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DC

S391,

DC

S393

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Ma

x*

6-1

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m)

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DE

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DU

CTO

.

If y

ou

ha

ve

qu

esti

on

s o

r co

mm

en

ts, co

nta

ct

us.

Po

ur

tou

te q

ue

sti

on

ou

to

ut

co

mm

en

tair

e, n

ou

s c

on

tacte

r.S

i ti

en

e d

ud

as o

co

me

nta

rio

s, co

ntá

cte

no

s.

1-8

00-4

-DEW

ALT •

ww

w.d

ew

alt

.com

2

English

DC

S391,

DC

S393

20V

Ma

x*

6-1

/2"

Co

rdle

ss C

irc

ula

r S

aw

3

700 R

PM

A

. TR

IGG

ER

SW

ITC

H L

OC

K-O

FF B

UTT

ON

B

. TR

IGG

ER

SW

ITC

H C

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ATT

ER

Y P

AC

K

D.

DE

PTH

AD

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TME

NT

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OB

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DE

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ER

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ER

BLA

DE

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AR

D

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MP

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SC

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DIC

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TME

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KN

OB

K

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LAD

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UTT

ON

(not

sho

wn)

L.

AU

XIL

IAR

Y H

AN

DLE

M.

BA

TTE

RY

RE

LEA

SE

BU

TTO

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. B

LAD

E W

RE

NC

H

C

E

B

FG

K

I

L

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A

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D

A

M

J

N

1

English

1)

WO

RK

AR

EA

SA

FE

TY

a)

Ke

ep

wo

rk a

rea

cle

an

an

d w

ell l

it.

Clu

ttere

d o

r d

ark

are

as

invi

te a

ccid

ents

.b

) D

o n

ot

op

era

te p

ow

er

too

ls in

e

xp

losiv

e a

tmo

sp

he

res,

su

ch

as i

n t

he

pre

se

nce

of

fla

mm

ab

le l

iqu

ids,

ga

se

s o

r d

ust.

Pow

er

tools

cre

ate

sp

ark

s w

hic

h m

ay

ignite t

he d

ust

or

fum

es.

c)

Ke

ep

ch

ild

ren

a

nd

b

ysta

nd

ers

a

wa

y w

hile

o

pe

rati

ng

a

p

ow

er

too

l. D

istr

actions c

an c

ause y

ou t

o lose c

ontr

ol.

2)

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L S

AF

ET

Ya)

Po

we

r to

ol

plu

gs m

ust

ma

tch

th

e o

utl

et.

Ne

ve

r m

od

ify

the

plu

g i

n a

ny w

ay.

Do

no

t u

se

an

y a

da

pte

r p

lug

s w

ith

e

art

he

d

(gro

un

de

d)

po

we

r to

ols

. U

nm

od

ified

p

lugs

and

m

atc

hin

g o

utlets

will r

ed

uce r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

b)

Avo

id b

od

y c

on

tact

wit

h e

art

he

d o

r g

rou

nd

ed

su

rfa

ce

s

su

ch

as p

ipe

s,

rad

iato

rs,

ran

ge

s a

nd

re

frig

era

tors

. There

is

an incre

ased

ris

k of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

if yo

ur

bod

y is

eart

hed

or

gro

und

ed

.c)

Do

n

ot

exp

ose

p

ow

er

too

ls to

ra

in o

r w

et

co

nd

itio

ns.

Wate

r ente

ring a

pow

er

tool

will i

ncre

ase t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic

shock.

d)

Do

no

t a

bu

se

th

e c

ord

. N

eve

r u

se

th

e c

ord

fo

r ca

rryin

g,

pu

llin

g o

r u

np

lug

gin

g th

e p

ow

er

too

l. K

ee

p co

rd a

wa

y

fro

m h

ea

t, o

il,

sh

arp

ed

ge

s o

r m

ovin

g p

art

s.

Dam

aged

or

enta

ngle

d c

ord

s incre

ase t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

e)

Wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

po

we

r to

ol o

utd

oo

rs,

use

an

exte

nsio

n

co

rd s

uit

ab

le f

or

ou

tdo

or

use

. U

se o

f a c

ord

suitab

le f

or

outd

oor

use r

ed

uces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

f)

If o

pe

rati

ng

a p

ow

er to

ol i

n a

da

mp

loca

tio

n is

un

avo

ida

ble

, u

se

a

g

rou

nd

fa

ult

cir

cu

it in

terr

up

ter

(GF

CI)

p

rote

cte

d

su

pp

ly.

Use o

f a G

FC

I re

duces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

Defi

nit

ions: Safe

ty G

uid

elines

The

def

initi

ons

bel

ow d

escr

ibe

the

leve

l of

sev

erity

for

eac

h si

gnal

wor

d. P

leas

e re

ad th

e m

anua

l and

pay

att

entio

n to

thes

e sy

mb

ols.

DA

NG

ER

: In

dic

ate

s

an

imm

inently

haza

rdous

situation

whic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, w

ill

result in d

ea

th o

r se

rio

us i

nju

ry.

WA

RN

ING

: In

dic

ate

s

a

pote

ntially

haza

rdous

situation

whic

h, if

not

avo

ided

, co

uld

result

in d

ea

th o

r se

rio

us in

jury

.

CA

UT

ION

: In

dic

ate

s a

pote

ntia

lly h

aza

rdous s

ituatio

n w

hic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, m

ay r

esult

in m

ino

r o

r m

od

era

te in

jury

.

NO

TIC

E: In

dic

ate

s a

pra

ctice n

ot

rela

ted

to

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

w

hic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, m

ay r

esult in p

rop

ert

y d

am

ag

e.

IF Y

OU

HA

VE

AN

Y Q

UE

STI

ON

S O

R C

OM

ME

NTS

AB

OU

T TH

IS O

R

AN

Y D

EW

ALT

TO

OL,

CA

LL U

S T

OLL

FR

EE

AT:

1-8

00-4

-DEW

ALT

(1

-800-4

33-9

258).

WA

RN

ING

: To

red

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

read

the i

nstr

uction

manual.

Genera

l P

ow

er

Tool Safe

ty W

arn

ings

WA

RN

ING

! R

ea

d a

ll s

afe

ty w

arn

ing

s a

nd

all i

nstr

ucti

on

s.

Failu

re t

o f

ollo

w t

he w

arn

ings a

nd

instr

uctions m

ay

result i

n

ele

ctr

ic s

hock,

fire a

nd

/or

serious inju

ry.

SA

VE

ALL W

AR

NIN

GS A

ND

IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

FO

R F

UTU

RE

RE

FE

RE

NC

EThe t

erm

“p

ow

er

tool” in t

he w

arn

ings r

efe

rs t

o y

our

main

s-o

pera

ted

(c

ord

ed

) p

ow

er

tool or

batt

ery

-op

era

ted

(cord

less)

pow

er

tool.

2

English

3)

PE

RS

ON

AL

SA

FE

TY

a)

Sta

y a

lert

, w

atc

h w

ha

t yo

u a

re d

oin

g a

nd

use

co

mm

on

se

nse

wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

po

we

r to

ol. D

o n

ot

use

a p

ow

er

too

l w

hile

yo

u a

re t

ire

d o

r u

nd

er

the

in

flu

en

ce

of

dru

gs,

alc

oh

ol

or

me

dic

ati

on

. A

m

om

ent

of

inatt

entio

n

while

op

era

ting p

ow

er

tools

may

result in s

erious p

ers

onal in

jury

.b

) U

se

p

ers

on

al

pro

tecti

ve

e

qu

ipm

en

t.

Alw

ays

we

ar

eye

p

rote

cti

on

. P

rote

ctive

eq

uip

ment

such a

s d

ust

mask,

non-

ski

d safe

ty shoes,

hard

hat,

or

hearing p

rote

ction used

fo

r ap

pro

priate

cond

itio

ns w

ill r

ed

uce p

ers

onal in

juries.

c)

Pre

ve

nt

un

inte

nti

on

al

sta

rtin

g.

En

su

re th

e sw

itch

is

in

th

e o

ff p

osit

ion

be

fore

co

nn

ecti

ng

to

po

we

r so

urc

e a

nd

/o

r b

att

ery

pa

ck,

pic

kin

g u

p o

r ca

rryin

g t

he

to

ol. C

arr

ying

pow

er

tools

with y

our

finger

on t

he s

witch o

r energ

izin

g p

ow

er

tools

that

have

the s

witch o

n invi

tes a

ccid

ents

.d

) R

em

ove

an

y a

dju

sti

ng

ke

y o

r w

ren

ch

be

fore

tu

rnin

g t

he

p

ow

er

too

l o

n.

