Triton TA184CSL - Manual (Page 6)

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ADDITIONAL SAFETY WARNINGS FOR
CIRCULAR SAWS
• 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.
• Never reach beneath the workpiece. The
guard cannot protect you from the blade
below the workpiece.
• 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.
• 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.
• Hold power tool by insulated gripping
surfaces 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 shock the operator.
• When ripping always use a rip fence
straight edge guide or saw bench. This
improves the accuracy of cut and reduces the
chance of blade binding.
• Always use blades with correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbor
holes. Blades that do not match the mounting
hardware of the saw will run eccentrically,
causing loss of control.
• Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt. The blade washers and bolt
were specifically designed for your saw, for
optimum performance and safety of operation.
CAUSES AND OPERATOR PREVENTION OF
KICKBACK
• Kickback is a sudden reaction to a
pinched, bound or misaligned saw
blade, causing an uncontrolled saw
to lift up and out of the workpiece toward
the operator;
• When the blade is pinched or bound tightly
by the kerf closing down, the blade stalls
and the motor reaction drives the unit
rapidly back toward the operator;
• If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned
in the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the
blade can dig into the top surface of the
wood causing the blade to climb out of
the kerf and jump back toward
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.
1.
Maintain a firm grip with both hands on
the saw and position your arms to resist
kickback forces. Position your body to
either side of the blade, but not in line with
the blade. Kickback could cause the saw
to jump backwards, but kickback forces
can be controlled by the operator, if proper
precautions are taken.
2. When blade is binding, or when interrupting
a cut for any reason, release the trigger and
hold the saw motionless in the material until
the blade comes to a complete stop. Never
attempt to remove the saw from the work or pull
the saw backward while the blade is in motion
or kickback may occur. Investigate and take
corrective actions to eliminate the cause of blade
binding.
3. When restarting a saw in the workpiece,
centre the saw blade in the kerf and check
that the teeth are not engaged into the
material.
If the saw blade is binding, it may walk up or
kickback from the workpiece as the saw is
restarted.
4. Support large panels to minimise the risk
of blade pinching and kickback. Large
panels tend to sag under their own weight.
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