Common definitions, terms and phrases – Grizzly G0444 User Manual

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G0444/G0444Z 10" Table Saw

Common Definitions, Terms And Phrases

Arbor:

Metal shaft that connects the drive mech-

anism to the blade.

Bevel Edge Cut:

Tilting the saw arbor and blade

to an angle between 0° and 45° to perform an
angled cutting operation.

Blade Guard:

Guard mechanism that mounts

over the saw blade to prevent accidental con-
tact with the cutting edge.

Crosscut:

Table saw operation in which the miter

gauge is used to cut across the grain of the
workpiece.

Dado Blade:

Blade or set of blades that attach to

the arbor and are used for cutting grooves and
rabbets.

Dado Cut:

Table saw operation that uses a dado

blade to cut a flat bottomed groove into the
face of the workpiece.

Featherboard:

Safety device used to keep a

board against the rip fence or table. Allows
operator to keep hands away from the saw
blade.

Kerf:

The resulting cut or gap made by a saw

blade.

Kickback:

An event in which the workpiece is

thrown back toward an operator at a high rate
of speed.

Miter Gauge:

A component that controls the

workpiece movement while performing a
crosscut. Allows for variation of angle cuts
such as miter cuts used on a picture frame.

Moulding Head:

A cutterhead attached to the

arbor. Accepts interchangeable moulding
knives for profile cutting. We DO NOT recom-
mend the use of moulding heads because they
require advanced skills for their safe operation.

Non-Through Cut:

A sawing operation that

requires the removal of the blade guard and
splitter. Dado and rabbet cuts are considered

Non-Through Cuts because the blade does not
protrude above the top face of the workpiece.
Always remember to re-install the blade guard
and splitter after performing a non-through cut.

Parallel:

Being an equal distance apart at every

point. i.e. the rip fence face is parallel to the
side face of the saw blade.

Perpendicular:

Intersecting and forming right

angles; at right angles to the vertical and hori-
zontal planes. i.e. at 90˚ the blade is perpen-
dicular to the table surface.

Push Paddle/Push Stick:

Safety aid used to

push the workpiece through the cutting opera-
tion.

Rabbet:

Cutting operation that creates an L-

shaped channel along the edge of the board.

Rip Cut:

A cut made along the grain of the work-

piece.

Sacrificial Fence:

A piece of wood attached to

the face of the rip fence that is designed to
extend the fence face away from the metal por-
tion of the fence. Used primarily when making
rabbet cuts with a dado blade.

Splitter:

Metal plate attached to the back of the

blade guard that maintains the kerf opening in
the workpiece when performing a cutting oper-
ation.

Standard Kerf:

⁄

" gap made with a standard

blade.

Straightedge:

A tool used to check the flatness,

parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).

Thin Kerf:

⁄

" gap made with a thin kerf blade.

Through Cut:

A sawing operation in which the

workpiece thickness is completely sawn
through. Proper blade height usually allows

⁄

of the top of the blade to extend above the
wood stock.