A w

rench o

r a k

ey

left a

ttached

to a

rota

ting

part

of

the p

ow

er

tool m

ay

result in p

ers

onal in

jury

.e)

Do

no

t o

ve

rre

ach

. K

ee

p p

rop

er

foo

tin

g a

nd

ba

lan

ce

at

all ti

me

s.

This

enab

les b

ett

er

contr

ol

of

the p

ow

er

tool

in

unexp

ecte

d s

ituations.

f)

Dre

ss p

rop

erl

y. D

o n

ot

we

ar

loo

se

clo

thin

g o

r je

we

lry.

K

ee

p y

ou

r h

air,

clo

thin

g a

nd

glo

ve

s a

wa

y f

rom

mo

vin

g

pa

rts.

Loose c

loth

es,

jew

elry

or

long h

air c

an b

e c

aught

in

movi

ng p

art

s.

g)

If

de

vic

es

are

p

rovid

ed

fo

r th

e

co

nn

ecti

on

o

f d

ust

extr

acti

on

a

nd

co

lle

cti

on

fa

cilit

ies,

en

su

re

the

se

a

re

co

nn

ecte

d a

nd

pro

pe

rly u

se

d.

Use o

f d

ust

colle

ction c

an

red

uce d

ust-

rela

ted

haza

rds.

4)

PO

WE

R T

OO

L U

SE

AN

D C

AR

Ea)

Do

no

t fo

rce

th

e p

ow

er

too

l. U

se

th

e c

orr

ect

po

we

r to

ol

for

yo

ur

ap

plica

tio

n.

The c

orr

ect

pow

er

tool

will d

o t

he j

ob

b

ett

er

and

safe

r at

the r

ate

for

whic

h it

was d

esig

ned

.

b)

Do

no

t u

se

th

e p

ow

er

too

l if

th

e s

wit

ch

do

es n

ot

turn

it

on

an

d o

ff.

Any

pow

er

tool th

at

cannot

be c

ontr

olle

d w

ith t

he

sw

itch is d

angero

us a

nd

must

be r

ep

aired

.c)

Dis

co

nn

ect

the

plu

g f

rom

th

e p

ow

er

so

urc

e a

nd

/or

the

b

att

ery

p

ack fr

om

th

e p

ow

er

too

l b

efo

re m

akin

g a

ny

ad

justm

en

ts,

ch

an

gin

g

acce

sso

rie

s,

or

sto

rin

g

po

we

r to

ols

. S

uch p

reve

ntive

safe

ty m

easure

s re

duce th

e risk

of

sta

rtin

g t

he p

ow

er

tool accid

enta

lly.

d)

Sto

re id

le p

ow

er

too

ls o

ut

of

the

re

ach

of

ch

ild

ren

an

d d

o

no

t a

llo

w p

ers

on

s u

nfa

milia

r w

ith

th

e p

ow

er

too

l o

r th

ese

in

str

ucti

on

s to

o

pe

rate

th

e p

ow

er

too

l. P

ow

er

tools

are

d

angero

us in t

he h

and

s o

f untr

ain

ed

users

.e)

Ma

inta

in p

ow

er

too

ls. C

he

ck f

or

mis

alig

nm

en

t o

r b

ind

ing

o

f m

ovin

g p

art

s, b

rea

ka

ge

of p

art

s a

nd

an

y o

the

r co

nd

itio

n

tha

t m

ay a

ffe

ct

the

po

we

r to

ol’s o

pe

rati

on

. If

da

ma

ge

d,

ha

ve

th

e p

ow

er

too

l re

pa

ire

d b

efo

re u

se

. M

any

accid

ents

are

caused

by

poorly

main

tain

ed

pow

er

tools

.f)

Ke

ep

cu

ttin

g t

oo

ls s

ha

rp a

nd

cle

an

. P

rop

erly

main

tain

ed

cutt

ing tools

with s

harp

cutt

ing e

dges a

re le

ss li

kely

to b

ind

and

are

easie

r to

contr

ol.

g)

Use

th

e p

ow

er

too

l, a

cce

sso

rie

s a

nd

to

ol

bit

s,

etc

. in

a

cco

rda

nce

wit

h t

he

se

in

str

ucti

on

s,

takin

g i

nto

acco

un

t th

e w

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

ns a

nd

th

e w

ork

to

be

pe

rfo

rme

d.

Use

of

the

pow

er

tool

for

op

era

tions

diff

ere

nt

from

th

ose

inte

nd

ed

could

result in a

haza

rdous s

ituation.

5)

BA

TT

ER

Y T

OO

L U

SE

AN

D C

AR

Ea)

Re

ch

arg

e

on

ly

wit

h

the

c

ha

rge

r sp

ec

ifie

d

by

the

m

an

ufa

ctu

rer.

A

charg

er

that

is

suitab

le

for

one

typ

e

of

batt

ery

pack

may

cre

ate

a r

isk

of

fire w

hen u

sed

with a

noth

er

batt

ery

pack.

b)

Use

po

we

r to

ols

on

ly w

ith

sp

ecif

ica

lly d

esig

na

ted

ba

tte

ry

pa

cks.

Use o

f any

oth

er

batt

ery

packs

may

cre

ate

a r

isk

of

inju

ry a

nd

fire.

3

English

c)

Wh

en

ba

tte

ry p

ack is n

ot

in u

se

, ke

ep

it

aw

ay f

rom

oth

er

me

tal

ob

jects

lik

e p

ap

er

clip

s,

co

ins,

ke

ys,

na

ils,

scre

ws,

or

oth

er

sm

all m

eta

l o

bje

cts

th

at

ca

n m

ake

a c

on

ne

cti

on

fr

om

on

e t

erm

ina

l to

an

oth

er.

Short

ing t

he b

att

ery

term

inals

to

geth

er

may

cause b

urn

s o

r a f

ire.

d)

Un

de

r a

bu

siv

e co

nd

itio

ns,

liq

uid

m

ay b

e e

jecte

d fr

om

th

e b

att

ery

; a

vo

id c

on

tact.

If

co

nta

ct

accid

en

tally o

ccu

rs,

flu

sh

wit

h w

ate

r. I

f liq

uid

co

nta

cts

eye

s, a

dd

itio

na

lly s

ee

k

me

dic

al

he

lp.

Liq

uid

eje

cte

d fr

om

th

e b

att

ery

m

ay

cause

irrita

tion o

r b

urn

s.

6)

SE

RV

ICE

a)

Ha

ve

yo

ur

po

we

r to

ol

se

rvic

ed

b

y

a

qu

alifi

ed

re

pa

ir

pe

rso

n u

sin

g o

nly

id

en

tica

l re

pla

ce

me

nt

pa

rts.

This

w

ill

ensure

that

the s

afe

ty o

f th

e p

ow

er

tool is

main

tain

ed

.

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

All S

aw

sa)

DA

NG

ER

: K

ee

p

ha

nd

s

aw

ay

fro

m

cu

ttin

g

are

a

an

d

the

bla

de

. K

ee

p y

ou

r se

co

nd

ha

nd

on

au

xilia

ry h

an

dle

, o

r m

oto

r h

ou

sin

g.

If b

oth

hand

s a

re h

old

ing t

he s

aw

, th

ey

cannot

be c

ut

by

the b

lad

e.

b)

Do

no

t re

ach

un

de

rne

ath

th

e w

ork

pie

ce

. The g

uard

cannot

pro

tect

you f

rom

the b

lad

e b

elo

w t

he w

ork

pie

ce.

c)

Ad

just th

e c

utt

ing

de

pth

to

th

e th

ickn

ess o

f th

e w

ork

pie

ce

. Less than a

full

tooth

of th

e b

lad

e teeth

should

be v

isib

le b

elo

w

the w

ork

pie

ce.

d)

Ne

ve

r h

old

p

iece

b

ein

g

cu

t in

yo

ur

ha

nd

s

or

acro

ss

yo

ur

leg

. S

ecu

re t

he

wo

rkp

iece

to

a s

tab

le p

latf

orm

. It

is i

mp

ort

ant

to s

up

port

the w

ork

pro

perly

to m

inim

ize b

od

y exp

osure

, b

lad

e b

ind

ing,

or

loss o

f contr

ol.

e)

Ho

ld

po

we

r to

ol

by

insu

late

d

gri

pp

ing

su

rfa

ce

s

wh

en

p

erf

orm

ing

a

n

op

era

tio

n

wh

ere

th

e

cu

ttin

g

too

l m

ay

co

nta

ct

hid

de

n w

irin

g.

