Safety Instructions For All Saws - Worx WX425 Manual Original

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
FOR ALL SAWS
a) DANGER: Keep hands away from
cutting area and the blade. Keep
your second hand on auxiliary
handle, or motor housing. If both hands are
holding the saw, they cannot be cut by the blade.
b) Do not reach underneath the
workpiece. The guard cannot protect you
from the blade below the workpiece.
c) Adjust the cutting depth to the
thickness of the workpiece. Less than
a full tooth of the blade teeth should be
visible below the workpiece.
d) Never hold piece being cut in your
hands or across your leg. Secure the
workpiece to a stable platform. It is
important to support the work properly to
minimize body exposure, blade binding, or
loss of control.
e) Hold power tool by insulated
gripping surfaces when performing
an operation where the cutting tool
may contact hidden wiring or its own
cord. Contact with a "live" wire will also
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make exposed metal parts of the power
tool "live" and could give the operator an
electric shock.
f) When ripping always use a rip fence
or straight edge guide. This improves
the accuracy of cut and reduces the chance
of blade binding.
g) Always use blades with correct size
and shape (diamond versus round) of
arbour holes. Blades that do not match
the mounting hardware of the saw will run
eccentrically, causing loss of control.
h) Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt. The blade washers and
bolt were specially designed for your saw,
for optimum performance and safety of
operation.
FURTHER SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ALL SAWS
KICKBACK CAUSES AND RELATED
WARNINGS
- Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
bound or misaligned saw blade, causing an
Circular saw
uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the
workpiece toward the operator;
- When the blade is pinched or bound tightly
by the kerf closing down, the blade stalls
and the motor reaction drives the unit
rapidly back toward the operator;
- If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned
in the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the
blade can dig into the top surface of the
wood causing the blade to climb out of the
kerf and jump back toward the operator.
KICKBACK IS THE RESULT OF
SAW MISUSE AND/OR INCORRECT
OPERATING PROCEDURES OR
CONDITIONS AND CAN BE AVOIDED
BY TAKING PROPER PRECAUTIONS AS
GIVEN BELOW.
a) Maintain a firm grip with both hands
on the saw and position your arms to
resist kickback forces. Position your
body to either side of the blade, but
not in line with the blade. Kickback
could cause the saw to jump backwards,
but kickback forces can be controlled by the
operator, if proper precautions are taken.
b) When blade is binding, or when
interrupting a cut for any reason,
release the trigger and hold the
saw motionless in the material until
the blade comes to a complete
stop. Never attempt to remove the
saw from the work or pull the saw
backward while the blade is in motion
or kickback may occur. Investigate and
take corrective actions to eliminate the
cause of blade binding.
c) When restarting a saw in the
workpiece, centre the saw blade in
the kerf and check that saw teeth are
not engaged into the material. If saw
blade is binding, it may walk up or kickback
from the workpiece as the saw is restarted.
d) Support large panels to minimise the
risk of blade pinching and kickback.
Large panels tend to sag under their own
weight. Supports must be placed under
the panel on both sides, near the line of cut
and near the edge of the panel.
e) Do not use dull or damaged blades.
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