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-28- G5959Z 12" Left-Tilting Table Saw
Ripping
Ripping means to cut with the grain of the wood.
In other materials such as MDF or plywood, rip-
ping simply means to cut lengthwise. To rip a
board:
1. Inspect the board for soundness. If your
workpiece is bowed it will need to be jointed
flat before attempting to rip on the table saw.
2. Set the rip fence to the desired distance from
the blade.
Never attempt to rip a board that does not
have one straight edge on it. Always run the
straight edge of the board against the rip
fence. Failure to do this could result in kick-
back and serious personal injury.
It is unsafe to put your hands close to the
blade. If you are making narrow cuts, use a
push stick. A push-stick pattern has been
included in this manual on Page 45, or you
can purchase a push stick from the Grizzly
catalog. Use the pushstick to hold the work-
piece against the fence, and push the work-
piece fully past the blade.
Dado Operations
The table saw is also an invaluable tool for creat-
ing a variety of dadoes. These non-through cuts
can be created with a specially-designed dado
blade or a regular blade. One type of dado blade
is shown in Figure 38.
Figure 38. Optional dado blade system.
Always use push sticks, featherboards,
push paddles and other safety accessories
whenever possible to increase safety and
control during operations which require the
blade guard and splitter to be removed from
the saw. ALWAYS replace the blade guard
after dadoing is complete.
Never allow hands or arms to be above or
behind the saw blade. Should kickback
occur, your hands and arms can be pulled
into the saw blade. Serious injury will
result.
The chance of kickback is always greater
with dado blades, so extra precautions
must be used. Any movement of the stock
away from the fence will cause kickback. Be
certain that stock is flat and straight. Failure
to follow these warnings could result in
serious personal injury.
3. Turn on the saw and allow it to reach full
speed. Place the trued edge of the board
against the fence. Feed the workpiece slow-
ly and evenly into the blade.