Grizzly H8145 - Manual (Page 11)

H8145 Baby Table Saw
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The following is a list of common definitions, terms and phrases used throughout this manual as they relate
to this table saw and woodworking in general. Become familiar with these terms for assembling, adjusting
or operating this machine. Your safety is
VERY important to us at Grizzly!
Arbor: A metal shaft extending from the drive
mechanism that is the mounting location for
the saw blade.
Bevel Cut: Tilting the arbor and saw blade to
an angle between 0˚ and 45˚ to cut a beveled
edge onto a workpiece.
Blade Guard: Metal or plastic safety device that
mounts over the saw blade. Its function is to
prevent the operator from coming into contact
with the saw blade.
Crosscut: Cutting operation in which the cross-
cut fence is used to cut across the shortest
width of the workpiece.
Dado Blade: Blade or set of blades that are used
to cut grooves and rabbets.
Dado Cut: Cutting operation that uses a dado
blade to cut a flat bottomed groove into the
face of the workpiece.
Featherboard: Safety device used to keep the
workpiece against the rip fence and against the
table surface.
Kerf: The resulting cut or gap in the workpiece
after the saw blade passes through during a
cutting operation.
Kickback: An event in which the workpiece is
propelled back towards the operator at a high
rate of speed.
Non-Through Cut: A sawing operation that
requires the removal of the blade guard and
riving knife or the riving knife. Dado and rab-
bet cuts are considered Non-Through Cuts
because the blade does not protrude above
the top face of the wood stock.
Parallel: Being an equal distance apart at every
point along two given lines or planes (i.e. the
rip fence face is parallel to the face of the saw
blade).
Perpendicular: Lines or planes that intersect and
form right angles (i.e. the blade is perpendicular
to the table surface).
Push Stick: Safety device used to push the
workpiece through a cutting operation. Used
most often when rip cutting thin workpieces.
Rabbet: Cutting operation that creates an L-shaped
channel along the edge of the workpiece.
Rip Cut: Cutting operation in which the rip fence
is used to cut across the widest width of the
workpiece.
Riving Knife or Riving knife: Metal plate located
behind the blade. It maintains the kerf opening
in the wood when performing a cutting opera-
tion.
Straightedge: A tool used to check the flatness,
parallelism, or consistency of a surface(s).
Through Cut: A sawing operation in which the
workpiece is completely sawn through.
Glossary of Terms