Safety
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BELOW and other safety precautions, may result in serious personal injury.!WARNING
YAlways use a clamp or a fixture designed to properlyYDo not allow familiarity gained from frequent use of
support round material such as dowel rods, oryour miter saw to become commonplace. Always
tubing. Rods have a tendency to roll while being cut,remember that a careless fraction of a second is sufficient
causing the blade to Obite� and pull the work with yourto inflict severe injury.
hand into the blade.
YTHINK SAFETY! SAFETY IS A COMBINATION OF
YWhen cutting irregularly shaped workpieces, planOPERATOROS COMMON SENSE, KNOWLEDGE OF
your work so it will not slip and pinch the blade andTHE SAFETY AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND
be torn from your hand. A piece of molding, forALERTNESS AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE MITER SAW
example, must lie flat or be held by a fixture or jig that willIS BEING USED.
not let it twist, rock or slip while being cut.
Some dust created by power sanding,
YLet the blade reach full speed before contacting thesawing, grinding, drilling, and other!WARNING
workpiece. This will help avoid thrown workpieces.construction activities contains chemicals known to
YIf the workpiece or blade becomes jammed orcause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Some examples of these chemicals are:
bogged down, turn miter saw OOFF� by releasing
switch. Wait for all moving parts to stop and removeY Lead from lead-based paints,
battery pack from tool, then work to free the jammed
Y Crystalline silica from bricks and cement and other
material. Continued sawing with jammed workpiecemasonry products, and
could cause loss of control or damage to compound miter
saw.Y Arsenic and chromium from chemically treated
lumber.
YBraking action of the saw causes the saw head to
jerk downward. Be ready for this reaction whenYour risk from these exposures varies, depending on how
often you do this type of work. To reduce your exposure to
making an incomplete cut or when releasing the switch
before the head is completely in the down position.these chemicals: work in a well ventilated area, and work
with approved safety equipment, such as those dust masks
YAfter finishing the cut, release the switch, hold thethat are specially designed to filter out microscopic particles.
saw arm down and wait for blade to stop before
YThere are additional safety instructions for particular
removing work or cutoff piece. If blade does not stop
5operations of the saw in the operating section. Read
tool and follow the instructions in thethe rest of the manual for safe operation.
Troubleshooting section. REACHING WITH YOUR
HAND UNDER A COASTING BLADE IS DANGEROUS!
OSAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS�
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