Instruction manual

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Common sawing operations include ripping and cross cutting. As with all power machines, a certain amount of danger
is involved with the operation and use of the machine. Using the machine with the respect and caution will considerably
lessen the possibility of personal injury. However, if normal safety precautions are overlooked or completely ignored,
personal injury can result. The following information describes the safe and proper method for performing the most
common sawing operations.
The use of attachments and acces sories not recommended by delta may result in the risk of
injury.
CROSS-CUTTING
Cross-cutting requires the use of the miter gauge to posi tion and guide the work. Place the work against the miter gauge
and advance both the gauge and the work toward the saw blade (Fig. 48). You can use the miter gauge in either table
slot. When bevel cutting (blade tilted), use the right miter gauge slot so that the blade tilts away from the miter gauge
and your hands.
Start the cut slowly and hold the work firmly against the miter gauge and the table.
During the operation of the saw, never hold or touch a free piece of work. Hold the supported piece, not
the free piece. Never pick up any short length of free work from the table while the saw is running. Never touch a cutoff
piece unless it is at least a foot long.
Continue your feed until the cut is complete. Before pulling the work back, give the workpiece a little sideways shift to
move the work slightly away from the saw blade. Pull the miter gauge and the workpiece back to the starting point.
For added safety and convenience, fit the miter gauge with an auxiliary wood-facing (C) Fig. 49. Make this facing at least
1" higher than the maximum depth of cut, and 12" or more to one side or the other, depending on the miter gauge slot
used. Fasten this auxiliary wood-facing (C) to the front of the miter gauge with two wood screws (A) through the holes
provided in the miter gauge body.
Fig. 48
Fig. 49
C
A
Fig. 50
B
To cross-cut a number of pieces to the same length,
clamp a block of wood (B) Fig. 50 to the fence. Use this
wood as a cut-off gauge.
IMPORTANT: Position this block of wood in front of
the saw blade (Fig. 55). Once the cut-off length is
determined, secure the fence and use the miter gauge to
feed the work into the cut.
This block of wood allows the cut-off piece to move
freely along the table surface without binding between
the fence and the saw blade, lessening the possibility of
kickback and/or injury.
MACHINE USE
Never use the fence as a cut-off gauge when cross-cutting.
Make sure that the wood block is positioned so that the workpiece is clear of the block before it engages
the blade.