Sears BT400 Saw User Manual


 
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GENERAL SAFETY RULES (FOR ALL TOOLS)
SYMBOL MEANING
The purpose of safety symbols is to immediately attract your attention to the possibil-
ity of danger. The following safety symbols and the explanations of them deserve
your careful attention and complete understanding. These safety warnings do not
eliminate any dangers on their own, and the instructions and warnings they give
should not be taken as substitutes for proper accident prevention measures.
SAFETY ALERT
SYMBOL Indicates
caution or warning.
May be used in
conjunction with
other symbols or
pictures/graphs.
WARNING
Failure to heed a
safety WARNING
can result in seri-
ous injury to
yourself or to oth-
ers. Always follow
the safety precau-
tions to reduce the
risk of fire, electric
shock and personal
injury.
CAUTION
Failure to heed a
safety CAUTION
can result in
property damage
or personal injury
to yourself or to
others. Always fol-
low the safety pre-
cautions to reduce
the risk of fire,
electric shock and
personal injury.
NOTE
Advises you of
information or
instructions that
are necessary in
the operation and
maintenance of the
tool.
WARNING: Do not attempt to
operate this tool until you have thoroughly
read and fully understand all the Safety
Rules, Rules For Safe Operation, and
Instructions and Information specific to the
safe operation of this tool. Failure to do so
can result in accidents involving serious
personal injury, fire or electric shock. Save
this manual and review it frequently for
safe operation and for instructing others
on the proper use of this tool.
WARNING: Do not attempt to
operate tool if any parts are missing.
Failure to do so could result in possible
serious personal injury. Do not use tool
if trigger switch does not turn it on or
off.
WARNING:
Do not allow familiarity
with the tool to make you careless in its
operation. Remember that it only takes a
careless fraction of a second to inflict
severe injury
.
SYMBOL MEANING
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