Safety
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Safety
Fusion F1 Tablesaw © 2018 Laguna Tools 7/31/2018
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Safety
WARNING! For Your Own Safety Read Instruction Manual before Operating Tablesaw.
(a) DANGER – Never place your hands in the vicinity or in line with the saw blade.
(b) WARNING – "Wear eye protection" or the sign M004 of ISO 7010.
(c) WARNING – Always use a properly functioning saw-blade guard, riving knife and anti-kickback device for
every operation for which it can be used, including all through sawing.
(d) WARNING – Use a push-stick or push-block when required.
(e) WARNING – Do not perform any operation freehand.
(f) WARNING – Pay particular attention to instructions on reducing risk of kickback.
(g) WARNING – Never reach around or over saw blade.
(H) WARNING – Turn off tool and wait for saw blade to stop before moving workpiece or changing settings.
(I) WARNING – Never stand directly in line with the saw blade. Always position your body on the same side
of the saw blade as the fence.
In addition, use hearing protection and wear gloves when handling saw blades.
Guarding Related Warnings
1. Keep guards in place. Guards must be in working order and be properly mounted. A guard that is loose,
damaged, or is not functioning correctly must be repaired or replaced.
2. Always use saw blade guard, riving knife and anti-kickback device for every through-cutting operation. For
through-cutting operations where the saw blade cuts completely through the thickness of the workpiece,
the guard and other safety devices help reduce the risk of injury.
3. Immediately reattach the guarding system after completing an operation (such as rabbeting, dadoing or
resawing cuts) which requires removal of the guard, riving knife and/or anti-kickback device. The guard,
riving knife, and anti-kickback device help to reduce the risk of injury.
4. Make sure the saw blade is not contacting the guard, riving knife or the workpiece before the switch is
turned on. Inadvertent contact of these items with the saw blade could cause a hazardous condition.
5. Adjust the riving knife as described in this instruction manual. Incorrect spacing, positioning and
alignment can make the riving knife ineffective in reducing the likelihood of kickback.
6. For the riving knife and anti-kickback device to work, they must be engaged in the workpiece. The riving
knife and anti-kickback device are ineffective when cutting workpieces that are too short to be engaged
with the riving knife and anti-kickback device. Under these conditions a kickback cannot be prevented by
the riving knife and antikickback device.
7. Use the appropriate saw blade for the riving knife. For the riving knife to function properly, the saw blade
diameter must match the appropriate riving knife and the body of the saw blade must be thinner than the
thickness of the riving knife and the cutting width of the saw blade must be wider than the thickness of
the riving knife.
Cutting Procedures Warnings
1. DANGER: Never place your fingers or hands in the vicinity or in line with the saw blade. A moment of
inattention or a slip could direct your hand towards the saw blade and result in serious personal injury.
2. Feed the workpiece into the saw blade or cutter only against the direction of rotation. Feeding the
workpiece in the same direction that the saw blade is rotating above the table may result in the
workpiece, and your hand, being pulled into the saw blade.
3. Never use the mitre gauge to feed the workpiece when ripping and do not use the rip fence as a length
stop when cross cutting with the mitre gauge. Guiding the workpiece with the rip fence and the mitre
gauge at the same time increases the likelihood of saw blade binding and kickback.
4. When ripping, always apply the workpiece feeding force between the fence and the saw blade. Use a
push stick when the distance between the fence and the saw blade is less than 150 mm, and use a push
block when this distance is less than 50 mm. "Work helping" devices will keep your hand at a safe
distance from the saw blade.
5. Use only the push stick provided by the manufacturer or constructed in accordance with the instructions.
This push stick provides sufficient distance of the hand from the saw blade.
6. Never use a damaged or cut push stick. A damaged push stick may break causing your hand to slip into
the saw blade.
