I. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic Wood
Saw. The powerful cutting action of this saw,
combined with the convenience of its recharge-
able battery pack, provides you with great wood
cutting performance.
This Wood Saw is only to be used for cutting
wood.
DANGER
This product is a cutting tool, designed to cut
through wood. It has a rotating blade which is
capable of cutting you deeply, causing serious
injury or death. As a result, please read this
manual and the cautionary markings on
the tool carefully, and obey all of the Safety
Instructions to avoid such injury.
WARNING
To avoid injury, never insert your finger or any
other object into any opening of the wood saw.
How to Use This Manual
•Please read this manual completely before start-
ing to cut with your wood saw. If you let someone
else use the wood saw, make sure they either
read this manual or are fully instructed in the
proper use and all safety precautions concerning
the wood saw.
•Please keep this manual for future reference. It
contains important safety information that you
must follow to use the wood saw safely.
•This manual and product use the following signal
words:
NOTE
Notes provide additional information that you
should know about the wood saw.
CAUTION
Caution indicates a potentially hazardous situ-
ation, which could result in minor or moderate
injury if not avoided. Cautions also alert you to
unsafe practices to be avoided.
WARNING
Warning indicates a potentially hazardous situa-
tion, which could result in serious injury or death
if not avoided.
DANGER
Danger indicates a imminent hazard which will
result in serious injury or death if not avoided.
Read “the Safety Instructions” booklet and the
following before using.
II.
ADDITIONAL SAFETY
RULES
Safety instructions for all
saws
DANGER
• Keep hands away from cutting area and
the blade. Keep your second hand on
auxiliary handle, or motor housing. If both
hands are holding the saw, they cannot be
cut by the blade.
• Do not reach underneath the workpiece.
The guard cannot protect you from the
blade below the workpiece.
• Adjust the cutting depth to the thickness
of the workpiece. Less than a full tooth of
the blade teeth should be visible below the
workpiece.
• Never hold piece being cut in your hands
or across your leg. Secure the workpiece
to a stable platform. It is important to sup-
port the work properly to minimize body
exposure, blade binding, or loss of control.
• Hold power tool by insulated gripping
surfaces when performing an operation
where the cutting tool may contact hid-
den wiring or its own cord. Contact with
a “live” wire will also make exposed metal
parts of the power tool “live” and shock the
operator.
• When ripping always use a rip fence or
straight edge guide. This improves the
accuracy of cut and reduces the chance of
blade binding.
• Always use blades with correct size and
shape (diamond versus round) of arbour
holes. Blades that do not match the mount-
ing hardware of the saw will run eccentri-
cally, causing loss of control.
• Never use damaged or incorrect blade
washers or bolt. The blade washers and
bolt were specially designed for your saw,
for optimum performance and safety of
operation.
