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WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity with this product to make you
careless. Remember that a careless fraction of a second is
sufficient to inflict serious injury.
WARNING:
Always wear safety goggles or safety glasses with side
shields when operating power tools. Failure to do so
could result in objects being thrown into your eyes
resulting in possible serious injury.
APPLICATIONS
You may use this product for the purposes listed below:
Cutting all types of wood products (lumber, plywood,
paneling, composition board, and hard board)
Cross cutting/rip cutting
Bevel cutting
Pocket cutting
NOTE: The use of abrasive cut-off wheels is not recom-
mended for this saw.
KICKBACK
See Figures 7 - 10.
Kickback occurs when the blade stalls rapidly and the saw
is driven back towards you. Blade stalling is caused by any
action which pinches the blade in the wood.
DANGER:
Release switch immediately if blade binds or saw stalls.
Kickback could cause you to lose control of the saw. Loss
of control can lead to serious injury.
To guard against kickback, avoid dangerous practices such
as the following:
Setting blade depth incorrectly
Sawing into knots or nails in workpiece
Twisting the blade while making a cut
Making a cut with a dull, gummed up, or improperly set
blade
Supporting the workpiece incorrectly
Forcing a cut
Cutting warped or wet lumber
Operating the tool incorrectly or misusing the tool
To lessen the chance of kickback, follow these safety
practices:
Keep the blade at the correct depth setting. Less than a
full tooth of the blade teeth should be visible below the
workpiece.
OPERATION
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KiCKBaCK - BLaDe SeT TOO DeeP
iNCOrreCT SuPPOrT
15
30
45
51.5
Fig. 8
Fig. 7
COrreCT BLaDe DePTH SeTTiNg = LeSS THaN
a fuLL TOOTH Of THe BLaDe TeeTH SHOuLD
Be ViSiBLe BeLOw THe wOrKPieCe.
Fig. 9