Additional Safety For Metal Bandsaws - Grizzly G0561 Owner's Manual

Additional Safety for Metal Bandsaws

Serious injury or death can occur from getting fingers, hair, or clothing entangled in rotating
or moving parts. Long-term respiratory damage can occur from breathing metal dust created
while cutting. To minimize risk of injury, anyone operating this machine MUST completely heed
hazards and warnings below.
BLADE CONDITION. Do not operate with dull,
cracked, or badly worn blade. Inspect blades for
cracks and missing teeth before each use. Make
sure blade is properly tensioned and tracking
before operating.
HAND PLACEMENT. Never position hands or
fingers in line with cut, under table during vertical
cutting operations, or under bandsaw headstock
while it is lowering or operating in horizontal
position. Hands could be cut or crushed. Placing
hands or fingers in line with blade or too close to
blade during vertical cutting operations may result
in serious injury if hands slip or workpiece moves
unexpectedly.
SMALL/NARROW
VERTICAL CUTTING. If hands slip during cut
while holding small workpieces with fingers, seri-
ous personal injury could occur.
BLADE SPEED. Cutting workpiece before blade is
at full speed could cause blade to grab workpiece
and break blade or pull hands into blade while cut-
ting in vertical position. Allow blade to reach full
speed before starting cut. DO NOT start machine
with workpiece contacting blade.
BLADE GUARD POSITION. Adjust blade guard
as close to workpiece as possible before cutting
to minimize operator exposure to blade.
ENTANGLEMENT HAZARDS. Do not operate
saw without blade guard and covers in place. Do
not wear loose clothing, jewelry, long hair, and
gloves that can be entangled in moving parts.
BLADE REPLACEMENT. When replacing blades,
disconnect machine from power, wait for moving
parts to come to complete stop, and wear gloves
and safety glasses to protect hands and eyes.
Make sure teeth of new blade face workpiece in
direction of blade travel.
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WORKPIECES DURING
CLEARING JAMS AND CUTOFFS. Always stop
bandsaw and disconnect power before clearing
scrap pieces. Use brush or push stick, not hands,
to clean swarf/cutoff scraps from table or vise.
BLADE CONTROL. To avoid risk of injury due to
blade contact, always allow blade to stop on its
own. DO NOT try to stop or slow blade with hand
or workpiece.
WORKPIECE HANDLING. Always properly sup-
port workpiece with table, vise, or some type of
support fixture. Always feed stock evenly and
smoothly during vertical cutting operations; secure
workpiece in vise and never hold workpiece with
hands during horizontal cutting operations. Flag
long workpieces to avoid tripping hazard.
HOT SURFACES. Contact with hot surfaces from
machine components, ejections of hot chips,
swarf, and workpiece itself can cause burns.
UNSTABLE WORKPIECES. Workpiece cannot
be held in vise while cutting in vertical position
and an unstable workpiece that unexpectedly
moves while cutting can draw operator's hand into
blade, causing serious injury. If workpiece cannot
be safely supported by hand in vertical position
or by vise/jig in horizontal position, DO NOT cut
workpiece on this machine. Examples are chains,
cables, round/oblong-shaped workpieces, those
with internal/built-in moving/rotating parts, etc.
FIRE HAZARD. Use EXTREME CAUTION if cut-
ting magnesium. Using wrong cutting fluid will
lead to chip fire and possible explosion.
CUTTING FLUID SAFETY. Cutting fluids are
poisonous. Always follow manufacturer's cutting-
fluid safety instructions. Pay particular attention
to contact, contamination, inhalation, storage and
disposal warnings. Spilled cutting fluid invites
slipping hazards.
Model G0561 (Mfd. Since 01/18)