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• Provide good lighting.
• Never saw near combustible liquids or gases.
• Wear suitable work clothes! Loose garments or jewellery
may become caught up in the rotating saw blade.
• Operators have to be at least 18 years of age. Trainees
of at least 16 years of age are allowed to use the
machine under supervision.
• Keep children and infirm people away from the machine
when it is connected to the power supply.
• Check the power cord. Never use a faulty or damaged
power cord.
• If the cordset is damaged take the saw to an authorised
service centre for repair or replacement
• Never attempt any repairs yourself, always take it to an
authorised service centre for repair or parts replacement.
• Keep the saw table and your workplace clean of wood
scrap and any unnecessary objects.
• Keep the area free of tripping hazards.
• Persons working with the machine should not be
distracted.
• Note the direction of rotation of the motor and saw
blade.
• After you have switched off the motor, never slow down
the saw blade by applying pressure to its side.
• Fit only blades which are well sharpened and have no
cracks or deformations.
• The machine is to be operated only with a saw blade
from a reputable supplier.
• Faulty saw blades have to be replaced immediately.
• Never use saw blades, which do not comply with the
data specified in this manual.
• Make sure that the arrow on the saw blade complies
with the arrow marked on the machine.
• Never dismantle the machine’s safety devices or put
them out of operation.
• Damaged or faulty safety devices have to be replaced
immediately.
• Never cut a work piece, which is too small to hold
securely.
• If you are interrupted when operating the saw, complete
the process and switch off before looking up.
• Periodically check that all nuts, bolts and other fixings
are properly tightened.
• Do not store materials or equipment above a machine in
such a way that they could fall into it.
• Always ensure that your work is on the table. Never use
the tool to cut pieces that are not on the table.
• Do not place your hands in awkward positions where
one or both may slip suddenly and touch the saw blade.
• When working with a long work piece, use an additional
support such as a saw table to prevent the blade from
grabbing the work.
• When cutting round wood, use clamps that prevent the
work piece from turning on the table.
• There must be no nails or other foreign bodies in that
part of the work piece you want to cut.
• Always stand to the side of the saw blade when working
with the saw.
• Never load the machine so much that it slows down and
over-heats.
• Never saw several work pieces simultaneously.
• Use the push stick provided with the tool when cutting
along or across narrow work pieces.
• Never remove loose splinters, chips or jammed pieces of
wood when the saw blade is running.
• To rectify faults or remove jammed pieces of wood,
always switch off the machine first and remove the
mains plug!
• Adjustments, measurements and cleaning jobs are to be
performed only when the motor is switched off and the
mains plug removed!