5. Service
a) Have your power tool serviced by a qualified
repair person using only identical replacement
parts. This will ensure that the safety of the power
tool is maintained.
m WARNING
Danger due to electromagnetic field
This power tool generates an electromagnetic field
during operation. This field can impair active or pas-
sive medical implants under certain conditions.
- In order to prevent the risk of serious or deadly
injuries, we recommend that persons with medi-
cal implants consult with their physician and the
manufacturer of the medical implant prior to op-
erating the power tool.
Safety instructions for table saws
Guarding related warnings
a) Keep guards in place. Guards must be in work-
ing order and be properly mounted. A guard
that is loose, damaged, or is not functioning cor-
rectly must be repaired or replaced.
b) Always use saw blade guard and riving knife
for
every
through-cutting
through-cutting operations where the saw blade
cuts completely through the thickness of the work-
piece, the guard and other safety devices help re-
duce the risk of injury.
c) Immediately reattach the guarding system af-
ter completing an operation (such as rabbet-
ing, dadoing or resawing cuts) which requires
removal of the saw blade guard and/or riving
knife. The guard and riving knife help to reduce
the risk of injury.
d) Make sure the saw blade is not contacting the
guard, riving knife or the workpiece before the
switch is turned on. Inadvertent contact of these
items with the saw blade could cause a hazardous
condition.
e) Adjust the riving knife as described in this in-
struction manual. Incorrect spacing, positioning
and alignment can make the riving knife ineffective
in reducing the likelihood of kickback.
f) For the riving knife to work, they must be en-
gaged in the workpiece. The riving knife is ineffec-
tive when cutting workpieces that are too short to be
engaged with the riving knife. Under these conditions
a kickback cannot be prevented by the riving knife.
g) Use the appropriate saw blade for the riving
knife. For the riving knife to function properly, the
saw blade diameter must match the appropriate
riving knife and the body of the saw blade must be
thinner than the thickness of the riving knife and
the cutting width of the saw blade must be wider
than the thickness of the riving knife.
operation.
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Cutting procedures warnings
a) m DANGER: Never place your fingers or hands
in the vicinity or in line with the saw blade. A
moment of inattention or a slip could direct your
hand towards the saw blade and result in serious
personal injury.
b) Feed the workpiece into the saw blade or cut-
ter only against the direction of rotation. Feed-
ing the workpiece in the same direction that the
saw blade is rotating above the table may result
in the workpiece, and your hand, being pulled into
the saw blade.
c) Never use the mitre gauge to feed the work-
piece when ripping and do not use the rip fence
as a length stop when cross cutting with the mi-
tre gauge. Guiding the workpiece with the rip fence
and the mitre gauge at the same time increases the
likelihood of saw blade binding and kickback.
d) When ripping, always apply the workpiece feed-
ing force between the fence and the saw blade.
Use a push stick when the distance between the
fence and the saw blade is less than 150 mm,
and use a push block when this distance is less
than 50 mm. "Work helping" devices will keep your
hand at a safe distance from the saw blade.
e) Use only the push stick provided by the manu-
facturer or constructed in accordance with the
instructions. This push stick provides sufficient
distance of the hand from the saw blade.
f) Never use a damaged or cut push stick. A dam-
aged push stick may break causing your hand to
slip into the saw blade.
g) Do not perform any operation "freehand".
Always use either the rip fence or the mitre
gauge to position and guide the workpiece.
"Freehand" means using your hands to sup-
port or guide the workpiece, in lieu of a rip
fence or mitre gauge. Freehand sawing leads to
misalignment, binding and kickback.
h) Never reach around or over a rotating saw
blade. Reaching for a workpiece may lead to acci-
dental contact with the moving saw blade.
i) Provide auxiliary workpiece support to the rear
and/or sides of the saw table for long and/or
wide workpieces to keep them level. A long and/
or wide workpiece has a tendency to pivot on the
table's edge, causing loss of control, saw blade
binding and kickback.
j) Feed workpiece at an even pace. Do not bend
or twist the workpiece. If jamming occurs, turn
the tool off immediately, unplug the tool then
clear the jam. Jamming the saw blade by the
workpiece can cause kickback or stall the motor.
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