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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
HITACHI PROFESSIONAL
TABLE SAW TERMS
MITER GAUGE - A guide used for crosscutting operations
that slides in the tabletop channels located on either side
of the blade. It helps make accurate straight or angle cuts.
RIP FENCE - A guide used for rip cutting that clamps to
the tabletop. It allows the workpiece to be straight.
TABLE INSERT - Provides access to the blade arbor for
changing blades.
OVERLOAD RESET SWITCH - Resets the thermocouple
and provides a way to restart the saw motor if it overheats
or overloads.
BLADE BEVEL SCALE - Measures the angle the blade is
tilted when set for a bevel cut.
TABLE SCALE - Measures the distance the rip fence is set
from the blade, allowing quick setups.
ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS - Prevents the workpiece from
being kicked upward or back toward the front of the table
saw by the spinning blade.
SPLITTER - Keeps the workpiece spread apart after being
cut, to prevent binding on the blade and workpiece.
BLADE ELEVATION HANDWHEEL - Raises and lowers the
blade.
BLADE TILTING HANDWHEEL - Tilts the blade to any
angle between 0 to 45 for bevel cuts.
WOODWORKING TERMS
ARBOR - The shaft on which a blade is mounted.
BEVEL CUT - An angle cut made through the face of the
workpiece.
COMPOUND CUT - A simultaneous bevel and miter cut.
CROSSCUT - A cut made across the width of the
workpiece.
FREEHAND - Performing a cut without using a fence
(guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent the
workpiece from twisting during the cutting operation.
GUM - A sticky sap from wood products.
HEEL - Misalignment of the blade.
KERF - The amount of material removed by a blade cut.
MITER CUT - An angle cut made across the width of the
workpiece.
RESIN - A sticky sap that has hardened.
REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) - The number of turns
completed by a spinning object in one minute.
SAW BLADE PATH - The area of the workpiece or table
top directly in line with the travel of the blade or the part
of the workpiece that will be cut.
SET - The distance between two saw blade tips, bent
outward in opposite directions to each other. The further
apart the tips are, the greater the set.
WORKPIECE - The item being cut. The surfaces of a
workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends and
edges.
Leading Edge
Sawblade Path
Trailing Edge
Surface
Kerf
Workpiece