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TS 92 18-EC
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.
Cutting procedures warnings
DANGER: Never place your fingers
■
or hands in the vicinity or in line with the
. A moment of inattention or a
saw blade
slip could direct your hand towards the
saw blade and result in serious personal
injury.
■ Feed the workpiece into the saw blade
or cutter only against the direction of
rotation. Feeding 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.
■ Never use the mitre gauge to feed the
workpiece when ripping and do not use
the rip fence as a length stop when cross
cutting with the mitre 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.
■ When ripping, always keep the workpiece
in full contact with the fence and always
apply the workpiece 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 distance is less than 50 mm. "Work
helping" 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 or cut push stick may break
causing your hand to slip into the saw
blade.
■ 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 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 the workpiece at an even pace. Do
not bend, twist or shift the workpiece from
side to side. 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.
■ Do not remove pieces of cut-off material
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 workpiece
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
workpiece is lifted from the table by the rear
portion 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
precautions 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 workpiece at
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