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--- tools:general_wood:table_saw_clearance [2024/01/08 22:36] – removed - external edit (Unknown date) 127.0.0.1
+++ tools:general_wood:table_saw_clearance [2024/02/08 00:12] (current) – smartin015
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+====== Table Saw Clearance ======
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+{{section>tools:general_wood:clearance_area&nofooter&noindent}}
+====== Tool Specific Instruction ======
+===== Point out the following tool features =====
+  * Maintenance tag
+  * Dust gates
+  * Main power switches
+  * Power switches
+  * Paddle start/stop switch
+  * Fence (and locking lever)
+  * Riving knife
+  * Blade height adjust wheel
+  * Blade angle adjust
+  * Bypass mode turnkey
+  * Throat plate
+  * Riving knife lock lever
+  * Blade change wrenches
+  * Sleds
+===== Safe Setup/Operation/Cleanup =====
+  * Demonstrate loading/changing the blade and switching between the riving knife and the plastic guard
+  * Demonstrate setting the blade height for a specific piece of stock
+  * Demonstrate using the fence and push blocks how to rip a piece of stock
+  * Demonstrate using the miter gauge how to cross-cut a piece of stock
+===== Knowledge and Technique =====
+  * Knows when to use the sled vs the fence
+  * Acknowledges that one should never use more than one guiding tool when operating the saw (kickback/binding risk)
+  * Knows what bypass mode is, the process to enable it, and the increased risk of injury/kickback by operating in this mode
+  * Knows to watch for excessive sawdust generation, indicating a clogged dust port
+  * Accepts financial responsibility for replacing a triggered brake