Conta

ct

with a “liv

e”

wire w

ill als

o

make

exp

osed

meta

l p

art

s o

f th

e p

ow

er

tool “liv

e”

and

shock

the o

pera

tor.

f)

Wh

en

ri

pp

ing

a

lwa

ys u

se

a

ri

p fe

nce

o

r str

aig

ht

ed

ge

g

uid

e.

This

im

pro

ves th

e accura

cy

of

cut

and

re

duces th

e

chance o

f b

lad

e b

ind

ing.

g)

Alw

ays u

se

bla

de

s w

ith

co

rre

ct

siz

e a

nd

sh

ap

e (

dia

mo

nd

ve

rsu

s r

ou

nd

) o

f a

rbo

r h

ole

s.

Bla

des t

hat

do n

ot

matc

h t

he

mounting h

ard

ware

of

the s

aw

will r

un e

ccentr

ically

, causin

g

loss o

f contr

ol.

h)

Ne

ve

r u

se

da

ma

ge

d o

r in

co

rre

ct

bla

de

wa

sh

ers

or

bo

lt.

The b

lad

e w

ashers

and

bolt w

ere

sp

ecia

lly d

esig

ned

for

your

saw

, fo

r op

tim

um

perf

orm

ance a

nd

safe

ty o

f op

era

tion.

Furt

her

Safe

ty I

nstr

ucti

ons f

or

All S

aw

sC

AU

SE

S A

ND

OP

ER

AT

OR

PR

EV

EN

TIO

N O

F K

ICK

BA

CK

:

Kic

kback

is

a

sud

den

reaction

to

a

pin

ched

, b

ound

or

mis

alig

ned

saw

bla

de,

causin

g a

n u

ncontr

olle

d s

aw

to l

ift u

p

and

out

of th

e w

ork

pie

ce t

ow

ard

the o

pera

tor;

When t

he b

lad

e is p

inched

or

bound

tig

htly

by

the k

erf c

losin

g

dow

n,

the b

lad

e s

talls

and

the m

oto

r re

actio

n d

rive

s t

he u

nit

rap

idly

back

tow

ard

the o

pera

tor;

If th

e b

lad

e b

ecom

es t

wis

ted

or

mis

alig

ned

in t

he c

ut, t

he t

eeth

at th

e b

ack

ed

ge o

f th

e b

lad

e c

an d

ig in

to the top

surface o

f th

e

wood

causin

g t

he b

lad

e t

o c

limb

out

of th

e k

erf a

nd

jum

p b

ack

tow

ard

the o

pera

tor.

Kic

kback

is th

e re

sult of

saw

m

isuse and

/or

incorr

ect

op

era

ting

pro

ced

ure

s

or

cond

itio

ns

and

can

be

avo

ided

b

y ta

king

pro

per

pre

cautions a

s g

iven b

elo

w:

a)

Ma

inta

in a

fi

rm g

rip

w

ith

b

oth

h

an

ds o

n th

e sa

w a

nd

p

osit

ion

yo

ur

arm

s

to

resis

t kic

kb

ack

forc

es.

Po

sit

ion

yo

ur

bo

dy t

o e

ith

er

sid

e o

f th

e b

lad

e,

bu

t n

ot

in l

ine

wit

h

the

bla

de

. K

ickb

ack

could

cause t

he s

aw

to ju

mp

backw

ard

s,

but ki

ckb

ack

forc

es c

an b

e c

ontr

olle

d b

y th

e o

pera

tor, if

pro

per

pre

cautions a

re t

ake

n.

4

English

b)

Ch

eck th

e o

pe

rati

on

o

f th

e lo

we

r g

ua

rd sp

rin

g.

If th

e

gu

ard

a

nd

th

e sp

rin

g a

re n

ot

op

era

tin

g p

rop

erl

y, th

ey

mu

st

be

se

rvic

ed

b

efo

re u

se

. Low

er

guard

m

ay

op

era

te

slu

ggis

hly

due t

o d

am

aged

part

s,

gum

my

dep

osits,

or

a b

uild

-up

of

deb

ris.

c)

Lo

we

r g

ua

rd

sh

ou

ld

be

re

tra

cte

d

ma

nu

ally

on

ly

for

sp

ecia

l cu

ts s

uch

as “

plu

ng

e c

uts

” a

nd

“co

mp

ou

nd

cu

ts.”

R

ais

e

low

er

gu

ard

b

y

retr

acti

ng

h

an

dle

a

nd

a

s

so

on

a

s b

lad

e e

nte

rs t

he

ma

teri

al, t

he

lo

we

r g

ua

rd m

ust

be

re

lea

se

d. For

all

oth

er

saw

ing, th

e lo

wer

guard

should

op

era

te

auto

matically

.d

) A

lwa

ys

ob

se

rve

th

at

the

lo

we

r g

ua

rd

is

co

ve

rin

g

the

b

lad

e b

efo

re p

lacin

g sa

w d

ow

n o

n b

en

ch

o

r fl

oo

r. A

n

unp

rote

cte

d,

coasting

bla

de

will

cause

the

saw

to

w

alk

b

ackw

ard

s, cutt

ing w

hate

ver is

in it

s p

ath

. B

e a

ware

of th

e tim

e

it t

ake

s f

or

the b

lad

e t

o s

top

after

sw

itch is r

ele

ased

.

Addit

ional Specifi c

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

Cir

cula

r Saw

sW

AR

NIN

G:

Do

no

t u

se

ab

rasiv

e w

he

els

or

bla

de

s.

WA

RN

ING

: D

o n

ot

use

wa

ter

fee

d a

tta

ch

me

nts

.

Use

cla

mp

s o

r a

no

the

r p

racti

ca

l w

ay t

o s

ecu

re a

nd

su

pp

ort

th

e w

ork

pie

ce

to

a s

tab

le p

latf

orm

. H

old

ing t

he w

ork

by

hand

or

again

st

your

bod

y le

ave

s i

t unsta

ble

and

may

lead

to l

oss o

f contr

ol.

Ke

ep

yo

ur

bo

dy p

osit

ion

ed

to

eit

he

r sid

e o

f th

e b

lad

e,

bu

t n

ot

in lin

e w

ith

th

e s

aw

bla

de

. K

ICK

BA

CK

could

cause t

he s

aw

to

jum

p b

ackw

ard

s (

see C

au

se

s a

nd

Op

era

tor

Pre

ve

nti

on

of

Kic

kb

ack a

nd

KIC

KB

AC

K).

Air

ve

nts

oft

en

co

ve

r m

ovin

g p

art

s a

nd

sh

ou

ld b

e a

vo

ide

d.

Loose c

loth

es,

jew

elry

or

long h

air c

an b

e c

aught

in m

ovi

ng p

art

s.

b)

Wh

en

bla

de

is b

ind

ing

, o

r w

he

n in

terr

up

tin

g a

cu

t fo

r a

ny

rea

so

n,

rele

ase

th

e t

rig

ge

r a

nd

ho

ld t

he

sa

w m

oti

on

less

in

the

m

ate

ria

l u

nti

l th

e

bla

de

co

me

s

to

a

co

mp

lete

sto

p. N

eve

r a

tte

mp

t to

re

mo

ve

th

e sa

w fr

om

th

e w

ork

o

r p

ull t

he

sa

w b

ackw

ard

wh

ile

th

e b

lad

e i

s i

n m

oti

on

or

kic

kb

ack m

ay o

ccu

r. I

nve

stigate

and

take

corr

ective

actions

to e

limin

ate

the c

ause o

f b

lad

e b

ind

ing.

c)

Wh

en

re

sta

rtin

g

a

sa

w

in

the

w

ork

pie

ce

, ce

nte

r th

e

sa

w b

lad

e i

n t

he

ke

rf a

nd

ch

eck t

ha

t sa

w t

ee

th a

re n

ot

en

ga

ge

d i

nto

th

e m

ate

ria

l. I

f saw

bla

de i

s b

ind

ing,

it m

ay

walk

up

or ki

ckb

ack

from

the w

ork

pie

ce a

s the s

aw

is resta

rted

.d

) S

up

po

rt

larg

e

pa

ne

ls

to

min

imiz

e

the

ri

sk

of

bla

de

p

inch

ing

an

d k

ickb

ack. Larg

e p

anels

tend

to s

ag u

nd

er

their

ow

n w

eig

ht.

Sup

port

s m

ust b

e p

laced

und

er

the p

anel o

n b

oth

sid

es,

near

the lin

e o

f cut

and

near

the e

dge o

f th

e p

anel.

e)

Do

n

ot

use

d

ull

or

da

ma

ge

d

bla

de

s.

