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saw blade! Use your other hand for
the additional handle or the motor
housing. If both hands are holding the
saw, they cannot be injured by the
saw blade.
b Do not put your hand under the
workpiece. The safety guard cannot
protect your hands from the saw
blade under the workpiece.
c Select the depth of the cut to match
the thickness of the workpiece.
Less than the height of one tooth
should be visible beneath the
workpiece.
d Never hold the workpiece with your
hand or rest it on your leg. Secure
the workpiece on a steady surface.
It is important to secure the workpiece
to reduce the risk of body contact,
jamming of the saw blade or loss of
control.
e During work where there is a
danger of damaging concealed
wires or the mains cable of the
machine, hold the machine only by
the insulated handles. Contact with
live wires causes the metallic parts of
the machine to become live and
cause electric shock.
f When cutting lengthwise, always
use a stop or a straight guiding
edge. This improves the accuracy of
the cut and reduces the risk of saw
blade jamming.
g Always use saw blades of the right
size with seating holes of the
correct size and shape (e.g.
star-shaped or round). Saw blades
which do not fit correctly into the saw
are not correctly balanced and cause
loss of control.
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h Never use damaged or incorrect
2 Additional safety notes for all saws
• Causes and prevention of kickback:
a Hold the saw firmly with both
b Should the saw blade become
saw-blade washers or screws. The
saw-blade washers and screws
supplied were designed specially for
your saw to ensure optimum safety
and performance.
A kickback is a sudden backward
impact resulting from a jamming or
wrongly adjusted saw blade and
causes an uncontrolled saw to spring
out of the workpiece towards the
user. When the saw blade jams or
locks in the cut gap, it blocks and the
force of the motor causes it to jump
back towards the user. If the saw
blade twists in the cut or is incorrectly
aligned, the teeth of the rear edge of
the blade may lock in the workpiece,
lifting the blade out of the cut and
back towards the user. This kickback
is caused by incorrect use of the saw.
It can be prevented by suitable
precautions as described below.
hands and hold your arms in a
position where they are able to
withstand kickbacks. Always stand
to the side of the saw blade. Never
bring the saw blade into line with your
body. A kickback may cause the saw
to jump backwards unexpectedly;
however, the user can control the
effects by exercising due care.
stuck or the sawing operation be
interrupted for any other reason,
release the ON/OFF switch and hold
the saw steady in the workpiece
until the blade has come to a
complete rest. Do not attempt to
remove the saw from the workpiece
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