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• When ripping, always apply the work-
piece feeding 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 dis-
tance is less than 50 mm. "Work help-
ing" devices will keep your hand at a safe
distance from the saw blade.
• Use only the push stick provided by
the manufacturer or constructed in
accordance with the instructions. This
push stick provides sufficient distance of
the hand from the saw blade.
• Never use a damaged or cut push
stick. A damaged push stick may break
causing your hand to slip into the saw
blade.
• Do not perform any operation "free-
hand". Always use either the rip fence
or the mitre gauge to position and
guide the workpiece. "Freehand"
means using your hands to support or
guide the workpiece, in lieu of a rip fence
or mitre gauge. Freehand sawing leads to
misalignment, binding and kickback.
• Never reach around or over a rotating
saw blade. Reaching for a workpiece
may lead to accidental contact with the
moving saw blade.
• 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.
• Feed workpiece at an even pace. Do
not bend or twist the workpiece. If jam-
ming occurs, turn the tool off immedi-
ately, unplug the tool then clear the
jam. Jamming the saw blade by the work-
piece can cause kickback or stall the
motor.
• Do not remove pieces of cut-off mate-
rial while the saw is running. The
material may become trapped between
the fence or inside the saw blade guard
and the saw blade pulling your fingers into
the saw blade. Turn the saw off and wait
until the saw blade stops before removing
material.
• Use an auxiliary fence in contact with
the table top when ripping workpieces
less than 2 mm thick. A thin workpiece
may wedge under the rip fence and create
a kickback.
Kickback causes and related warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction of the work-
piece due to a pinched, jammed saw blade or
misaligned line of cut in the workpiece with
respect to the saw blade or when a part of the
workpiece binds between the saw blade and
the rip fence or other fixed object.
Most frequently during kickback, the work-
piece is lifted from the table by the rear por-
tion of the saw blade and is propelled towards
the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or
incorrect operating procedures or conditions
and can be avoided by taking proper precau-
tions as given below.
• Never stand directly in line with the
saw blade. Always position your body
on the same side of the saw blade as
the fence. Kickback may propel the work-
piece at high velocity towards anyone
standing in front and in line with the saw
blade.
• Never reach over or in back of the saw
blade to pull or to support the work-
piece. Accidental contact with the saw
blade may occur or kickback may drag
your fingers into the saw blade.
• Never hold and press the workpiece
that is being cut off against the rotating
saw blade. Pressing the workpiece being
cut off against the saw blade will create a
binding condition and kickback.
• Align the fence to be parallel with the
saw blade. A misaligned fence will pinch
the workpiece against the saw blade and
create kickback.
• Use a featherboard to guide the work-
piece against the table and fence when
making non-through cuts such as rab-
beting, dadoing or resawing cuts. A
featherboard helps to control the work-
piece in the event of a kickback.
• Use extra caution when making a cut
into blind areas of assembled work-
pieces. The protruding saw blade may
cut objects that can cause kickback.
• Support large panels to minimise the
risk of saw blade pinching and kick-
back. Large panels tend to sag under
their own weight. Support(s) must be
placed under all portions of the panel
overhanging the table top.
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