Skil 5265 AA: 5) SERVICE SAFETY WARNINGS FOR CIRCULAR SAWS 1) CUTTING PROCEDURES 3) LOWER GUARD FUNCTION 2) KICKBACK CAUSES AND RELATED WARNINGS ADDITIONAL SAFETY WARNINGS GENERAL

account the working conditions and the work to be

motionless in the material until the blade comes to a

performed. Use of the power tool for operations dierent

complete stop. Never attempt to remove the saw

from those intended could result in a hazardous situation.

from the work or pull the saw backwards while the

5) SERVICE

blade is in motion or kickback may occur. Investigate

a) Have your power tool serviced by a qualified repair

and take corrective actions to eliminate the cause of

person using only identical replacement parts. This

blade binding. Avoid cutting nails or screws.

will ensure that the safety of the power tool is maintained.

c) When restarting a saw in the workpiece, centre the

saw blade in the kerf and check that saw teeth are

SAFETY WARNINGS FOR CIRCULAR SAWS

not engaged into the material. If saw blade is binding,

it may walk up or kickback from the workpiece as the saw

1) CUTTING PROCEDURES

is restarted.

a)

DANGER : Keep hands away from cutting area

d) Support large panels to minimise the risk of blade

and the blade. Keep your second hand on auxiliary

pinching and kickback. Large panels tend to sag under

handle, or motor housing. If both hands are holding the

their own weight. Supports must be placed under the

saw, they can not be cut by the blade.

panel on both sides, near the line of cut and near the

b) Do not reach underneath the workpiece. The guard

edge of the panel.

cannot protect you from the blade below the workpiece.

e) Do not use dull or damaged blades. Unsharpened or

c) Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness of the

improperly set blades produce narrow kerf causing

workpiece. Less than a full tooth of the blade teeth

excessive friction, blade binding and kickback.

should be visible below the workpiece.

f) Blade depth and bevel adjusting locking levers must

d) Never hold the workpiece being cut in your hands or

be tight and secure before making cut. If blade

across your leg. Secure the workpiece to a stable

adjustment shifts while cutting, it may cause binding and

platform. It is important to support the work properly to

kickback.

minimize body exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.

g) Use extra caution when sawing into existing walls or

e) Hold the power tool by insulated gripping surfaces

other blind areas. The protruding blade may cut objects

only, when performing an operation where the

that can cause kickback.

cutting tool may contact hidden wiring or its own

3) LOWER GUARD FUNCTION

cord. Contact with a “live” wire will also make exposed

a) Check lower guard for proper closing before each

metal parts of the power tool “live” and could give the

use. Do not operate the saw if lower guard does not

operator an electric shock.

move freely and close instantly. Never clamp or tie

f) When ripping always use a parallel guide or straight

the lower guard into the open position. If saw is

edge guide. This improves the accuracy of cut and

accidentally dropped, lower guard may be bent. Disconnect

reduces the chance of blade binding.

the plug, raise the lower guard with the retracting handle

g) Always use blades with correct size and shape

and make sure it moves freely and does not touch the

(diamond versus round) of arbour holes. Blades that

blade or any other part, in all angles and depths of cut.

do not match the mounting hardware of the saw will run

b) Check the operation of the lower guard spring. If the

eccentrically, causing loss of control.

guard and the spring are not operating properly,

h) Never use damaged or incorrect blade washers or

they must be serviced before use. Lower guard may

bolt. The blade washers and bolt were specially

operate sluggishly due to damaged parts, gummy

designed for your saw, for optimum performance and

deposits, or a build-up of debris.

safety of operation.

c) Lower guard should be retracted manually only for

2) KICKBACK CAUSES AND RELATED WARNINGS

special cuts such as plunge cuts and compound

• Kickback is a sudden reaction to a pinched, bound or

cuts. Raise lower guard by retracting handle and as

misaligned saw blade, causing an uncontrolled saw to lift

soon as blade enters the material, the lower guard

up and out of the workpiece toward the operator

must be released. For all other sawing, the lower guard

• When the blade is pinched or bound tightly by the kerf

should operate automatically.

closing down, the blade stalls and the motor reaction

d) Always observe that the lower guard is covering the

drives the unit rapidly back toward the operator

blade before placing saw down on bench or floor.

• If the blade becomes twisted or misaligned in the cut, the

An unprotected, coasting blade will cause the saw to

teeth at the back edge of the blade can dig into the top

walk backwards, cutting whatever is in its path. Be aware

surface of the wood causing the blade to climb out of the

of the time it takes for the blade to stop after switch is

kerf and jump back towards operator

released.

• Kickback is the result of tool misuse and/or incorrect

operating procedures or conditions and can be avoided

ADDITIONAL SAFETY WARNINGS

by taking proper precautions as given below

a) Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the saw and

GENERAL

position your arms to resist kickback forces. Position

• This tool should not be used by people under the age of

your body to either side of the blade, but not in line

16 years

with the blade. Kickback could cause the saw to jump

• This tool is not suitable for wet cutting

backwards, but kickback forces can be controlled by the

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operator, if proper precautions are taken.

making any adjustment or changing any accessory

b) When blade is binding, or when interrupting a cut

• Never use the tool when cord is damaged; have it

for any reason, release the trigger and hold the saw

replaced by a qualied person

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