Craftsman 113.232240 Owner's Manual

Support Long WorkpiecesTo avoid injury from slips or kickbacks, use extra sup-ports (tables, saw horses, etc.) at both infeed and out-feed ends if your workpiece if hard to hold down to thetable.,,,,,, ,,,,, ,,Using the Hold-Down/Push-BlocksAlways use the hold_down/push-blocks when jointing orrabbeting wood that is narrower than 3 inches or planingwood that is thinner than 3 inches (as illustrated).Grasp the hold-down/push-blocks firmly with the fingersclose together and wrapped around the handle. Positionthe hold-down/push-blocks tlat, on top of workpiece andpush the workpiece down against the table. This helps toprovide a qualify cut and minimize the chance of a kick-back.Hold-down pressure must also be sufficient to preventheld-down/push-block sliding or slipping on the top faceof workpiece when advancing workpiece over cutter-head.Use a I_and-over-hand motion of the hold-down/push-blocks, being careful to maintain control over the work-piece at all times.This means that once the workpiece has been fed pastthe cutterhead onto the outfeed table, one hold-down/push-block must always maintain contact of workpiecewith outfeed table,WARNING: If the hold-downlpush-blocks tend to Islip while feeding, clean rubber surface immedi-Iately with sandpaper,When planing wood between 112 inch and 3/4 of an inchthick and narrower than the hold-down/push-block, tilt thehold-down/push-block so that it clears the tip of the cutterguard while feeding.Never ptane wood that is thinner than 1/2 inch. It is apt tosplit or shatter and thus has a greater tendency to kick-back.27