Using Featherboards For Non Thru-Sawing; Rabbeting - Craftsman 113.298090 Owner's Manual

basic saw operations
USING FEATHERBOARDS FOR NON-
THRU SAWING
Featherboards are NOT employed during non thru-
sawing operations when using the Miter Gauge.
USE FEATHERBOARDS FOR ALL OTHER NON THRU-
SAWING OPERATIONS (when Sawblade Guard must
be removed). Featherboards are used to keep the work
in contact with the Fence and table as shown, and to stop
kickbacks.
Add 7-1/2 inch high flat facing board to the Fence, the full
length of the Fence.
Mount Featherboards to Fence and table as shown, so
that leading edges of Featherboards will support work-
piece until cut is complete, and the workpiece has been
pushed completely past the cutter (sawblade, Dado
Head, Molding Head, etc.) with a Push Stick, as in
ripping.
Before starting the operation (switch "OFF" and cutter
below table surface):
1. Install Featherboards so they exert pressure on the
workpiece; be positive they are secure, and
2. Make sure by trial that the Featherboards will stop a
kickback if one should occur.
I WARNING: For your own safety, replace the
Sawblade Guard as soon as the non thru-sawing
operation is complete.
"C" CLAMPS
:EATHERBOARD
CLAMPS
FEATHERBOARD
WORK SUPPORT
BLADE PATH
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BLADE PATH
RABBETING
RABBETING is known as cutting out a section of the
corner of a piece of material, across an end or along an
edge.
To make a RABBET requires cuts which do not go all the
way through the material. Therefore, the Blade Guard
must be removed.
RABBET.
FIRST CUT I
I SECOND CUTfJ
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1. Remove Blade Guard.
2. For rabbeting along an edge (long way of work-
piece) as shown, add facing to Rip Fence approxi-
mately as high as the workpiece is wide. Adjust Rip
Fe nce and blade to required dimensions; then make
first cut with board flat on table as any rip (type) cut;
make second cut with workpiece on edge. Follow all
precautions, safety instructions, and operational in-
structions as for ripping, or riptype operations, includ-
ing Featherboards and Push Stick, etc.
3. For rabbeting across an end, for workpiece 10-1/2
inches and narrower, make the rabbet cut with the
board flat on the table. Using the Miter Gauge fitted
with a Facing, follow the same procedures and in-
structions for cross cutting making successive cuts
across the width of the workpiece to obtain the de-
sired width of cut. DO NOT use the Rip Fence for
rabbeting across the end.
RABBETING ALONG
THE EDGE
RABBETING
ACROSS THE END
WARNING: For your own safety, install blade
guard immediately upon completion of rabbeting
operation.
Some rabbet cuts can also be made in one pass of the
workpiece over the cutter using the Dado Head or
Molding Head.
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