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Safety Instructions For Table Saw
Safety is a combination of common sense, staying alert and knowing how your
table saw works. Read this manual to understand this table saw.
Safety Signal Words
DANGER: means if the safety
information is not followed someone
will be seriously injured or killed.
WARNING: means if the safety
information is not followed someone
could be seriously injured or killed.
CAUTION: means if the safety
information is not followed someone
may be injured.
Before Using The Saw
WARNING: Some dust created
by power sanding, sawing,
grinding, drilling, and other
construction activities contains
chemicals known (to the State of
California) to cause cancer, birth
defects or other reproductive
harm. Some examples of these
chemicals are:
Lead from lead-bases paints
• Crystalline silica from bricks
and cement and other
masonry products, and
• Arsenic and chromium from
chemically-treated lumber.
Your risk from these exposures
varies, depending on how often
you do this type of work. To
reduce your exposure to these
chemicals: work in a well venti-
lated area, and work with
approved safety equipment,
such as those dust masks that
are specially designed to filter
out microscopic particles.
WARNING: To reduce the risk of
mistakes that could cause
serious, permanent injury, do not
plug the table saw in until the
following steps have been
satisfactorily completed.
• Completely assemble and align
saw (See “Assembly” section).
• Learn the use and function of the
ON-OFF switch, blade guard,
spreader, anti-kickback device,
miter gauge, rip fence, table insert,
blade elevation and blade tilt
controls (See “Getting to Know
Your Table Saw” section).
• Review and understand all safety
instructions and operating
procedures in this manual.
• Review the maintenance methods
for this saw (See “Maintaining Your
Table Saw” section).
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