Unsharp

ened

or

imp

rop

erly

set

bla

des p

rod

uce n

arr

ow

kerf

causin

g e

xcessiv

e

fric

tion,

bla

de b

ind

ing a

nd

kic

kback.

f)

Bla

de

de

pth

an

d b

eve

l a

dju

sti

ng

lo

ckin

g l

eve

rs m

ust

be

ti

gh

t a

nd

se

cu

re b

efo

re m

akin

g cu

t. If b

lad

e ad

justm

ent

shift

s w

hile

cutt

ing,

it m

ay

cause b

ind

ing a

nd

kic

kback.

g)

Use

e

xtr

a

ca

uti

on

w

he

n

ma

kin

g

a

“p

lun

ge

cu

t”

into

e

xis

tin

g w

alls o

r o

the

r b

lin

d a

rea

s.

The p

rotr

ud

ing b

lad

e

may

cut

ob

jects

that

can c

ause k

ickb

ack.

LO

WE

R G

UA

RD

SA

FE

TY

IN

ST

RU

CT

ION

Sa)

Ch

eck lo

we

r g

ua

rd f

or

pro

pe

r clo

sin

g b

efo

re e

ach

use

. D

o

no

t o

pe

rate

th

e s

aw

if

low

er

gu

ard

do

es n

ot

mo

ve

fre

ely

a

nd

clo

se

in

sta

ntl

y. N

eve

r cla

mp

or

tie

th

e l

ow

er

gu

ard

in

to t

he

op

en

po

sit

ion

. If s

aw

is a

ccid

enta

lly d

rop

ped

, lo

wer

guard

may

be b

ent.

Rais

e t

he low

er

guard

with t

he r

etr

acting

hand

le a

nd

make

sure

it

move

s f

reely

and

does n

ot

touch t

he

bla

de o

r any

oth

er

part

, in

all

angle

s a

nd

dep

ths o

f cut.

5

English

Avo

id c

utt

ing

na

ils.

Insp

ect

for

and

rem

ove

all

nails

fro

m lum

ber

befo

re c

utt

ing.

WA

RN

ING

: A

LW

AY

S

US

E

SA

FE

TY

G

LA

SS

ES

. E

very

day

eye

gla

sses a

re N

OT s

afe

ty g

lasses.

Als

o u

se f

ace o

r d

ust

mask

if cutt

ing o

pera

tion is d

usty

. A

LW

AY

S w

ear

cert

ified

safe

ty e

quip

ment:

AN

SI Z

87.1

eye

pro

tectio

n (C

AN

/CS

A Z

94.3

).

AN

SI S

12.6

(S

3.1

9) hearing p

rote

ctio

n.

NIO

SH

/OS

HA

resp

irato

ry p

rote

ctio

n.

WA

RN

ING

: S

om

e

dust

cre

ate

d

by

po

wer

sand

ing

, saw

ing

, grind

ing,

drilling,

and

oth

er

constr

uction a

ctivi

ties c

onta

ins c

hem

icals

kn

ow

n t

o t

he S

tate

of

Calif

orn

ia t

o c

ause c

ancer, b

irth

defe

cts

or

oth

er

rep

rod

uctive

harm

. S

om

e e

xam

ple

s o

f th

ese c

hem

icals

are

:

lead

fro

m lead

-based

pain

ts,

cry

sta

lline s

ilica fro

m b

ricks

and

cem

ent

and

oth

er

masonry

p

rod

ucts

, and

ars

enic

and

chro

miu

m fro

m c

hem

ically

-tre

ate

d lum

ber.

Your

risk

from

these e

xposure

s v

aries,

dep

end

ing o

n h

ow

often y

ou

do t

his

typ

e o

f w

ork

. To

red

uce y

our

exp

osure

to t

hese c

hem

icals

: w

ork

in

a

well

ventila

ted

are

a,

and

w

ork

w

ith

ap

pro

ved

safe

ty

eq

uip

ment,

such a

s t

hose d

ust

masks

that

are

sp

ecia

lly d

esig

ned

to

filte

r out

mic

roscop

ic p

art

icle

s.

Avo

id p

rolo

ng

ed

co

nta

ct

wit

h d

ust

fro

m p

ow

er

sa

nd

ing

, sa

win

g,

gri

nd

ing

, d

rillin

g,

an

d o

the

r co

nstr

ucti

on

a

cti

vit

ies.

We

ar

pro

tecti

ve

clo

thin

g a

nd

wa

sh

exp

ose

d

are

as w

ith

so

ap

an

d w

ate

r. A

llow

ing d

ust

to g

et

into

your

mouth

, eye

s,

or

lay

on t

he s

kin m

ay

pro

mote

ab

sorp

tion o

f harm

ful chem

icals

.

WA

RN

ING

: U

se o

f th

is t

ool

can g

enera

te a

nd

/or

dis

pers

e d

ust,

w

hic

h

may

cause

serious

and

p

erm

anent

resp

irato

ry

or

oth

er

inju

ry.

Alw

ays

use

NIO

SH

/OS

HA

ap

pro

ved

re

sp

irato

ry

pro

tection

ap

pro

priate

for

the d

ust

exp

osure

. D

irect

part

icle

s a

way

from

face

and

bod

y. A

lways

op

era

te t

ool in

well-

ventila

ted

are

a a

nd

pro

vid

e for

pro

per

dust

rem

ova

l. U

se d

ust

colle

ction s

yste

m w

here

ver

possib

le.

WA

RN

ING

: A

LW

AY

S w

ea

r p

rop

er

pe

rso

na

l h

ea

rin

g p

rote

cti

on

th

at

co

nfo

rms t

o A

NS

I S

12.6

(S

3.1

9)

du

rin

g u

se

. U

nd

er

som

e

cond

itio

ns

and

d

ura

tion

of

use,

nois

e

from

th

is

pro

duct

may

contr

ibute

to h

earing loss.

WA

RN

ING

: A

LW

AY

S

use

e

ye

p

rote

cti

on

. A

ll users

and

b

ysta

nd

ers

must

wear

eye

pro

tectio

n t

hat

co

nfo

rms t

o A

NS

I Z

87

.1.

CA

UT

ION

: W

he

n n

ot

in u

se

, p

lace

cir

cu

lar

sa

w o

n a

sta

ble

su

rfa

ce

, sh

oe

sid

e d

ow

n,

wh

ere

it

will

no

t ca

use

a t

rip

pin

g o

r fa

llin

g h

aza

rd. S

om

e t

ools

with

larg

e b

att

ery

packs

will s

tand

up

right

on t

he b

att

ery

pack

but

may

be e

asily

knocke

d o

ver.

The la

bel

on yo

ur

tool

may

inclu

de th

e fo

llow

ing sym

bols

. The

sym

bols

and

their d

efin

itions a

re a

s follo

ws:

V ..

...........v

olts

A

............

am

pere

s

Hz ...........h

ert

z W

...........w

att

s

min

.........

min

ute

s

.........

alte

rnatin

g c

urr

ent

......d

irect

curr

ent

.........

alte

rnatin

g o

r d

irect

...........C

lass I C

onstr

uctio

ncurr

ent

(gro

und

ed

) no

..........

no load

sp

eed

...........C

lass II C

onstr

uctio

n

...........e

art

hin

g t

erm

inal

(doub

le insula

ted

)

..........

safe

ty a

lert

sym

bol

BP

M ..

.....b

eats

per

min

ute

/min

....

per

min

ute

RP

M ..

.....r

evo

lutio

ns p

er

min

ute

IP

M ..

......

imp

acts

per

min

ute

Import

ant

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

All

Batt

ery P

acks

Whe

n or

der

ing

rep

lace

men

t b

atte

ry p

acks

, b

e su

re t

o in

clud

e th

e ca

talo

g nu

mb

er a

nd v

olta

ge.

Con

sult

the

char

t at

the

end

of

this

m

anua

l for

com

patib

ility

of c

harg

ers

and

bat

tery

pac

ks.

6

English

The

bat

tery

pac

k is

not

ful

ly c

harg

ed o

ut o

f th

e ca

rton

. B

efor

e us

ing

the

bat

tery

pac

k an

d c

harg

er,

read

the

saf

ety

inst

ruct

ions

bel

ow a

nd

then

follo

w c

harg

ing

pro

ced

ures

out

lined

.

RE

AD

ALL IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

Do

n

ot

ch

arg

e

or

use

th

e

ba

tte

ry

pa

ck

in

e

xp

losiv

e

atm

osp

he

res,

su

ch

as in

th

e p

rese

nce

of

fla

mm

ab

le liq

uid

s,

ga

se

s o

r d

ust.

Insert

ing o

r re

movi

ng t

he b

att

ery

pack

from

the

charg

er

may

ignite

the d

ust

or

fum

es.

NE

VE

R

forc

e

the

b

att

ery

p

ack

into

th

e

ch

arg

er.

