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RIPPING

Fig. 48

TYPICAL OPERATIONS

CROSS-CUTTING

Cross-cutting requires the use of the miter gage to

position and guide the work. Place the work against the

miter gage and advance both the gage and work toward

the saw blade, as shown in Fig. 48. The miter gage may

be used in either table slot. When bevel cutting (blade

tilted), use the table groove that does not cause

interference of your hand or miter gage with the saw

blade guard. The saw guard must always be used.

Start the cut slowly and hold the work firmly against the

miter gage and the table. One of the rules in running a

saw is that you never hang onto or touch a free piece of

work. Hold the supported piece, not the free piece that is

cut off. The feed in cross-cutting continues until the work

is cut in two, and the miter gage and work are pulled

back to the starting point. Before pulling the work back,

it is good practice to give the work a little sideways shift

to move the work slightly away from the saw blade.

Never pick up any short length of free work from the

table while the saw is running. Never touch a cut-off

piece unless it is at least a foot long.

WARNING: NEVER USE THE FENCE AS A CUT-

OFF GAGE WHEN CROSS-CUTTING.

For added safety and convenience the miter gage can

be fitted with an auxiliary wood facing that should be at

least 1 inch higher than the maximum depth of cut, and

should extend 12 inches or more on both sides of the

blade. This auxiliary wood-facing can be fastened to the

front of the miter gage by using two wood screws

through the holes provided in the miter gage body and

into the wood facing.

Fig. 49 Fig. 50

Ripping is the operation of making a lengthwise cut

through a board, as shown in Fig. 49, and the rip fence

(A) is used to position and guide the work. One edge of

the work rides against the rip fence while the flat side of

the board rests on the table. Since the work is pushed

along the fence, it must have a straight edge and make

solid contact with the table. The saw guard must always

be used. The guard has anti-kickback fingers to prevent

kickback and a splitter to prevent the saw kerf from

closing and binding the blade.

Start the motor and advance the work, holding it down

and against the fence. Never stand in the line of the saw

cut when ripping. Hold the work with both hands and

push it along the fence and into the saw blade as shown

in Fig. 49. The work can then be fed through the saw

blade with one or two hands. After the work is beyond

the saw blade and anti-kickback fingers the hand is

removed from the work. When this is done the work will

either stay on the table, tilt up slightly and be caught by

the rear end of the guard or slide off the table to the floor.

Alternately, the feed can continue to the end of the table,

after which the work is lifted and brought along the

outside edge of the fence. The cut-off stock remains on

the table and is not touched with the hands until the saw

blade is stopped unless it is a large piece allowing safe

removal. When ripping boards longer than three feet, it is

recommended that a work support be used at the rear of

the saw to keep the workpiece from falling off the saw

table.

If the ripped work is less than 4 inches wide, a push stick

should always be used to complete the feed, as shown

in Fig. 50. The push stick can easily be made from scrap

material as explained in the section “CONSTRUCTING

A PUSH STICK.” When ripping 2 inches or narrower,

assemble an auxiliary wood facing to the fence, as

explained in the section “USING AUXILIARY WOOD

FACING ON RIP FENCE” and use a push stick.

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