Mafell ERIKA 85Ec Manual De Instrucciones página 23

Do not use:
- Cracked and misshapen saw blades.
- Saw blades made of high speed steel (HSS saw
blades).
- Blunt saw blades as they impose an excessive
load on the motor.
- Saw blades with a basic body with a thickness
greater than, or a cutting width (setting) less than,
the thickness of the riving knife / splitter.
- Saw blades which are not suitable for the saw
blade's idling speed.
Instructions on the use of personal protective
equipment:
- Always wear closely fitting work clothes and take
off rings, wristbands, and watches.
- The noise pressure level at the ear generally
exceeds 85 dB(A). Operators should therefore
wear ear protectors.
- In order to prevent eye injuries always wear an eye
protection (safety goggles) or face protection when
working with the machine.
Instructions on operation:
- Provide for a vacant and slip-proof location with
sufficient lighting.
- Install the machine on a stable floor in such a way
that the table surface is horizontal and the machine
cannot tilt.
- Install and lead the electrical connection cable
away from the machine in such a way, that there is
no danger of stumbling at the operating location.
- Make sure that no other persons, in particular
children, are present in the work area.
- The power plug must be pulled before replacing
tools or repairing malfunctions (this also comprises
removing jammed splinters).
- Do not work on workpieces, which are too small or
too large for the capability of the machine.
- The kerf guide must be always used with the
exception of plunge cuts. It must be adjusted in
such a way that its distance to the tooth rim of the
saw blade is 5 mm (3/16 in.) at the most (see fig. 7
- page 4).
- Do not use a circular saw blade of which the body
thickness is bigger, or the teeth setting is smaller
than the thickness of the kerf guide.
- The upper saw guard must always be used with
the exception of covered or plunge cuts. It must be
adjusted in such a way that the tooth rim is
covered with the exception of the workpiece part,
which is worked on.
- Assume a work position in which you are always
standing to the side of the saw blade outside of the
cutting plane.
- The provided slide block or a slide block must be
used when slitting narrow workpieces (distance
between saw blade and parallel stop smaller than
120 mm - 4 ¾ in.).
- Ensure that small cut off parts are not seized by
the ascending tooth rim and hurled away, e.g. by
use of a deflection wedge fastened to the rear
table end with a screw clamp.
- Lateral and mitre cuts may be only be carried out
when using the machine as push-pull saw or with a
moving carrier plate.
- Cutting of round timber is not permitted with the
standard stops and feed aids.
- Slitting with the groove ending in the workpiece is
not permissible.
- A backlash safeguard must be used for plunge
cuts, e.g. a multi-function stop attached to the
machine table transverse to the cutting direction.
- When using a feed device, the kerf guide must be
used at least as backlash safeguard.
- Examine the workpiece for foreign objects.
- Do not saw into metal parts, e.g. nails, since the
sensitive hard metal blade could be damaged
thereby.
- Only begin cutting the workpiece when the saw
blade has achieved its full speed.
- Match the feed speed during sawing to the
material thickness. Too fast feed results in an
overload of the motor, rough saw cuts and to faster
blunting of the saw blade.
- Do not work with blunt saw blades, since these do
not only increase the backlash danger, but also
strain the motor unnecessarily.
- Never brake the saw blade by lateral force.
- The wood dust resulting when cutting impairs the
necessary view and is partly injurious to health.
The machine therefore must be connected
sawdust extractor, e.g. a portable small extractor, if
the work is not carried out outdoors or in a
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