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• One of the rules in running a saw is that you never hang onto or touch a free piece of
workstock. Hold the supported piece, not the free piece that is cut off. The feed in
crosscutting continues until the workstock is cut in two, The workstock is then slid sideways
slightly away from the blade and then the miter gauge and workstock are pulled back to the
starting point.
• Never pick up any short length of free workstock from the table while the saw is running. A
smart operator never touches a cut-off piece unless it is at least a foot long.
• Never use the fence as a cut-off gauge when crosscutting.
• Never use the miter gauge in combination with the rip fence.
To make a crosscut using the miter gauge:
1. Disconnect and lockout power to the saw!
2. Verify that blade guard and spreader is installed.
3. Move or remove the rip fence so that it will not
interfere with the cut.
4. Position the miter gauge in either the left or right
miter slot, and adjust it to 90°
5. Adjust the saw blade to not more than 1/4" higher
than the workpiece to be cut.
6. Slide the miter gauge near the blade, and adjust
the workpiece so the blade will cut on the waste
side of the line.
7. Place the work on the miter gauge and slide it
up close to the blade to align the outer edges of
the teeth with your cut mark.
8. Keep a firm grip as you pull the miter gauge and
the workstock back away from the blade.
9. Lower the blade guard.
10. Start the saw and make the cut. When the work
is cut through, move one or both cut pieces. If
long enough to handle without danger immediately off to the side, away from the turning
blade.
11. Turn off the motor.
WARNING:
Serious injury can be caused by kickback. Kickback is a
high-speed ejection of stock from the table saw toward an operator. The operator or
bystanders may be struck by flying stock, or the operator's hands can be pulled into
the blade during the kickback.
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