OK7 Set Design Workshop

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Before sawing:

1. Wear eye protection, as the chips and cutting fluid can damage eyes.
2. Wear ear protection.
3. Wear gloves, as the cut pieces and the blade have sharp edges.
4. Wear protective shoes or stand at an adequate distance from the workpiece. A falling workpiece can cause an accident.
5. Wear appropriate protective clothing; loose clothes can get caught in the moving parts of the machine and cause an accident.
6. Tie back long hair or wear a cap to cover it, so that your hair will not get entangled in the moving parts of the machine. Avoid wearing dangling jewellery.
7. Pay attention to cutting fluid that may splash or dribble down to the floor during cutting; it can cause a slip hazard. Clean the fluid off the floor immediately after you are ready. When sawing long pieces that extend outside the sawing table, cutting fluid may dribble onto the floor. After the work is done, clean the liquid off the floor.
8. Lift up the saw.
9. Place the workpiece between the jaws.
10. Lower the blade from the feed rate adjust knob so it is close to the workpiece.
11. Measure the length to be cut from the blade and clamp down the jaws so that the workpiece cannot spin around. If you are cutting several pieces of the same length, you can use the fence that can be locked in position.

Sawing:

1. Start the machine. Make sure that the cutting fluid circulation is working. Add fluid if necessary or clean the machine of any sawdust that may block the fluid circulation. Perform these procedures only after you have turned off the machine.
2. Start sawing by adjusting the feed rate according to the hardness of the material to be cut. Hard metals require a slower cutting speed than soft metals.
3. Step aside and wait until the piece has been cut and the machine has turned off automatically. Watch out for the falling piece.
4. The saw can be used to cut angles from 0 to 45 degrees. Lock the cutting angle and perform the job.

After sawing:

1. Lift up the blade, detach the piece from between the jaws, and clean up after yourself.
2. You can wash off any cutting fluid from the workpiece in the sink. Next, sand or file off any sharp edges.