NON THRU-SAWING
Add 8" high flat facing board to the fence, the full
length of the fence (Fig. 53).
Use featherboards
for all "Non Thru-Sawing"
oper-
ations (when sawblade
guard must be removed).
Featherboards
1 are used to keep the work in con-
tact with the fence and table as shown, and to stop
kickbacks.
Mount featherboards
I to fence and table as shown,
so that leading edges of featherboards
will support
workpiece
until cut is complete,
and the workpiece
has been pushed completely
past the cutter (saw-
blade, dado head, etc.) with a Push Stick 2, as in
ripping.
Before starting the operation (switch saw "OFF" and
set cutter below table surface):
A. Install featherboards
so they exert pressure
on
the workpiece;
BE POSITIVE
THEY ARE SE-
CURELY ATTACHED.
B. Make sure by trial that the featherboards
will stop
a kickback if one should occur.
Featherboards
are not employed
during non thru-
sawing operations
when using the miter gauge.
REPLACE
THE
SMART
GUARD
SYSTEM
AS
SOON AS THE NON THRU-SAWING
OPERATION
IS COMPLETE.
RABBETING
RABBETING
is known as cutting out a section of the
corner of a piece of material, across an end or along
an edge (Fig. 54).
Making a RABBET requires cuts which do not go all
the way through the material. Therefore
the Smart
Guard System must be removed.
1. Remove blade guard.
2. For rabbeting along an edge (long way of work-
piece) as shown, add facing to rip fence approxi-
mately as high as the workpiece
is wide. Adjust
rip fence and blade to required dimensions;
then
make first cut with board flat on table, follow set-
up Fig. 53. Make second
cut with workpiece
on
edge. Follow all precautions,
safety instructions,
and operation instructions
as for ripping or rip type
operations,
including
featherboards
and Push
Stick, etc.
3. For rabbeting
across an end, for workpiece
10-
1/2" and narrower
make the rabbet cut with the
board flat on the table. Using the miter gauge fit-
ted with a facing, follow the same procedures and
instructions
for crosscutting
making successive
cuts across the width of the workpiece
to obtain
the desired
width of cut. DO NOT use the rip
fence for rabbeting across the end.
4. INSTALL
SMART
GUARD
SYSTEM
IMMEDI-
ATELY UPON COMPLETION
OF RABBETING
OPERATION.
Rabbet cuts can also be made in one pass of the
workpiece
over the cutter using the dado head.
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WORK
SUPPORT
FIRSTCUT
RABBET
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SECONDCUT
RABBETING ALONG
RABBETING ACROSS
THE EDGE
THE END
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