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TO HELP MAINTAIN CONTROL:
• Always supportyour workpiece near the cut,
•
Support your workpiece so the cut will be on your left.
•
Clamp your workpiece so it will not move during the cut.
Place your workpiece with its good side down.
Note: The good side is the side on which appearance is
important,
Before beginning a cut, draw a guidelinealong the desired
line of cut. Then place front edge of base on that part of
your workpiece that is solidly supported, See Figure 13.
Never place your saw on that part of the workplece
that will fall off when the out is made. See FkJure15.
Hold your saw firmly with both hands.
See Figure 16.
WRONG
Fig. 15
RIGHT
Fig. 16
Depress the lock-offbutton and squeeze the switch trigger
to start your saw. Always let the blade reach full speed,
then guide your saw intothe workplace.
WARNING:
The blade coming in contactwith
the workplace before it reaches full speed could
cause your caw to "kickback" towards you resuhing
in sedous injury,
When making a cut use steady, even pressure. Forcing
causes roughcuts, could shorten the life of your caw and
could cause "kickback."
REMEMBER:
When sawing through work, the lower blade guard
does not cover the blade, ea(poslng it on the
underside of work. Keep your hands and fingers away
from cuttlug area. Any part of your body comlug In
contact with the moving blade win result In serious
Injury.
After you complete your cut release the trigger and allow
the blade to come to a complete stop. Do not remove
your saw from workplace while the blade is moving.
CAUTION:
When lifting your saw from the
workpiece, the blade is exposed on the underside of
your saw untilthe lower blade guard closes. Make
sure lowerblade guard is closed before settingyour
saw down on work surface,
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