Before Leaving The Saw; Basic Saw Operations; General Instructions; Making Interior Scroll Cuts - RIDGID SS1650 1 Manual Del Usuario

Before Leaving The Saw

• Wait for all moving parts to stop.
• Make Workshop Child-proof. Unplug
the saw. Lock the workshop and ON/

Basic Saw Operations

General Instructions

Please, read and understand the follow-
ing items about your scroll saw before
attempting to use the saw.
• The saw does not cut wood by itself. You
allow the saw to cut wood by guiding the
wood into the blade as it moves.
• The blade teeth cut wood only on the
down stroke.
• You must guide the wood into the blade
slowly because the teeth of the blade
are very small and they can only remove
wood when they are on the down stroke.
• There is a learning curve for each per-
son who wants to use this saw. During
that period of time it is expected that
some blades will break until you learn
how to use the saw and receive the
greatest benefit from the blades.
• Best results are achieved when cutting
wood less than one inch thick.
• When cutting wood thicker than one inch
the user must guide the wood very, very
slowly into the blade and take extra care
not to bend or twist the blade while cut-
ting in order to maximize blade life.
• Teeth on scroll saw blades wear out and
as such must be replaced frequently for
best cutting results. Scroll saw blades
generally stay sharp for 1/2 hour to 2
hours of cutting.

Making Interior Scroll Cuts

• One of the features of this saw is that it
can be used to make scroll cuts on the
interior of a board without breaking or
cutting into the outline or perimeter of
the board.
WARNING
: To reduce the risk of
injury from accidental starting,
always turn switch "OFF" and
remove plug from power source out-
let before removing or replacing the
blade.
OFF knob on the saw. Store the key
away from children and others not quali-
fied to use the tool.
• To get accurate cuts, be prepared to
compensate for blade's tendency to fol-
low the wood grain as you are cutting.
• This scroll saw is intended to cut wood,
wood-like products, plastics and nonfer-
rous metals.
• When choosing a blade to use with your
scroll saw, consider the following care-
fully.
• Very fine, narrow blades should be
used to scroll cut in thin wood 1/4 inch
thick or less.
• To cut wood over 1/4 inch thick, use
wider blades.
• Most blade packages state the size or
thickness of wood which that blade is
intended to cut, and the radius, size of
curve, which can be cut with that
blade.
• Wider blades can't cut curves as tight
or small as thinner blades.
• Narrower blades work well only on
thinner wood material.
• This saw uses 5 inch long pin and plain
end type blades only.
• Blades wear faster when cutting ply-
wood, which is very abrasive, when saw-
ing wood which is thicker than the 7/8
inch blade stroke, and when sawing
hardwood, or when side pressure is
placed on the blade.
• To make interior cuts in a board, remove
the scroll saw blade as explained in the
Assembly section.
• Drill a 1/4" or larger hole in the board in
which you will make interior cuts.
• Place the board on the saw table with
the hole in the board over the access
hole in the table.
• Install the blade through the hole in the
board and adjust blade tension.
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