Festool TS 55 R - Manual (Page 14)

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TS 55 GB
4 Intended use
Plunge-cut saws are intended to be used for sawing
wood, materials similar to wood, plaster and ce-
ment-bonded fibre materials and plastics. When
fitted with special saw blades for aluminium of-
fered by Festool, these machines can also be used
for sawing aluminium.
Only saw blades with the following specifications
may be used: Saw blade diameter 160 mm, cutting
width 2,2 mm, location hole 20 mm, max. standard
blade thickness 1,8 mm, suitable for speeds up to
9500 rpm. Never use abrasive wheels in the ma-
chine.
The machine is designed and approved for use by
trained persons or specialists only.
– Festool electric power tools must only be in-
stalled on work tables provided by Festool for
this purpose. If the tool is installed in another, or
self-made, work table, it can become unstable
and result in serious accidents.
The user is liable for improper or non-in-
tended use.
5 Safety instructions
5.1 General safety instructions
WARNING! Read all safety warnings and all
instructions. Failure to follow the warnings
and instructions may result in electric shock, fire
and/or serious injury.
Save all warnings and instructions for future ref-
erence.
The term "power tool" in the warnings refers to
your mains-operated (corded) power tool or bat-
tery-operated (cordless) power tool.
5.2 Machine-related safety instructions
Cutting procedures
a. 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.
b. Do not reach underneath the workpiece. The
guard cannot protect you from the blade below
the workpiece.
c. 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.
d. Never hold piece being cut in your hands or
across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a sta-
ble platform. It is important to support the work
properly to minimize body exposure, blade bind-
ing, or loss of control.
e. Hold the power tool by insulated gripping sur-
faces only, when performing an operation
where the cutting tool may contact hidden wir-
ing or its own cord. Contact with a "live" wire will
also make exposed metal parts of the power tool
"live" and could give the operator an electric
shock.
f. When ripping, always use a rip fence or straight
edge guide. This improves the accuracy of cut
and reduces the chance of blade binding.
g. 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.
h. Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers
or bolt. The blade washers and bolt were spe-
cially designed for your saw, for optimum perfor-
mance and safety of operation.
i.Wear suitable protective equip-
ment such as ear protection,
safety goggles, a dust mask for
work which generates dust, and
protective gloves when working
with raw materials and when
changing tools.
Kickbacks causes and related warnings
– kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched, bound
or misaligned saw blade, causing an uncon-
trolled saw to lift up and out of the workpiece to-
ward the operator;
– when the blade is pinched or bound tightly by the
kerf closing down, the blade stalls and the motor
reaction drives the unit rapidly back toward 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 causing the
blade to climb out of the kerf and jump back to-
ward the operator.
Kickback is the result of saw misuse and/or incorrect
operating procedures or conditions and can be avoid-
ed by taking proper precautions as given below.
a. Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the saw
and position your arms to resist kickback forc-
es. Position your body to either side of the
blade, but not in line with the blade. Kickback
could cause the saw to jump backwards, but
kickback forces can be controlled by the operator,
if proper precautions are taken.
b. When blade is binding, or when interrupting a
[1-16] Viewing window / chipguard
[1-17] Splinterguard