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W1761/W1762 12" Table Saw with Riving Knife

SAFETY

Common Terms

In order to increase user safety awareness and understanding, we have provided a list of common terms

associated with table saws. We will refer to many of these terms throughout this manual, so the time you

spend learning these terms will result in an increased knowledge of table saw applications.

Arbor: A metal shaft extending from the drive

mechanism that is the mounting location

for the saw blade

Bevel Edge 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 miter

gauge 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.

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).

Non-Through Cut: A sawing operation that

requires the removal of the blade guard

and splitter or the riving knife. Dado and

rabbet cuts are considered Non-Through

Cuts because the blade does not protrude

above the top face of the wood stock.

Deep Non-Through Cuts must be made with

multiple, light passes to reduce chance of

kickback. Always remember to re-install

the blade guard and riving knife after per

forming a non-through cut.

Perpendicular: Lines or planes that intersect

and form right angles (i.e. the blade is per

pendicular 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.

Riving Knife or Splitter

: Metal plate located

behind the blade. It maintains the kerf

opening in the wood when performing a

cutting operation.

Straightedge: A tool used to check the flat-

ness, parallelism, or consistency of a

surface(s).

Through Cut

: A sawing operation in which the

workpiece is completely sawn through.

Rip Cut

: Cutting operation in which the rip

fence is used to cut across the widest

width of the workpiece.

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