Sears 113.197611 - Manual (Page 63)

Ripping
Outteed Zone Hazard
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DANGER
Rotational force of blade can pull
hands and fingers back into blade.
Touching, holding, or pulling on out-
feed side of workpiece while blade
Is still spinning will result in fingers,
hand or arm being cut off.
To reduce risk of outfeed hazard:
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Set pawls and spreader; they act as par­
tial barrier to outfeed side.
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Start and finish cut from infeed side.
V Keep both hands on infeed side.
V Keep hands away from outfeed side.
V Push workpiece through to complete
cut. Do not reach around to pull it.
V If blade jams, turn saw off, remove yel­
low key, then free blade.
Kickback
Kickback is the uncontrolled propelling of
the workpiece back toward the user.
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WARNING
Kickback can happen when blade is
pinched or bound by workpiece.
Pinching or binding can happen
when:
• pawls and spreader are not used or
not set correctly
• spreader is not aligned with blade
• blade is not parallel to fence
• workpiece is twisted or warped and
rocks on table top
• pressure is put on outfeed side of
workpiece
• workpiece is released before being
pushed past pawls and spreader
• user touches or tries to pull
workpiece through outfeed side before
blade has stopped spinning.
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ADANGER
Rotational force
will pull hand back
into blade.
Fingers will be
cut off.
Keep hands away
from outfeed side.
AWARNING
KICKBACK
Set hold down,
pawls and spreader.
Stand out of
workpiece path.
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