INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE RIVING
KNIFE
Install
• Line up the riving knife in the proper direc-
tion to the mounting bracket.
• Push the riving knife all the way down into
the mounting bracket. Make sure the lock pin
is locked in the hole of the riving knife. (The
lock hole is on the button side of the riving
knife).
• If the riving knife is not locked properly, hold
the locking knob and pull the lock pin out;
then re-insert the pin securely in the hole of
the riving knife. While raising or lowering the
knife, pin will snap in the hole of the knife
when located at one of the three positions.
• Tighten the locking knob.
Remove
• Loosen the locking knob.
• Hold the knob and pull the locking pin out.
• Remove the riving knife out of the mounting
bracket.
NOTE: Make sure blade is at the highest po-
sition before adding or removing the riving
knife.
Locking
Knob
Plate
WARNING: For your own safety, always ob-
serve the following safety precautions.
• Never make any cut freehand (without using
miter gauge or rip fence). Blade can bind in the
cut and cause a kickback.
• Always lock miter gauge or rip fence securely
when in use.
• Remove rip fence from the table when miter
gauge is in use.
• Remove miter gauge from table when rip
fence is in use.
• Make sure blade guard is installed for all
"through sawing" operations. Through sawing
operations are those operations in which the
Locking Pin
Screw
Bracket
E N G L I S H •
saw blade cuts completely through the thick-
ness of the wood. Replace guard immediately
after completion of resawing, rabbeting and
dadoing.
Frequently check action of anti-kickback pawls
by passing the workpiece alongside the spread-
er while saw is off. Pull the workpiece toward
you. If the pawls do not dig into the workpiece
and hold it, the pawls must be sharpened.
• Have blade extend approximately 1/8" above
top of workpiece.
Additional blade exposure increases hazard
potential.
• Do not stand directly in front of blade in case
of a kickback.
Stand to either side of the blade.
• Keep your hands clear of the blade and out
of the path of the blade.
• If the blade stalls or stops while cutting, turn
switch OFF and safety disconnect OFF before
attempting to free the blade.
• Do not reach over or behind the blade to
pull the workpiece through the cut, to support
long or heavy workpieces, to remove small cut-
off pieces of material or for any other reason.
• Do not pick up small pieces of cut-off mate-
rial from the table. Remove them by pushing
them off table with a long stick. Otherwise
they could be thrown back at you by the rear
of the blade.
• Do not remove small pieces of cut-off ma-
terial that may become trapped inside blade
guard while saw is on. This could endanger
your hands or cause a kickback. Turn saw off.
After blade has stopped turning, lift guard and
remove the piece.
• Always lower blade below the table level
when machine is not in use.
TYPES OF CUTS/OPERATIONS
CROSSCUTTING
WARNING: Use caution when starting the
cut to prevent binding of the guard against the
workpiece.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge set
at "0", and is used for cutting across the work-
piece grain at 90° (blade square with both the
edge and flat side of wood).
MITER CUTTING
WARNING: Miter angles greater than 45°
may force the blade guard assembly into the
saw blade causing damage to the blade guard
assembly and personal injury. Before starting
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