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TABLE SAW TERMS

MITER GAUGE –

A guide used for crosscutting

operations that slides in the tabletop channels located

on either side of the blade. It helps make accurate

straight or angle cuts.

RIP FENCE –

A guide used for rip cutting that clamps to

the tabletop. It allows the workpiece to be straight.

TABLE INSERT –

Provides access to the blade arbor

for changing blades.

OVERLOAD RESET SWITCH –

Resets the

thermocouple and provides a way to restart the saw

motor if it overheats or overloads.

BLADE BEVEL SCALE –

Measures the angle the blade

is tilted when set for a bevel cut.

TABLE SCALE –

Measures the distance the rip fence is

set from the blade, allowing quick setups.

ANTI-KICKBACK PAWLS –

Prevents the workpiece

from being kicked upward or back toward the front of the

table saw by the spinning blade.

SPLITTER –

Keeps the workpiece spread apart

after being cut, to prevent binding on the blade and

workpiece.

BLADE ELEVATION HANDWHEEL –

Raises and

lowers the blade.

BLADE TILTING HANDWHEEL –

Tilts the blade to any

angle between 0°

to 45° for bevel cuts.

WOODWORKING TERMS

ARBOR –

The shaft on which a blade is mounted.

BEVEL CUT –

An angle cut made through the face of

the workpiece.

COMPOUND CUT –

A simultaneous bevel and miter

cut.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

CROSSCUT –

A cut made across the width of the

workpiece.

FREEHAND –

Performing a cut without using a fence

(guide), hold down or other proper device to prevent the

workpiece from twisting during the cutting operation.

GUM –

A sticky sap from wood products.

HEEL –

Misalignment of the blade.

KERF –

The amount of material removed by a blade

cut.

MITER CUT –

An angle cut made across the width of

the workpiece.

RESIN –

A sticky sap that has hardened.

REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE (RPM) –

The number of

turns completed by a spinning object in one minute.

SAW BLADE PATH –

The area of the workpiece or

table top directly in line with the travel of the blade or the

part of the workpiece that will be cut.

SET –

The distance between two saw blade tips, bent

outward in opposite directions to each other. The further

apart the tips are, the greater the set.

WORKPIECE –

The item being cut. The surfaces of a

workpiece are commonly referred to as faces, ends and

edges.

Leading Edge

Kerf

Surface

Saw Blade Path

Trailing Edge

Workpiece

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