7. Do not perform any operation "freehand". Always use either the rip fence or the mitre gauge to position
and guide the workpiece. "Freehand" means using your hands to support or guide the workpiece, in lieu of
a rip fence or mitre gauge. Freehand sawing leads to misalignment, binding and kickback.
8. Never reach around or over a rotating saw blade. Reaching for a workpiece may lead to accidental
contact with the moving saw blade.
9. Provide auxiliary workpiece support to the rear and/or sides of the saw table for long and/or wide
workpieces to keep them level. A long and/or wide workpiece has a tendency to pivot on the table’s edge,
causing loss of control, saw blade binding and kickback.
10. Feed workpiece at an even pace. Do not bend or twist the workpiece. If jamming occurs, turn the tool off
immediately, unplug the tool then clear the jam. Jamming the saw blade by the workpiece can cause
kickback or stall the motor.
11. Do not remove pieces of cut-off material while the saw is running. The material may become trapped
between the fence or inside the saw blade guard and the saw blade pulling your fingers into the saw
blade. Turn the saw off and wait until the saw blade stops before removing material.
12. Use an auxiliary fence in contact with the table top when ripping workpieces less than 2 mm thick. A thin
workpiece may wedge under the rip fence and create a kickback.
Kickback Causes and Related Warnings
Kickback is a sudden reaction of the workpiece due to a pinched, jammed saw blade or misaligned line of cut
in the workpiece with respect to the saw blade or when a part of the workpiece binds between the saw blade
and the rip fence or other fixed object.
Most frequently during kickback, the workpiece is lifted from the table by the rear portion of the saw blade and
is propelled towards 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. Never stand directly in line with the saw blade. Always position your body on the same side of the saw
blade as the fence. Kickback may propel the workpiece at high velocity towards anyone standing in front
and in line with the saw blade.
2. Never reach over or in back of the saw blade to pull or to support the workpiece. Accidental contact with
the saw blade may occur or kickback may drag your fingers into the saw blade.
3. Never hold and press the workpiece that is being cut off against the rotating saw blade. Pressing the
workpiece being cut off against the saw blade will create a binding condition and kickback.
4. Align the fence to be parallel with the saw blade. A misaligned fence will pinch the workpiece against the
saw blade and create kickback.
5. Use a feather-board to guide the workpiece against the table and fence when making non-through cuts
such as rabbeting, dadoing or resawing cuts. A feather-board helps to control the workpiece in the event
of a kickback.
6. Use extra caution when making a cut into blind areas of assembled workpieces. The protruding saw
blade may cut objects that can cause kickback.
7. Support large panels to minimize the risk of saw blade pinching and kickback. Large panels tend to sag
under their own weight. Support(s) must be placed under all portions of the panel overhanging the table
top.
8. Use extra caution when cutting a workpiece that is twisted, knotted, warped or does not have a straight
edge to guide it with a mitre gauge or along the fence. A warped, knotted, or twisted workpiece is
unstable and causes misalignment of the kerf with the saw blade, binding and kickback.
9. Never cut more than one workpiece, stacked vertically or horizontally. The saw blade could pick up one or
more pieces and cause kickback.
10. When restarting the saw with the saw blade in the workpiece, center the saw blade in the kerf so that the
saw teeth are not engaged in the material. If the saw blade binds, it may lift up the workpiece and cause
kickback when the saw is restarted.
11. Keep saw blades clean, sharp, and with sufficient set. Never use warped saw blades or saw blades with
cracked or broken teeth. Sharp and properly set saw blades minimize binding, stalling and kickback.
Tablesaw Operating Procedure Warnings
1. Turn off the table saw and disconnect the power cord when removing the table insert, changing the saw
blade or making adjustments to the riving knife, anti-kickback device or saw blade guard, and when the
machine is left unattended. Precautionary measures will avoid accidents.
2. Never leave the table saw running unattended. Turn it off and don’t leave the tool until it comes to a
complete stop. An unattended running saw is an uncontrolled hazard.