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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Safest way to use radial arm saw?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.201534.29321@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1gt0gtINN12h@topaz.bds.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:15:34 GMT
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- ron@topaz.bds.com (Ron Natalie) writes:
- :
- : > Is it best to push the blade through the work, or pull it through the
- : > work.
- :
- : Push, always push.
-
- Wrong! On a radial arm say - NEVER push the blade through the work. This
- will cause the blade to lift the work - guaranteeing that it will bind and
- cause all sorts of havoc - if not an injury.
-
- You push the work into the blade, when ripping.
-
- Bill
-