the movable guard in the open posi-
tion;
■ Ensure that any retraction mechanism of the guard
system operates correctly;
■ Do not use any abrasive wheels on the saw
SAFETY INTRUCTIONS FOR CIRCULAR
SAW WITH RIVING KNIFE
■ Use the appropriate riving knife for the blade
being used. For the riving knife to work, it must be
thicker than the body of the blade but thinner than
the tooth set of the blade.
■ Adjust the riving knife as described in this instruc-
tion manual. Incorrect spacing, positioning and
alignment can make the riving knife ineffective in
preventing kickback.
■ Riving knife causes interference during plunge
cutting and can create kickback.
■ For the riving knife to work, it must be engaged in
the workpiece. The riving knife is ineffective in pre-
venting kickback during short cuts.
■ Do not operate the saw if riving knife is bent. Event
a light interference can slow the closing rate of a
guard
CAUSE OF KICKBACK
■ Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
bound, or misaligned saw blade, causing an
uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the workpie-
ce toward the operator.
CIRCULAR SAW SAFE
■ When the blade is pinched or bound tightly by the
kerf closing down, the blade stalls and the motor
reaction drives the unit rapidly back toward the
operator.
■ If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in the
cut, the teeth at the back edge of the blade can dig
into the top surface of the wood causing the blade
to climb out of the kerf and jump back toward the
operator.