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→Safety First
* Never let your thumb or fingers hang down near the table when pushing a board through the machine.
* Never let your thumb or fingers hang down near the table when pushing a board through the machine.
* Hold onto material firmly and keep it against the table and fence to help prevent material kicking back. If material catches on the blade the material can shoot back at you and this is called a kickback.
* Hold onto material firmly and keep it against the table and fence to help prevent material kicking back. If material catches on the blade the material can shoot back at you and this is called a kickback.
* Use a hold down or push block when surfacing stock less than 12" long, or 3 inches wide, or 3 inches thick.
* Use a hold down or push block when surfacing stock less than 12" long, 3" wide, or 3" thick.
* Never feed material the same direction as the cutter rotation.
* Never feed material the same direction as the cutter rotation.
* Never try to cut across grain as this could cause a kickback.
* Never try to cut across grain as this could cause a kickback.