User manual PARKSIDE PHKS 1300 A1 CIRCULAR SAW

[. . . ] Risk of loss of life by electric shock from damaged mains lead or mains plug!Wear hearing protection, dust protection mask, protective glasses and protective gloves. Do not expose yourself to laser radiation. Automatic power delivery system Electronic soft start Do not dispose of rechargeable batteries with your household refuse! [. . . ] Note: Always keep the mains lead away from the working area of the machine and lead away the mains lead from the rear. To avoid the risk of injury: a) Keep your hands away from the area around the saw and clear of the saw blade. hold the auxiliary handle or the motor housing with your free hand. If you have both hands on the saw they cannot be injured by the saw blade. b) Do not grip the underside of the workpiece. The blade guard cannot protect you from the saw blade under the workpiece. General safety advice for electrical power tools c) Set the cutting depth to match the thickness of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth height should be visible below the workpiece. D) Never hold the workpiece in your hand or steady it with your leg whilst sawing. keep the workpiece steady on a stable supporting surface. It is important to see that the workpiece is firmly held in place to minimise any danger of it making contact with your body, jamming of the saw blade or loss of control. Saw blades with blunt or misaligned teeth are in effect too wide for the designed saw gap and this gives rise to increased friction, jamming and kickback. F) Make sure that the cutting depth and angle setting fastenings are tightened before sawing starts. If these settings move during sawing, this can lead to the saw blade jamming and kickback. G) Be particularly careful when carrying out a plunge cut in an obscured area, e. Causes of kickback: a) A kickback is a sudden reaction to a saw blade becoming hooked, jammed or misaligned. This causes an out of control circular saw to raise itself and move out of the workpiece and towards the operator. B) If the sawblade becomes hooked or trapped in a narrowing saw gap, it is suddenly prevented General safety advice for electrical power tools From rotating and the force of the motor throws the device back in the direction of the operator. C) If the sawblade distorts or becomes misaligned in the saw cut, the teeth at the rear edge of the sawblade may hook themselves into the workpiece surface causing the sawblade to move out of the saw gap and the circular saw to jump backwards in the direction of the operator. Special safety advice for circular saws and automatic blade guards a) Before you use the saw, always check that the automatic blade guard 7 closes properly. Do not use the saw if the bottom compartment of the blade guard does not move freely or close immediately. Even a slight defect can cause the blade guard to close too slowly. [. . . ] An even more effective way of stopping the cut edges from being broken out is to clamp a thin piece of wood along the cutting line, which is then also sawn through. Always pull the mains plug out of the socket before doing any work on the device. Clean the device after you have finished using it. Use a cloth to clean the outside of the device never use petrol, solvents or cleaners. [. . . ]