Wear personal protective equipments. De-
pending on application, use face shield, safety
goggles or safety glasses for eye protection.
Wear hearing protectors, gloves and workshop
apron capable of stopping small metal chips
or workpiece fragments. The eye protection
must be capable of stopping flying debris gen-
erated by various operations. The gloves, work-
shop apron and clothing must be fire resistant.
Prolonged exposure to high intensity noise may
cause hearing loss. Using protective equipments
will reduce the risk of personal injuries.
GFCI and personal protection devices like elec-
trician's rubber gloves and footwear will further
enhance your personal safety.
Do not touch workpiece after it has just been
cut. Workpiece may be hot and lead to burn haz-
ard.
Do not handle workpiece without wearing
gloves. The sharp edge of workpiece may cause
a laceration hazard.
Keep bystanders a safe distance away from
work area. Anyone entering the work area must
wear personal protective equipments (eye and
ear protection, etc). Fragments of workpiece or
of a broken accessory may fly away and cause
injury beyond immediate area of operation.
After finishing the cut, release the switch, hold
the saw steady and wait for blade to stop be-
fore removing work or cutoff piece. REACHING
WITH YOUR HAND UNDER A COASTING BLADE
IS DANGEROUS!
Only use 5-3/8" metal cutting blades recom-
mended in this manual. Do not use abrasive
wheels. Using blades not recommended in this
manual can result in a hazardous situation.
Do not use dull blade. Additional sparks gener-
ated by using dull blade increase the risk of a
fire hazard.
Do not use cutting oil. The use of cutting oil may
cause a fire.
Do not use tool near flammable material.
Sparks may cause fire.
Do not cut workpieces covered or stained with
gas, oil, solvents, thinners, etc. Exposure to
these materials may damage the transparent
guard.
Let the blade reach full speed before contact-
ing the workpiece. This will help avoid thrown
workpieces.
Additional Safety Warnings
When cleaning do not combine hot metal chips
with combustible materials. The hot metal
chips may ignite combustible materials and
cause a fire hazard.
Do not use dust extraction for operations
where dust may include burning, smoking
or smoldering items like hot metal chips or
sparks. Fire inside the vacuum tank or bag may
occur. Dust may smolder and set vacuum on fire
long after work is completed.
Do not use dust extraction when working on
metal. Chips from cutting metal may be hot and
may spark which may melt plastic adaptors,
vacuum hoses and may cause a fire inside the
vacuum tank or bag.
If the transparent guard is missing or damaged
do not operate tool and return it to authorized
Bosch service center for repair. Using tool with
damaged or missing transparent guard can lead
to serious personal injury.
Develop a periodic maintenance schedule for
your tool. When cleaning a tool be careful not
to disassemble any portion of the tool since
internal wires may be misplaced or pinched or
safety guard return springs may be improperly
mounted. Certain cleaning agents such as gaso-
line, carbon tetrachloride, ammonia, etc. may
damage plastic parts.
drilling, and other construction activities con-
tains chemicals known to cause cancer, birth
defects or other reproductive harm. Some ex-
amples of these chemicals are:
• Lead from lead-based paints,
• Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and
other masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from chemically-treat-
ed lumber.
Your risk from these exposures varies, depend-
ing on how often you do this type of work. To re-
duce your exposure to these chemicals: work in
a well ventilated area, and work with approved
safety equipment, such as those dust masks
that are specially designed to filter out micro-
scopic particles.
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Some dust created by power
sanding, sawing, grinding,