Panasonic EY4542 - Manual (Page 6)

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2) Use power tools only with specifically
designated battery packs.
Use of any other battery packs may create a
risk of injury and fire.
3) When battery pack is not in use, keep it
away from other metal objects, like paper
clips, coins, keys, nails, screws, or other
small metal objects, that can make a con-
nection from one terminal to another.
Shorting the battery terminals together may
cause burns or a fire.
4) Under abusive conditions, liquid may be
ejected from the battery; avoid contact.
If contact accidentally occurs, flush with
water. If liquid contacts eyes, additionally
seek medical help.
Liquid ejected from the battery may cause
irritation or burns.
Service
a) Have your power tool serviced by a quali-
fied repair person using only identical re-
placement parts.
This will ensure that the safety of power tool
is maintained.
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
FOR ALL SAWS
1) DANGER: Keep hands away from cutting
area and the blade. Keep your second
hand on auxiliary handle, or motor
housing.
If both hands are holding the saw, they
cannot be cut by the blade.
) Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you from the blade
below the workpiece.
3) Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness
of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth of
the blade teeth should be visible below the
workpiece.
4) Never hold piece being cut in your hands
or across your leg. Secure the workpiece
to a stable platform.
It is important to support the work properly to
minimize body exposure, blade binding, or
loss of control.
) Hold power tool by insulated gripping
sur-faces when performing an operation
where the cutting tool may contact
hidden wiring.
Contact with a “live” wire will also make ex-
posed metal parts of the power tool “live”
and shock the operator.
) When ripping always use a rip fence or
straight edge guide.
This improves the accuracy of cut and
reduces the chance of blade binding.
7) Always use blades with correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbour
holes.
Blades that do not match the mounting
hardware of the saw will run eccentrically,
causing loss of control.
8) Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt.
The blade washers and bolt were specially
designed for your saw, for optimum perform-
ance and safety of operation.
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FURTHER SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR
ALL SAWS
Causes and operator prevention of kick-
back:
- kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched,
bound or misaligned saw blade, causing
an uncontrolled saw to lift up and out of the
work-piece toward the operator;
- when the blade is pinched or bound tight-
ly by the kerf closing down, the blade stalls
and the motor reaction drives the unit rapidly
back to-ward the operator;
- if the blade becomes twisted or misaligned
in the cut, the teeth at the back edge of the
blade can dig into the top surface of the
wood caus-ing the blade to climb out of the
kerf and jump back toward the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or
incorrect operating procedures or conditions and
can be avoided by taking proper precautions as
given below.
1) Maintain a firm grip with both hands on
the saw and position your arms to resist
kick-back forces. Position your body to
either side of the blade, but not in line
with the blade.
Kickback could cause the saw to jump back-
wards, but kickback forces can be controlled
by the operator, if proper precautions are
taken.
2) When blade is binding, or when interrupt-
ing a cut for any reason, release the trig-
ger and hold the saw motionless in the
material until the blade comes to a com-
plete stop. Never attempt to remove the
saw from the work or pull the saw back-