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  1. Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvaac!billn
  3. From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
  4. Subject: Re: Safest way to use radial arm saw?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.201534.29321@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
  6. Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
  7. References: <1gt0gtINN12h@topaz.bds.com>
  8. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:15:34 GMT
  9. Lines: 14
  10.  
  11. ron@topaz.bds.com (Ron Natalie) writes:
  12. : > Is it best to push the blade through the work, or pull it through the
  13. : > work.
  14. : Push, always push.
  15.  
  16. Wrong! On a radial arm say - NEVER push the blade through the work. This
  17. will cause the blade to lift the work - guaranteeing that it will bind and
  18. cause all sorts of havoc - if not an injury.
  19.  
  20. You push the work into the blade, when ripping.
  21.  
  22. Bill
  23.