Safety Instructions; General Safety Instructions; Additional Safety Instructions For Cir- Cular Saws - Festool HKC 55 EB Notice D'utilisation D'origine

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Safety instructions

2.1

General safety instructions

WARNING!
Read all safety warnings, in-
structions, illustrations and specifications
provided with this power tool. Failure to follow all
instructions listed below may result in electric
shock, fire and/or serious injury.
Save all warnings and instructions for future ref-
erence.
The term "power tool" in the warnings refers to
your mains-operated (corded) power tool or bat-
tery-operated (cordless) power tool.
2.2 Additional safety instructions for circu-
lar saws
Cutting procedures
DANGER!
a.
ting area and the blade. Keep your second hand
on auxiliary handle, or motor housing. If both
hands are holding the saw, they cannot be cut by
the blade.
b. Do not reach underneath the workpiece. The
guard cannot protect you from the blade below
the workpiece.
c. Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the
workpiece. Less than a full tooth of the blade
teeth should be visible below the workpiece.
d. Never hold the workpiece in your hands or
across your leg while cutting. Secure the work-
piece to a stable platform. It is important to sup-
port the work properly to minimize body
exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
e. Hold the power tool by insulated gripping sur-
faces, when performing an operation where the
cutting tool may contact hidden wiring. Contact
with a "live" wire will also make exposed metal
parts of the power tool "live" and could give the
operator an electric shock.
f. When ripping, always use a rip fence or straight
edge guide. This improves the accuracy of cut
and reduces the chance of blade binding.
g. Always use blades with correct size and shape
(diamond versus round) of arbour holes. Blades
that do not match the mounting hardware of the
saw will run off-centre, causing loss of control.
h. Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers
or bolt. The blade washers and bolt were spe-
Keep hands away from cut-
cially designed for your saw, for optimum perfor-
mance and safety of operation.
i.Wear suitable protective equip-
ment such as ear protection,
safety goggles, a dust mask for
work which generates dust, and
protective gloves when changing
tools.
Kickbacks causes and related warnings
– kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
jammed or misaligned saw blade, causing an un-
controlled saw to lift up and out of the workpiece
toward the operator;
– when the blade is pinched or jammed tightly by
the kerf closing down, the blade stalls and the
motor reaction drives the unit rapidly back to-
ward the operator;
– if the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in the
cut, the teeth at the back edge of the blade can
dig into the top surface of the wood causing the
blade to climb out of the kerf and jump back to-
ward the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or incor-
rect operating procedures or conditions and can be
avoided by taking proper precautions as given be-
low.
a. Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the saw
and position your arms to resist kickback forc-
es. Position your body to either side of the
blade, but not in line with the blade. Kickback
could cause the saw to jump backwards, but
kickback forces can be controlled by the operator,
if proper precautions are taken.
b. When blade is binding, or when interrupting a
cut for any reason, release the trigger and hold
the saw motionless in the material until the
blade comes to a complete stop. Never attempt
to remove the saw from the work or pull the saw
backward while the blade is in motion or kick-
back may occur. Investigate and take corrective
actions to eliminate the cause of blade binding.
c. When restarting a saw in the workpiece, centre
the saw blade in the kerf so that the saw teeth
are not engaged into the material. If a saw blade
binds, it may walk up or kickback from the work-
piece as the saw is restarted.
d. Support large panels to minimise the risk of
blade pinching and kickback. Large panels tend
to sag under their own weight. Supports must be
placed under the panel on both sides, near the
line of cut and near the edge of the panel.
e. Do not use dull or damaged blades. Unsharp-
ened or improperly set blades produce narrow
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