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.
Safety instructions for all saws
Cutting procedures
a) DANGER: Keep hands away from cutting 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 piece being cut in your hands or
across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a stable platform. It is
important to support the work properly to minimize body exposure,
blade binding, or loss of control.
e) Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces only,
when performing an operation where the cutting tool may
contact hidden wiring or its own cord. 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 eccentrically, causing loss of
control.
h) Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or bolt. The
blade washers and bolt were specially designed for your saw, for
optimum performance and safety of operation.
Lower guard function
a) Check lower guard for proper closing before each use. Do
not operate the saw if lower guard does not move freely and
close instantly. Never clamp or tie the lower guard into the
open position. If saw is accidentally dropped, lower guard may be
bent. Raise the lower guard with the retracting handle and make
sure it moves freely and does not touch the blade or any other part,