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Table of Contents
Section Page
Table of Contents ........................................ 2
Safety Instructions For Table Saw ............. 3
Safety Signal Words .................................. 3
Before Using The Saw ............................... 3
When Installing Or Moving The Saw ............ 4
Before Each Use ........................................... 4
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From Jams, Slips
Or Thrown Pieces (Kickbacks Or
Throwbacks) ............................................. 5
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands,
Face and Ears ............................................ 6
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning ................. 7
Additional Safety Instructions For: Rip Cuts.. 8
Additional Safety Instructions For: Crosscuts 9
Glossary of Terms for Woodworking ........ 9
Motor Specifications and Electrical
Requirements ........................................ 11
Power Supply and Motor Specifications ..11
General Electrical Connections ...............11
Motor Specifications and Electrical
Requirements ........................................ 12
Thermal Overload Protector .................... 13
Wire Sizes ................................................ 13
Unpacking and Checking Contents ......... 14
Unpacking .................................................14
List of Loose Parts .................................... 14
Getting to Know Your Table Saw ............. 15
Alignment ................................................... 20
Tools Needed ........................................... 20
Remove Foam Motor Support .................. 20
Checking Table Insert ............................... 20
Checking Heeling Adjustment or Parallelism
of Sawblade to Miter Gauge Groove ...... 21
Checking Blade Tilt, or Squareness of Blade
to Table .................................................. 23
To Check For Squareness, 90° Position ...23
Adjusting Rip Fence Guide Bars ...............25
Aligning Sliding Table Extension .............. 26
Rip Fence Alignment Adjustment ............. 26
Rip Fence Lock Lever Adjustment ............ 27
Adjusting Rip Indicator ..............................27
Checking Sliding Table Extension ............ 28
Installing Blade Guard ..............................28
Aligning Blade Guard ................................ 29
Removing and Installing Sawblade ...........30
Miter Gauge Alignment ............................. 31
Adjusting Bevel Lock ................................ 32
Mounting Your Saw ................................... 33
Mounting Table Saw to Workbench
or Legset ................................................ 33
Workbench Mounting Using Hardware .....33
Table Saw Mounting Procedures .............. 33
Mounting Table Saw to RIDGID Universal
Power Tool Legset #AC9910 .................. 34
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Workbench Mounting Using "C" Clamps ..34
Supporting Table Saw with Sawhorses ....34
Safety Instructions for Basic Saw
Operations.............................................. 35
Before Each Use ....................................... 35
To Reduce the Risk of Injury From Jams, Slips
Or Thrown Pieces (Kickbacks Or
Throwbacks) ........................................... 35
Plan Ahead To Protect Your Eyes, Hands,
Face and Ears ..........................................36
Whenever Sawblade Is Spinning ................ 37
Work Feed Devices ................................... 38
Attaching Wood Face Board ..................... 39
Push Block ................................................39
Work Feed Devices ................................... 40
Auxiliary Fence ......................................... 40
Fence Facing ............................................41
Basic Saw Operations ............................... 42
Using the Miter Gauge .............................. 42
Additional Safety Instructions for
Crosscutting ........................................... 42
Crosscutting .............................................. 42
Repetitive Crosscutting ............................. 43
Miter Crosscutting ..................................... 44
Bevel Crosscutting .................................... 44
Compound Crosscutting ........................... 44
Using the Rip Fence ................................. 45
Additional Safety Instructions for Rip Cuts 45
Ripping ...................................................... 46
Bevel Ripping Narrow Work ...................... 47
Using Featherboards for Thru Sawing ......48
Using Featherboards for
Non-Thru Sawing.................................... 49
Resawing .................................................. 50
Using Carbide Tipped Blades ................... 50
Dadoing ....................................................51
Rabbeting ................................................. 52
Ploughing and Molding .............................52
Molding ..................................................... 53
Maintaining Your Table Saw ..................... 54
Maintenance ............................................. 54
Adjusting Nylon Set Screw ....................... 54
Replacing Carbon Brushes ....................... 55
Lubrication ................................................55
RIDGID Recommends the Following
Accessories .......................................... 55
Troubleshooting ........................................56
General ..................................................... 56
Motor ......................................................... 57
Repair Parts ............................................... 58
Notes .......................................................... 65