Chicago Electric 42933 Manual De Usuario

SKU 42933 

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2. 

nut/bolt.  The blade retaining nut/

bolt should be checked periodically 

and tightened if necessary, especially 

after braking.
Wear eye protection.

3. 

Keep hands out of path of saw blade.

4. 

Know how to reduce risk of kickback.

5. 

Use an appropriate push-stick for 

6. 

narrow work.
Do not perform any operation free-

7. 

hand.
Never reach around saw blade.

8. 

Return carriage to the full rear posi-

9. 

tion after each crosscut operation.
Turn off tool and wait for saw blade 

10. 

to stop before moving workpiece or 

changing settings.
Disconnect power before changing 

11. 

blade or servicing.
To properly understand all safety 

12. 

warnings, be familiar with the follow-

ing safety terms and equipment:

Through-sawing – A cut made from 

a. 

one side of a board to the opposite 

side, without stopping.
Ripcut or Ripping - A cut made paral-

b. 

lel to (along with) the grain of the 

wood.
Crosscut or Crosscutting - A cut 

c. 

made perpendicular (at a 90° angle) 

to the grain of the wood.
Push-stick – A narrow strip of wood 

d. 

or other soft material with a notch 

cut into one end and which is used 

to push short pieces of material 

through saws.  It provides a safe 

distance between the hands and the 

cutting tool.  Must be narrower than 

the cut width to prevent contact with 

the blade.
Freehand – Feeding a workpiece 

e. 

through the saw without using a 

fence or guided support to guide it.  

nOt A SAFe MetHOD.
Kerf – The gap made by the saw in 

f. 

the workpiece.
Kickback – A sudden reaction to a 

g. 

pinched, bound, or misaligned blade, 

causing an uncontrolled workpiece 

to lift up and out of the saw toward 

the operator.
Spreader – A metal plate that fol-

h. 

lows the saw blade to keep the kerf 

(gap) from closing on the saw blade.  

Spreaders, except riving knives, 

must be aligned to the blade after 

blade adjustment to prevent binding.

Construct a Push Stick out of Wood 

13. 

according to the guidelines on the fol-

lowing page.