D

o

no

t m

od

ify

the

b

att

ery

p

ack

in

an

y

wa

y

to

fit

into

a

n

on

-co

mp

ati

ble

ch

arg

er

as b

att

ery

p

ack m

ay ru

ptu

re ca

usin

g

se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry.

Consult

the chart

at

the end

of

this

m

anual fo

r com

patib

ility

of b

att

eries a

nd

charg

ers

.

Charg

e t

he b

att

ery

packs

only

in d

esig

nate

d D

EW

ALT

charg

ers

.

DO

NO

T s

pla

sh o

r im

mers

e in w

ate

r or

oth

er

liquid

s.

Do

no

t sto

re o

r u

se

th

e t

oo

l a

nd

ba

tte

ry p

ack i

n l

oca

tio

ns

wh

ere

th

e t

em

pe

ratu

re m

ay r

ea

ch

or

exce

ed

105 °

F (

40 °

C)

(su

ch

as o

uts

ide

sh

ed

s o

r m

eta

l b

uild

ing

s i

n s

um

me

r).

For

best

life s

tore

batt

ery

packs

in a

cool,

dry

locatio

n.

N

OT

E:

Do

n

ot

sto

re th

e b

att

ery

p

acks in

a

to

ol

wit

h th

e

trig

ge

r sw

itch

lo

cke

d o

n. N

eve

r ta

pe

th

e t

rig

ge

r sw

itch

in

th

e

ON

po

sit

ion

.

WA

RN

ING

: Fire h

aza

rd.

Neve

r att

em

pt

to o

pen t

he b

att

ery

pack

for

any

reason.

If t

he b

att

ery

pack

case is c

racke

d o

r d

am

aged

, d

o

not

insert

into

the c

harg

er. D

o n

ot

cru

sh, d

rop

or

dam

age t

he b

att

ery

p

ack.

Do n

ot

use a

batt

ery

pack

or

charg

er

that

has r

eceiv

ed

a s

harp

b

low

, b

een d

rop

ped

, ru

n o

ver

or

dam

aged

in a

ny

way

(e.g

., p

ierc

ed

w

ith a

nail,

hit w

ith a

ham

mer, s

tep

ped

on). D

am

aged

batt

ery

packs

should

be r

etu

rned

to t

he s

erv

ice c

ente

r fo

r re

cyc

ling.

WA

RN

ING

: F

ire

h

aza

rd.

Do

n

ot

sto

re o

r ca

rry th

e b

att

ery

p

ack

so

th

at

me

tal

ob

jects

ca

n

co

nta

ct

exp

ose

d

ba

tte

ry

term

ina

ls.

For

exa

mp

le,

do n

ot

pla

ce t

he b

att

ery

pack

in a

pro

ns,

pocke

ts,

tool

boxe

s,

pro

duct

kit

boxe

s,

dra

wers

, etc

., w

ith lo

ose

nails

, scre

ws,

keys

, etc

. Tra

nsp

ort

ing

b

att

eri

es

ca

n

po

ssib

ly

ca

use

fi

res

if

the

b

att

ery

te

rmin

als

in

ad

ve

rte

ntl

y

co

me

in

co

nta

ct

wit

h c

on

du

cti

ve

ma

teri

als

su

ch

as k

eys,

co

ins,

ha

nd

to

ols

an

d t

he

lik

e. The U

S D

ep

art

ment of Tr

ansp

ort

ation H

aza

rdous

Mate

rial R

egula

tions (

HM

R)

actu

ally

pro

hib

it t

ransp

ort

ing b

att

eries in

com

merc

e o

r on a

irp

lanes (

e.g

., p

acke

d i

n s

uitcases a

nd

carr

y-on

luggage)

UN

LE

SS

they

are

pro

perly

pro

tecte

d f

rom

short

circuits.

So w

hen t

ransp

ort

ing i

nd

ivid

ual

batt

ery

packs

, m

ake

sure

that

the

batt

ery

term

inals

are

pro

tecte

d a

nd

well

insula

ted

fro

m m

ate

rials

that

could

conta

ct

them

and

cause a

short

circuit.

SP

EC

IFIC

SA

FE

TY

IN

ST

RU

CT

ION

S F

OR

LIT

HIU

M I

ON

(L

i-Io

n)

Do

n

ot

incin

era

te th

e b

att

ery

p

ac

k e

ve

n if

it

is

se

ve

rely

d

am

ag

ed

or

is c

om

ple

tely

wo

rn o

ut.

The b

att

ery

pack

can

exp

lod

e i

n a

fire.

Toxi

c f

um

es a

nd

mate

rials

are

cre

ate

d w

hen

lithiu

m ion b

att

ery

packs

are

burn

ed

.

If

ba

tte

ry

co

nte

nts

c

om

e

into

c

on

tac

t w

ith

th

e

sk

in,

imm

ed

iate

ly w

ash

are

a w

ith

mild

so

ap

an

d w

ate

r. I

f b

att

ery

liq

uid

gets

in

to th

e eye

, rinse w

ate

r ove

r th

e op

en eye

fo

r 15

m

inute

s o

r until

irr

itatio

n c

eases.

If m

ed

ical

att

entio

n i

s n

eed

ed

, th

e b

att

ery

ele

ctr

oly

te i

s c

om

posed

of

a m

ixtu

re o

f liq

uid

org

anic

carb

onate

s a

nd

lith

ium

salts

.

Co

nte

nts

o

f o

pe

ne

d

ba

tte

ry

ce

lls

ma

y

ca

use

re

sp

ira

tory

ir

rita

tio

n.

Pro

vid

e fresh air.

If

sym

pto

ms p

ers

ist, seek

med

ical

att

entio

n.

WA

RN

ING

: B

urn

haza

rd.

Batt

ery

liq

uid

m

ay

be

flam

mab

le

if exp

osed

to s

park

or

flam

e.

7

English

The R

BR

C™

Seal

The

R

BR

C™

(R

echa

rgea

ble

B

atte

ry

Rec

yclin

gC

orp

orat

ion)

Sea

l on

the

nick

el c

adm

ium

, ni

ckel

met

al

hyd

ride

or

lithi

um

ion

bat

terie

s (o

r b

atte

ry

pac

ks)

ind

icat

e th

at t

he c

osts

to

recy

cle

thes

e b

atte

ries

(or

bat

tery

pac

ks) a

t the

end

of t

heir

usef

ul li

fe h

ave

alre

ady

bee

n p

aid

by

DEW

ALT

. In

som

e ar

eas,

it

is i

llega

l to

p

lace

sp

ent

nick

el

cad

miu

m,

nick

el

met

al

hyd

ride

or

lithi

um

ion

bat

terie

s in

the

tra

sh o

r m

unic

ipal

sol

id w

aste

str

eam

and

the

RB

RC

p

rogr

am p

rovi

des

an

envi

ronm

enta

lly c

onsc

ious

alte

rnat

ive.

RB

RC

™,

in c

oop

erat

ion

with

DEW

ALT

and

oth

er b

atte

ry u

sers

, ha

s es

tab

lishe

d p

rogr

ams

in t

he U

nite

d S

tate

s an

d C

anad

a to

fac

ilitat

e th

e co

llect

ion

of s

pen

t ni

ckel

cad

miu

m,

nick

el m

etal

hyd

ride

or li

thiu

m

ion

bat

terie

s. H

elp

pro

tect

our

env

ironm

ent

and

con

serv

e na

tura

l re

sour

ces

by

retu

rnin

g th

e sp

ent n

icke

l cad

miu

m, n

icke

l met

al h

ydrid

e or

lith

ium

ion

bat

terie

s to

an

auth

oriz

ed D

EW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ter

or

to y

our

loca

l re

taile

r fo

r re

cycl

ing.

You

may

als

o co

ntac

t yo

ur l

ocal

re

cycl

ing

cent

er fo

r in

form

atio

n on

whe

re to

dro

p o

ff th

e sp

ent b

atte

ry.

RB

RC

™ i

s a

reg

iste

red

tra

dem

ark

of

the

Recharg

eab

le B

att

ery

R

ecyc

ling C

orp

ora

tion.

Import

ant

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

All

Batt

ery C

harg

ers

SA

VE

TH

ES

E

INS

TR

UC

TIO

NS

: This

m

anual

conta

ins

imp

ort

ant

safe

ty a

nd

op

era

ting instr

uctio

ns for

batt

ery

charg

ers

.

Befo

re

usin

g

the

charg

er,

read

all

instr

uctio

ns

and

cautio

nary

m

ark

ings on th

e charg

er, b

att

ery

p

ack

and

p

rod

uct

usin

g th

e

batt

ery

pack.

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Do n

ot

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to g

et

insi

de t

he

charg

er. E

lectr

ic s

hock

may

resu

lt.

