Craftsman professional 351.228051 Manual Del Operador página 13

• Do not stand directly in front of blade in case of a kick-
back. 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 work-
piece through the cut, to support long or heavy work-
pieces, to remove small cut-off pieces of material or for
any other reason.
• Do not pick up small pieces of cut-off material 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 material 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
THROUGH CUTS
A through cut is a sawing operation in which the workpiece is
completely sawn through. Examples of through cuts are rip
cuts, cross cuts, miter cuts, and beveled cuts. The blade
guard assembly MUST be used when performing through
cuts.
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 workpiece 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
the motor, test the operation by feeding the workpiece into
the blade guard assembly. If the blade guard assembly con-
tacts the blade, place the workpiece under the blade guard
assembly, not touching the blade, before starting the motor.
WARNING: Certain workpiece shapes, such as molding
may not lift the blade guard assembly properly. With the
power off, feed the workpiece slowly into the blade guard
area and until the workpiece touches the blade. If the blade
guard assembly contacts the blade, place the workpiece
under the blade guard assembly, not touching the blade,
before starting the motor.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge, and is used for
cutting at an angle other than 90 ° square with the edge of
the workpiece.
BEVEL CROSSCUTTING
WARNING: When possible, use the right miter gauge slot
when bevel crosscutting so that the blade tilts away from the
miter gauge and your hands.
WARNING: Use caution when starting the cut to prevent
binding of the guard against the workpiece.
This cut is performed with the miter gauge, and is the same
as crosscutting, except that the workpiece is also cut at an
angle other than 90 ° square to the flat side of the wood
(blade is at an angle).
COMPOUND MITER CUTTING
This cut is performed with the miter gauge, and is a combina-
tion of miter cutting and bevel crosscutting. The cut is made
at angle other than 90 ° to both the edge and flat side of wood.
RIPPING
WARNING: When bevel ripping and whenever possible,
place the fence on the side of the blade so that the blade is
tilted away from the fence and hands. Keep hands clear of
the blade and use a push stick to feed the workpiece if
there is less than 6" between the fence and the blade.
This cut is performed with the rip fence, and is used to cut the
workpiece lengthwise with the grain. Position the fence to the
desired width of rip and lock in place. When ripping long
boards or large panels, always use a work support.
BEVEL RIPPING
WARNING: Before connecting the table saw to the power
source or operating the saw, always inspect the blade guard
assembly and riving knife for proper alignment and clearance
with saw blade. Check alignment after each change of bevel
angle.
WARNING: When possible, place the fence on the right side
of the blade so that the blade is tilted away from the fence
and hands. Keep your hands clear of the blade and use a
pushstick to feed the workpiece if there is less than 6"
between the fence and the blade.
This cut is performed with the rip fence, and is the same as
ripping, except that the blade is set at an angle other than 90 °.
RESAWING
Performed with rip fence, is known as ripping a piece of wood
through its thickness. Do not attempt to resaw bowed or
warped material.
NOTE: It may be necessary to remove blade guard and use
work supports as well as push blocks when performing this
operation.
WARNING: Install blade guard immediately upon completion
of resawing operation.
PLOUGHING
Performed with rip fence, is grooving with grain long way of
workpiece. Use proper hold downs and feed devices.
RABBETING
Performed with either miter gauge or rip fence. Rabbeting is
known as cutting out a section of the corner of a piece of
material, across an end or along an edge. To make a rabbet
requires cuts which do not go all the way through the materi-
al. Therefore, blade guard must be removed. Install blade
guard immediately upon completion of rabbeting operation.
Rabbet cuts can also be made using dado head.
DADOING
Performed with either miter gauge or rip fence. Dadoing is
done with a set of blades (dado set) rather than standard 10
or 12" saw blades. The dado set is used to groove wood simi-
lar to ploughing and rabbeting. However, the dado set allows
operator to remove more material in one pass. The operator,
with a dado set, can vary width of cut up to 13/16".
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