Operator's Manual

12
Clearing a Jam/Cleaning the Dust Chute
To clear a jam:
1. Turn OFF the tool.
2. Remove the battery pack.
Dust
Chute
Bolts
3.
4.
APPLICATIONS
Use this tool for the purposes listed below:
• Straight line cutting operations such as cross cutting,
ripping, mitring, beveling, and compound cutting
• Dado with optional accessories
• Cabinet making and woodworking
NOTE: This table saw is designed to cut wood and
wood composition products only. Do not cut metal.
Do not cut plastics.
Cutting Aids
Push Blocks
Push Sticks
A push block has a handle fastened by recessed
screws from the underside. Use push blocks for
narrow cuts and all non-through cuts.
CAUTION
Be sure the screws in a push block
are recessed to avoid damaging the
saw or workpiece.
How to Make a Jig
(For rip cutting narrow workpiece)
If ripping a narrow workpiece places the hands too
close to the blade, it will be necessary to make and
use a jig.
To make a jig:
1. Attach a handle to a long, straight piece of wood
and secure from the underside using recessed
screws.
2. Cut an L-shaped stop in the side of the jig.
Jig
Handle
Stop
To use a jig:
1.
2. Holding the jig handle and using a push block and/
or push stick, make the rip cut.
Featherboard
WARNING
Place the featherboard against the
uncut portion of the workpiece to
avoid kickback that could cause serious per-
sonal injury.
A featherboard is a device used to help control the
workpiece by holding it securely against the table
or fence. Featherboards are especially useful when
ripping small workpieces and for completing non-
through cuts. The end is angled with a number of
short kerfs to give a friction hold on the workpiece
and locked in place on the table with a C-clamp. Test
to ensure it can resist kickback.
How to Make a Featherboard
63 mm
19 mm
6.3 mm
3.1 mm
27 mm
305 mm
70°
Push sticks are devices that may be used for
pushing a workpiece through the blade in any rip
cut. When making non-through cuts or ripping
narrow
stock, always use a push stick, push block, and/or
featherboard so your hands do not come within
76mm (3") of the saw blade. Use the push stick
provided with the table saw, or they can be made in
various sizes and shapes from scrap wood and
used in a specific project. The stick must be
narrower than the workpiece, with a 90˚ notch in
one end and shaping for a grip on the other end.
Select a solid piece of lumber approximately 19
mm (3/4") thick, 63.5 mm (2-1/2") wide and 305 mm
(12") long. Mark the centre of the width on one end
of the stock. Mitre the width to 70°. Mark the board
from the widest point at 100 mm (4”). Prepare the
saw for ripping. Set the rip fence to allow
approximately a 6.3 mm (1/4”) “finger” to be cut in
the stock. Feed the stock only to the mark
previously made at 100 mm (4”). Turn the saw OFF
and allow the blade to completely stop rotating
before removing the stock. Reset
the rip fence and cut spaced rips into the workpiece
to allow approximately 6.3 mm (1/4”) fingers and
3.1 mm (1/8’) spaces between the fingers.
If it is not
possible to
clear the jam by
removing the throat
plate, remove the three
bolts with wrench (not
provided) from the dust
chute and remove the
jam or debris from the
dust compartment.
Clean dust chute
Reinstall all components and check all
adjustments before restarting work.
completely.