CA

UT

ION

: B

urn

haza

rd.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

charg

e o

nly

D

EW

ALT

recharg

eab

le b

att

ery

packs

. O

ther

typ

es o

f b

att

eries m

ay

ove

rheat

and

burs

t re

sultin

g in p

ers

onal in

jury

and

pro

pert

y d

am

age.

NO

TIC

E:

Und

er

cert

ain

cond

itions,

with

the c

harg

er

plu

gged

into

the

pow

er

sup

ply, th

e c

harg

er

can b

e s

hort

ed

by

fore

ign m

ate

rial.

Fore

ign

mate

rials

of

a c

ond

uctiv

e n

atu

re,

such a

s, b

ut

not

limite

d t

o,

grind

ing

d

ust

, m

eta

l chip

s, s

teel w

ool,

alu

min

um

foil

or

any

build

up

of

meta

llic

part

icle

s sh

ould

be k

ep

t aw

ay

from

the c

harg

er

cavi

ties.

Alw

ays

unp

lug

th

e c

harg

er from

the p

ow

er su

pp

ly w

hen there

is n

o b

att

ery

pack

in the

cavi

ty. U

np

lug t

he c

harg

er

befo

re a

ttem

ptin

g t

o c

lean.

DO

N

OT

a

tte

mp

t to

ch

arg

e

the

b

att

ery

p

ack

wit

h

an

y

ch

arg

ers

oth

er

tha

n t

he

on

es in

th

is m

an

ua

l. T

he c

harg

er

and

b

att

ery

pack

are

sp

ecifi

cally

desig

ned

to w

ork

togeth

er.

Th

ese

ch

arg

ers

are

no

t in

ten

de

d f

or

an

y u

se

s o

the

r th

an

ch

arg

ing

DEW

ALT

re

ch

arg

ea

ble

ba

tte

rie

s. A

ny

oth

er

uses m

ay

result

in r

isk

of fir

e,

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

or

ele

ctr

ocutio

n.

Do

no

t e

xp

ose

th

e c

ha

rge

r to

ra

in o

r sn

ow

.

Pu

ll b

y t

he

plu

g r

ath

er

tha

n t

he

co

rd w

he

n d

isco

nn

ecti

ng

th

e c

ha

rge

r. T

his

will red

uce the ris

k of d

am

age to the e

lectr

ic p

lug

and

cord

.

Ma

ke

su

re th

at

the

co

rd is

lo

ca

ted

so

th

at

it w

ill

no

t b

e

ste

pp

ed

on

, tr

ipp

ed

ove

r o

r o

the

rwis

e s

ub

jecte

d t

o d

am

ag

e

or

str

ess.

Do

n

ot

use

a

n

exte

nsio

n

co

rd

un

less

it

is

ab

so

lute

ly

ne

ce

ssa

ry.

Use o

f im

pro

per

ext

ensio

n c

ord

could

result

in r

isk

of

fire,

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

or

ele

ctr

ocutio

n.

Wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

ch

arg

er

ou

tdo

ors

, a

lwa

ys p

rovid

e a

dry

lo

ca

tio

n a

nd

use

an

exte

nsio

n c

ord

su

ita

ble

fo

r o

utd

oo

r u

se

. U

se o

f a c

ord

suita

ble

for

outd

oor

use r

ed

uces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic

shock.

8

English

An

e

xte

nsio

n

co

rd

mu

st

ha

ve

a

de

qu

ate

w

ire

siz

e

(AW

G

or

Am

eri

ca

n W

ire

G

au

ge

) fo

r sa

fety

. The sm

alle

r th

e gauge

num

ber

of

the w

ire,

the g

reate

r th

e c

ap

acity

of

the c

ab

le,

that

is,

16 g

auge h

as m

ore

cap

acity

than 1

8 g

auge.

An u

nd

ers

ized

cord

w

ill cause a d

rop

in

lin

e vo

ltage re

sulti

ng in

lo

ss of

pow

er

and

ove

rheatin

g.

When u

sin

g m

ore

than o

ne e

xtensio

n t

o m

ake

up

the

tota

l le

ngth

, b

e s

ure

each ind

ivid

ual ext

ensio

n c

onta

ins a

t le

ast

the

min

imum

wire s

ize.

The f

ollo

win

g t

ab

le s

how

s t

he c

orr

ect

siz

e t

o

use d

ep

end

ing o

n c

ord

length

and

nam

ep

late

am

pere

ratin

g.

If in

d

oub

t, u

se t

he n

ext

heavi

er

gauge.

The low

er

the g

auge n

um

ber,

the h

eavi

er

the c

ord

.

Min

imu

m G

au

ge

fo

r C

ord

Se

ts

Am

pe

re

Ra

tin

g

Vo

lts

To

tal L

en

gth

of

Co

rd in

Fe

et

(me

ters

)

120V

25 (7

.6)

50 (1

5.2)

100

(30.

5)15

0 (4

5.7)

240V

50 (1

5.2)

100

(30.

5)20

0 (6

1.0)

300

(91.

4)M

ore

Th

an

No

t M

ore

T

ha

n

AW

G

06

1816

1614

610

1816

1412

1012

1616

1412

1216

1412

Not

Rec

omm

end

ed

Do

no

t p

lace

an

y o

bje

ct

on

to

p o

f th

e c

ha

rge

r o

r p

lace

th

e

ch

arg

er

on

a s

oft

su

rfa

ce

th

at

mig

ht

blo

ck t

he

ve

nti

lati

on

slo

ts a

nd

re

su

lt i

n e

xce

ssiv

e i

nte

rna

l h

ea

t. P

lace t

he c

harg

er

in a

positi

on a

way

from

any

heat

sourc

e.

The c

harg

er

is v

entil

ate

d

thro

ugh s

lots

in t

he t

op

and

the b

ott

om

of th

e h

ousin

g.

Do

no

t o

pe

rate

th

e c

ha

rge

r w

ith

a d

am

ag

ed

co

rd o

r p

lug

.

Do

no

t o

pe

rate

th

e c

ha

rge

r if

it

ha

s r

ece

ive

d a

sh

arp

blo

w,

be

en

dro

pp

ed

or

oth

erw

ise

da

ma

ge

d in

an

y w

ay.

Take

it to a

n

auth

orize

d s

erv

ice c

ente

r.

Do

n

ot

dis

asse

mb

le th

e ch

arg

er;

ta

ke

it

to

a

n a

uth

ori

ze

d

se

rvic

e c

en

ter

wh

en

se

rvic

e o

r re

pa

ir i

s r

eq

uir

ed

. In

corr

ect

reassem

bly

m

ay

result

in a risk

of

ele

ctr

ic shock,

ele

ctr

ocutio

n

or

fire.

Dis

co

nn

ect

the

ch

arg

er

fro

m t

he

ou

tle

t b

efo

re a

tte

mp

tin

g

an

y cle

an

ing

. T

his

w

ill

red

uce

th

e ri

sk o

f e

lectr

ic sh

ock.

Rem

ovi

ng t

he b

att

ery

pack

will n

ot

red

uce t

his

ris

k.

NE

VE

R a

ttem

pt

to c

onnect

2 c

harg

ers

togeth

er.

Th

e

ch

arg

er

is

de

sig

ne

d

to

op

era

te

on

sta

nd

ard

120V

h

ou

se

ho

ld e

lectr

ica

l p

ow

er.

Do

no

t a

tte

mp

t to

use

it

on

an

y

oth

er

vo

lta

ge

. This

does n

ot

ap

ply

to t

he v

ehic

ula

r charg

er.

Charg

ers

Yo

ur to

ol u

ses

a D

EW

ALT

cha

rger

. Be

sure

to re

ad a

ll sa

fety

inst

ruct

ions

b

efor

e us

ing

your

cha

rger

. Con

sult

the

char

t at

the

end

of t

his

man

ual

for

com

pat

ibilit

y of

cha

rger

s an

d b

atte

ry p

acks

.

Charg

ing P

rocedure

(Fig

. 1)

1.

Plu

g

the

char

ger

in

to

anFI

G.

1C

ap

pro

pria

te o

utle

t b

efor

e in

sert

ing

the

bat

tery

pac

k.

2.

Inse

rt

the

bat

tery

p

ack

(C)

into

th

e ch

arge

r, as

sh

own

in

Figu

re 1

, m

akin

g su

re t

he p

ack

is

fully

se

ated

in

ch

arge

r. Th

e re

d

(cha

rgin

g)

light

w

ill

blin

k co

ntin

uous

ly,

ind

icat

ing

that

th

e ch

argi

ng p

roce

ss h

as s

tart

ed.

3.

