May beusedinconjunctionwithothersymbolsorpictographs. A DANGER: Failure to obey a safety waming will result in serious injury to yourself or to others. Always follow the safety precautions to reduce the riskof fire, electric shock and personal injury. & WARNING: Failure to obey a safety waming can result in serious injuryto yourself or to others. Always follow the safety precautions to reduce the riskof fire, electdc shock and personal injury, & CAUTION: Failure to obey a safety waming may result in property damage or personal injury to yourself or to others. Always follow the safety precautions to reduce the riskof fire, electric shock and personal injury, Note: Advises you of information or instructionsvital to the operation or maintenance of the equipment. IMPORTANT Servicing requires extreme care and knowledge of the system and should be performed only by a qualified service technician. For service we suggest you return the tool to your nearest Sears store for repair. Always use original factory replacement parts when servicing. KEEP THE WORK AREA CLEAN. Cluttered _k WARNING: Do not attempt to operate this tool • until you have read thoroughly and understand work areas and work benches invite accidents. completely all instructions, safety rules, etc. DO NOT leave tools or pieces of wood on the contained in this manual. Failure to comply can saw while it is in operation. result in accidents involving firs, electdc shock, • DO NOT USE IN DANGEROUS ENVIRON- or serious personal injury. Save owner's manual MENT. Do not use power tools near gasoline or and review frequently for continuing safe other flammable liquids, in damp or wet loca operation, and instructing others who may use tions, or expose them to rain. Keep the work this tool. area well lit. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS • KEEP CHILDREN AND VISITORS AWAY. All visitors should wear safety glasses and be kept a KNOW YOUR POWER TOOL. Read the owner's safe distance from work area. Do not let visitors manual carefully. Learn the saw's applications contact tool or extension cord while operating. and limitations as well as the specific potential hazards related to this tool. • MAKE WORKSHOP CHILD-PROOF with padlocks and master switches or by removing • GUARD AGAINST ELECTRICAL SHOCK BY starter keys. PREVENTING BODY CONTACT WITH GROUNDED SURFACES. For example; pipes, • DO NOT FORCE THE TOOL. It will do the job radiators, ranges; refrigerator enclosures. better and safer at the rate for which it was designed. • KEEP GUARDS IN PLACE and in good working order. • USE THE RIGHT TOOL. Do not force the tool or attachment to do a job it was not designed for. REMOVE ADJUSTING KEYS AND Don't use it for a purpose not intended. WRENCHES. Get in the habit of checking to see that hex keys and adjusting wrenches are • USE THE PROPER EXTENSION CORD. Make removed from tool before turning it on. sure your extension cord is in good condition. 3 RULES FOR, SAFE OPERATION (Continued) . When us(rig an extension cord, be sure to use binding of moving pans, breakage of pans, saw one heavy enough to carry the current your stability, mounting and any other conditions that product will draw. An undersized cord will cause may affect its operation. A guardor other part a drop in line voltage resulting in loss of power that is damaged must be properly repaired or and overheating. A wire gage size (A.W.G.) of at replaced by a qualified service technician at a least 18 is recommended for an extension cord Sears store to avoid risk of personal injury. 25 feet or less in length. If in doubt, use the next DIRECTION OF FEED. Feed work into a blade heavier gage. The smaller the gage number, the or cutter against the direction of rotation of the heavier the cord. blade or cutter only. INSPECT EXTENSION CORDS PERIODI • NEVER LEAVE TOOL RUNNING UNATCALLY and replace if damaged. TENDED. TURN THE POWER OFF. Do not M DRESS PROPERLY. Do not wear loose clothing, leave tool until it comes to a complete stop. gloves, neckties, rings, bracelets, or other • USE ONLY CORRECT BLADES. Use the right jewelry. They can get caught and draw you into blade size, style and cutting speed for the moving parts. Rubber gloves and nonslipfoot material and the type of cut. Blade teeth should wear are recommended. Also wear protective point down toward the table. hair covering to contain long hair. KEEP BLADES CLEAN, SHARP AND WITH ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WITH SUFFICIENT SET. Sharp blades minimize SIDE SHIELDS. Everyday eyeglasses have only stalling and kickback. impact-resistant lenses; they are NOT safety glasses. DO NOT REMOVE THE SAW'S BLADE GUARDS. Never operate the saw with any guard PROTECT YOUR LUNGS. Wear a face or dust or cover removed. Make sure all guards are mask if the cutting operation is dusty. operating properly before each use. PROTECT YOUR HEARING. Wear hearing KEEP HANDS AWAY FROM CUTTING AREA. protection during extended periods of operation. Do not hand hold pieces so small that your SECURE WORK. Use clamp...