Whenever Saw Is Running; Before Leaving The Saw; Glossary Of Terms For Woodworking - RIDGID MS1250 Manual Del Usuario

Safety Instructions for Miter Saws (continued)

Whenever Saw Is Running

WARNING: Don't allow familiarity (gained from fre-
quent use of your miter saw) cause a careless mis-
take. A careless fraction of a second is enough to
cause a severe injury.
Before starting your cut, watch the miter saw while it
runs. If it makes an unfamiliar noise or vibrates a lot, stop
immediately. Turn the saw off. Unplug the saw. Do not
restart until finding and correcting the problem.
Keep Children Away. Keep all visitors a safe distance
from the miter saw. Make sure bystanders are clear of the
miter saw and workpiece.
Never confine the piece being cut off. Never hold it,
clamp it, touch it, or use length stops against it while the
blade is spinning. It must be free to move sideways on its
own. If confined, it could get wedged against the blade
and be thrown violently.

Before Leaving The Saw

Never Leave Tool Running Unattended.Turn power off.
Wait for all moving parts to stop.
Make Workshop Child Proof. Install a padlock through
the hole provided in the trigger to prevent unauthorized

Glossary of Terms for Woodworking

Arbor
The shaft on which a cutting tool is mounted.
Bevel Cut
An angle cutting operation made through the face of the
workpiece.
Compound Cut
A simultaneous bevel and miter cutting operation.
Crosscut
A cutting operation made across the width of the work-
piece.
Freehand
Doing a cut without holding the workpiece against both
the table and fence. Most workpieces can be held down
with your hand. Large or wide pieces should be clamped
to the fence or table.
Gum
A sticky, sap based residue from wood products.
Heel
Misalignment of the blade.
Kerf
The amount of material removed by the blade in a
through cut or the slot produced by the blade in a non-
through or partial cut.
Miter Cut
An angle cutting operation made across the width of the
workpiece.
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Let the blade reach full speed before cutting. This will
help avoid thrown workpieces.
Don't Force Tool. It will do the job better and safer at its
designed rate. Feed the saw into the workpiece only fast
enough to let the blade cut without bogging down or binding.
Before freeing jammed material:
• Turn miter saw "OFF" by releasing trigger switch.
• Wait for all moving parts to stop.
• Unplug the miter saw.
After finishing a cut:
• Keep holding the power head down.
• Release the switch, and wait for all moving parts to
stop before moving your hands or raising power head.
• If blade doesn't stop within 6 seconds, unplug the saw
and follow the instructions in the Trouble Shooting sec-
tion for fixing the blade brake before using the saw
again.
usage. Lock the shop. Disconnect master switches. Store
tool away from children and others not qualified to use
the tool.
Resin
A sticky, sap based substance that has hardened.
Revolutions Per Minute (RPM)
The number of turns completed by a spinning object in
one minute.
Sawblade Path
The area of the workpiece or table top directly in line with
either the travel of the blade or the part of the workpiece
which will be, or has been, cut by the blade.
Set
The distance that the tip of the sawblade tooth is bent (or
set) outward from the face of the blade.
Workpiece
The item on which the cutting operation is being per-
formed. The surfaces of a workpiece are commonly
referred to as faces, ends, and edges.
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Face
End
Edge