The

co

mp

letio

n of

ch

arge

w

ill b

e in

dic

ated

b

y th

e re

d

light

re

mai

ning

ON

con

tinuo

usly.

The

pac

k is

fully

cha

rged

and

may

be

used

at

this

tim

e or

left

in t

he c

harg

er.

9

English

LE

AV

ING

TH

E B

AT

TE

RY

PA

CK

IN

TH

E C

HA

RG

ER

The

char

ger

and

bat

tery

pac

k ca

n b

e le

ft co

nnec

ted

with

the

cha

rge

ind

icat

or s

how

ing

Pac

k C

harg

ed.

WE

AK

BA

TT

ER

Y P

AC

KS

: W

eak

bat

terie

s w

ill co

ntin

ue t

o fu

nctio

n b

ut s

houl

d n

ot b

e ex

pec

ted

to

per

form

as

muc

h w

ork.

FA

ULT

Y B

AT

TE

RY

P

AC

KS

: Th

is c

harg

er w

ill no

t ch

arge

a f

aulty

ba

tter

y p

ack.

The

cha

rger

will

ind

icat

e fa

ulty

bat

tery

pac

k b

y re

fusi

ng

to li

ght

or b

y d

ispl

ayin

g pr

oble

m p

ack

or c

harg

er.

NO

TE

: Th

is c

ould

als

o m

ean

a p

rob

lem

with

a c

harg

er.

PR

OB

LE

M P

OW

ER

LIN

E

Som

e ch

arge

rs h

ave

a p

rob

lem

pow

erlin

e in

dic

ator

. Whe

n th

e ch

arge

r is

use

d w

ith s

ome

port

able

pow

er s

ourc

es s

uch

as g

ener

ator

s or

so

urce

s th

at c

onve

rt D

C t

o A

C,

the

char

ger

may

tem

por

arily

sus

pen

d

oper

atio

n, fl

ashi

ng th

e re

d li

ght w

ith tw

o fa

st b

links

follo

wed

by

a p

ause

. Th

is in

dica

tes

the

pow

er s

ourc

e is

out

of l

imits

.

Import

ant

Charg

ing N

ote

s

1. L

onge

st li

fe a

nd b

est

per

form

ance

can

be

obta

ined

if t

he b

atte

ry

pac

k is

cha

rged

whe

n th

e ai

r te

mp

erat

ure

is b

etw

een

65 °

F an

d

75  

°F (

18 °

– 2

4 °C

). D

O N

OT

char

ge t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

in a

n ai

r te

mp

erat

ure

bel

ow +

40 °

F (+

4.5 

°C),

or a

bov

e +

105 

°F (+

40.5

 °C

). Th

is is

imp

orta

nt a

nd w

ill p

reve

nt s

erio

us d

amag

e to

the

bat

tery

p

ack.

2.

The

cha

rger

and

bat

tery

pac

k m

ay b

ecom

e w

arm

to

the

touc

h w

hile

cha

rgin

g. T

his

is a

nor

mal

con

diti

on,

and

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

a p

rob

lem

. To

fac

ilitat

e th

e co

olin

g of

the

bat

tery

pac

k af

ter

use,

av

oid

pla

cing

the

cha

rger

or

bat

tery

pac

k in

a w

arm

env

ironm

ent

such

as

in a

met

al s

hed

or

an u

nins

ulat

ed t

raile

r.

Indic

ato

r Lig

ht

Opera

tion

PA

CK

CH

AR

GIN

G

PA

CK

CH

AR

GE

D

x

HO

T/C

OL

D D

EL

AY

PR

OB

LE

M P

AC

K O

R C

HA

RG

ER

PR

OB

LE

M P

OW

ER

LIN

E

Charg

e Indic

ato

rs

This

cha

rger

is

des

igne

d to

det

ect

cert

ain

prob

lem

s th

at c

an a

rise.

P

rob

lem

s ar

e in

dic

ated

by

the

red

light

fla

shin

g at

a f

ast

rate

. If

this

oc

curs

, re

-inse

rt t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

into

the

cha

rger

. If

the

prob

lem

p

ersi

sts,

try

a d

iffer

ent

batt

ery

pac

k to

det

erm

ine

if th

e ch

arge

r is

w

orki

ng p

rope

rly.

If th

e ne

w p

ack

char

ges

corr

ectly

, th

en t

he o

rigin

al

pac

k is

def

ectiv

e an

d sh

ould

be

retu

rned

to

a se

rvic

e ce

nter

or

othe

r co

llect

ion

site

for

rec

yclin

g. I

f th

e ne

w b

atte

ry p

ack

elic

its t

he s

ame

trou

ble

indi

catio

n as

the

orig

inal

, hav

e th

e ch

arge

r and

the

bat

tery

pac

k te

sted

at

an a

utho

rized

ser

vice

cen

ter.

HO

T/C

OL

D D

EL

AY

This

cha

rger

has

a h

ot/c

old

del

ay fe

atur

e: w

hen

the

char

ger

det

ects

a

bat

tery

tha

t is

hot

, it

auto

mat

ical

ly s

tart

s a

del

ay, s

usp

end

ing

char

ging

un

til t

he b

atte

ry h

as c

oole

d.

Afte

r th

e b

atte

ry h

as c

oole

d,

the

char

ger

auto

mat

ical

ly

switc

hes

to

the

pac

k ch

argi

ng

mod

e.

This

fe

atur

e en

sure

s m

axim

um b

atte

ry l

ife.

The

red

lig

ht f

lash

es l

ong,

the

n sh

ort

whi

le in

the

hot

/col

d d

elay

mod

e.

10

English

3.

A c

old

bat

tery

pac

k w

ill ch

arge

at

abou

t ha

lf th

e ra

te o

f a

war

m

bat

tery

pac

k. T

he b

atte

ry p

ack

will

char

ge a

t th

at s

low

er r

ate

thro

ugho

ut

the

entir

e ch

argi

ng

cycl

e an

d

will

not

retu

rn

to

max

imum

cha

rge

rate

eve

n if

the

bat

tery

pac

k w

arm

s.

4. If

the

bat

tery

pac

k d

oes

not

char

ge p

rop

erly

:

a.

Che

ck o

per

atio

n of

rec

epta

cle

by

plu

ggin

g in

a l

amp

or

othe

r ap

plia

nce;

b. C

heck

to

see

if re

cep

tacl

e is

con

nect

ed t

o a

light

sw

itch

whi

ch

turn

s p

ower

off

whe

n yo

u tu

rn o

ut t

he li

ghts

;

c.

Mov

e th

e ch

arge

r an

d b

atte

ry p

ack

to a

loc

atio

n w

here

the

su

rrou

ndin

g ai

r te

mp

erat

ure

is

app

roxi

mat

ely

65 

°F –

75 

°F

(18 

° – 2

4 °C

);

d

. If

char

ging

pro

ble

ms

per

sist

, ta

ke t

he t

ool,

bat

tery

pac

k an

d

char

ger

to y

our

loca

l ser

vice

cen

ter.

5.

The

bat

tery

pac

k sh

ould

be

rech

arge

d w

hen

it fa

ils t

o p

rod

uce

suffi

cien

t p

ower

on

job

s w

hich

wer

e ea

sily

don

e p

revi

ousl

y. D

O

NO

T C

ON

TIN

UE

to

us

e un

der

th

ese

cond

ition

s.

Follo

w

the

char

ging

pro

ced

ure.

You

may

als

o ch

arge

a p

artia

lly u

sed

pac

k w

hene

ver

you

des

ire w

ith n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

bat

tery

pac

k.

6. F

orei

gn m

ater

ials

of

a co

nduc

tive

natu

re s

uch

as,

but

not

lim

ited

to

, gr

ind

ing

dus

t, m

etal

chi

ps,

ste

el w

ool,

alum

inum

foi

l, or

any

b

uild

up o

f m

etal

lic p

artic

les

shou

ld b

e ke

pt

away

fro

m c

harg

er

cavi

ties.

Alw

ays

unp

lug

the

char

ger

from

the

pow

er s

upp

ly w

hen

ther

e is

no

bat

tery

pac

k in

the

cav

ity.

Unp

lug

the

char

ger

bef

ore

atte

mp

ting

to c

lean

.

7. D

o no

t fre

eze

or im

mer

se t

he c

harg

er in

wat

er o

r an

y ot

her

liqui

d.

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Don’t

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to g

et

insid

e t

he

charg

er. E

lectr

ic s

hock

may

result.

WA

RN

ING

: B

urn

haza

rd.

Do n

ot

sub

merg

e t

he b

att

ery

pack

in

any

liquid

or

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to e

nte

r th

e b

att

ery

pack.

Neve

r att

em

pt

to o

pen t

he b

att

ery

pack

for

any

reason.

If t

he p

lastic h

ousin

g o

f th

e

batt

ery

pack

bre

aks

or

cra

cks

, re

turn

to a

serv

ice c

ente

r fo

r re

cyc

ling.

Sto

rage R

ecom

mendati

ons

1.

The

bes

t sto

rage

pla

ce is

one

that

is c

ool a

nd d

ry, a

way

from

dire

ct

sunl

ight

and

exc

ess

heat

or

cold

.

2. F

or l

ong

stor

age,

it

is r

ecom

men

ded

to

stor

e a

fully

cha

rged

b

atte

ry p

ack

in a

coo

l d

ry p

lace

out

of

the

char

ger

for

optim

al

resu

lts.

NO

TE

: B

atte

ry p

acks

sho

uld

not

be

stor

ed c

omp

lete

ly d

eple

ted

of

char

ge.

The

bat

tery

pac

k w

ill ne

ed t

o b

e re

char

ged

bef

ore

use.

SA

VE

TH

ESE

IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS F

OR

FU

TU

RE

USE

CO

MP

ON

EN

TS

WA

RN

ING

: N

eve

r m

od

ify t

he p

ow

er

tool o

r any

part

of it. D

am

age

or

pers

onal i

nju

ry c

ould

result.

Ple

ase

refe

r to

the

fron

t of

thi

s se

ctio

n fo

r th

e lis

t of

com

pon

ents

.

INT

EN

DE

D U

SE

This

hea

vy-d

uty

circ

ular

saw

is d

esig

ned

for

pro

fess

iona

l woo

d c

uttin

g ap

plic

atio

ns.

DO

NO

T u

se u

nder

wet

con

diti

ons

or in

pre

senc

e of

flam

mab

le li

qui

ds

or g

ases

.D

O N

OT

let

child

ren

com

e in

to c

onta

ct w

ith t

he t

ool.

Sup

ervi

sion

is

req

uire

d w

hen

inex

per

ienc

ed o

per

ator

s us

e th

is t

ool.

OP

ER

ATIO

N

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn to

ol

off

a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

too

l fr

om

p

ow

er

so

urc

e b

efo

re

ma

kin

g a

ny a

dju

stm

en

ts o

r re

mo

vin

g/i

nsta

llin

g a

tta

ch

me

nts

or

acce

sso

rie

s.

An a

ccid

enta

l sta

rt-u

p c

an c

ause inju

ry.

11

English

Insta

llin

g a

nd R

em

ovin

g t

he B

att

ery P

ack

(Fig

. 2)

NO

TE

: Fo

r b

est

resu

lts,

mak

e su

re y

our

bat

tery

pac

k is

fully

cha

rged

. To

ins

tall

the

bat

tery

pac

k (C

) in

to t

he t

ool

hand

le,

alig

n th

e b

atte

ry

pac

k w

ith t

he r

ails

insi

de

the

tool

’s h

and

le a

nd s

lide

it in

to t

he h

and

le

until

the

bat

tery

pac

k is

firm

ly s

eate

d in

the

tool

and

ens

ure

that

it d

oes

not

dis

enga

ge.

To re

mov

e th

e b

atte

ry p

ack

from

the

tool

, pre

ss th

e re

leas

e b

utto

n (M

) an

d fi

rmly

pul

l the

bat

tery

pac

k ou

t of

the

too

l han

dle

. Ins

ert

it in

to t

he

char

ger

as d

escr

ibed

in t

he c

harg

er s

ectio

n of

thi

s m

anua

l.

CFI

G.

2

M

RFIG

. 2A

FU

EL

GA

UG

E B

AT

TE

RY

PA

CK

S (

FIG

. 2A

)

Som

e D

EW

ALT

bat

tery

pac

ks in

clud

e a

fuel

gau

ge w

hich

con

sist

s of

th

ree

gree

n LE

D l

ight

s th

at i

ndic

ate

the

leve

l of

cha

rge

rem

aini

ng i

n th

e b

atte

ry p

ack.

To

act

uate

the

fue

l gau

ge,

pre

ss a

nd h

old

the

fue

l gau

ge b

utto

n (R

).

A c

omb

inat

ion

of t

he t

hree

gre

en L

ED

ligh

ts w

ill illu

min

ate

des

igna

ting

the

leve

l of c

harg

e le

ft. W

hen

the

leve

l of c

harg

e in

the

bat

tery

is b

elow

th

e us

able

lim

it, t

he f

uel g

auge

will

not

illum

inat

e an

d t

he b

atte

ry w

ill ne

ed t

o b

e re

char

ged

.N

OT

E:

The

fuel

gau

ge is

onl

y an

ind

icat

ion

of t

he c

harg

e le

ft on

the

b

atte

ry p

ack.

It

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

tool

fun

ctio

nalit

y an

d i

s su

bje

ct t

o va

riatio

n b

ased

on

pro

duc

t co

mp

onen

ts,

tem

per

atur

e an

d e

nd-u

ser

app

licat

ion.

For

mor

e in

form

atio

n re

gard

ing

fuel

gau

ge b

atte

ry p

acks

, p

leas

e ca

ll 1-

800-

4-D

EW

ALT

(1-8

00-4

33-9

258)

or

visi

t ou

r w

ebsi

te w

ww

.dew

alt.

com

.

Tri

gger

Sw

itch (Fig

. 3)

WA

RN

ING

: T

his

to

ol

has

no

FIG

. 3 B

A

pro

visio

n t

o lock

the t

rigger

sw

itch

in

the

ON

p

ositio

n

and

should

neve

r b

e l

ocke

d O

N b

y any

oth

er

means.

Rel

ease

the

trig

ger

switc

h lo

ck-o

ff bu

tton

(A) b

y pr

essi

ng th

e b

utto

n as

sh

own.

Pul

l th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch

(B)

to t

urn

the

mot

or o

n. R

elea

sing

the

tr

igge

r sw

itch

turn

s th

e m

otor

off.

Changin

g B

lades (Fig

. 4, 5)

TO

IN

STA

LL

TH

E B

LA

DE

(F

IG.

4,

5)

1.

Pla

ce i

nner

cla

mp

was

her

(O)

on s

aw s

pin

dle

with

the

lar

ge f

lat

surfa

ce fa

cing

out

tow

ard

the

bla

de

(Fig

. 4A

, 4B

).

2. R

etra

ct t

he lo

wer

bla

de

guar

d (G

) and

pla

ce b

lad

e on

saw

sp

ind

le

agai

nst

the

inne

r cl

amp

w

ashe

r, m

akin

g su

re

that

th

e b

lad

e w

ill ro

tate

in

the

pro

per

dire

ctio

n (th

e d

irect

ion

of t

he r

otat

ion

arro

w o

n th

e sa

w b

lad

e an

d t

he t

eeth

mus

t p

oint

in

the

sam

e

12

English

dire

ctio

n as

the

dire

ctio

n of

rot

atio

n ar

row

on

the

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

). D

o no

t as

sum

e th

at t

he p

rintin

g on

the

bla

de

will

alw

ays

be

faci

ng y

ou w

hen

pro

per

ly in

stal

led

. W

hen

retr

actin

g th

e lo

wer

b

lad

e gu

ard

to in

stal

l the

bla

de,

che

ck th

e co

nditi

on a

nd o

per

atio

n of

the

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

to a

ssur

e th

at it

is w

orki

ng p

rop

erly.

Mak

e su

re i

t m

oves

fre

ely

and

doe

s no

t to

uch

the

bla

de

or a

ny o

ther

p

art,

in a

ll an

gles

and

dep

ths

of c

ut.

FIG

. 4A

O

KL

F

PH

G

3.

Pla

ce o

uter

cla

mp

was

her

(P)

on s

aw s

pin

dle

with

the

lar

ge f

lat

surfa

ce a

gain

st t

he b

lad

e w

ith b

evel

ed s

ide

faci

ng o

ut.

4.

Thr

ead

bla

de

clam

pin

g sc

rew

(H) i

nto

saw

sp

ind

le b

y ha

nd (s

crew

ha

s le

ft-ha

nd t

hrea

ds

and

mus

t b

e tu

rned

cou

nter

cloc

kwis

e to

tig

hten

).

5. D

epre

ss t

he b

lad

e lo

ck b

utto

n (K

) w

hile

tur

ning

the

saw

sp

ind

le

with

the

bla

de

wre

nch

(N)

until

the

bla

de

lock

eng

ages

and

the

b

lad

e st

ops

rota

ting

(Fig

. 5)

.

6. T

ight

en t

he b

lad

e cl

amp

ing

scre

w fi

rmly

with

the

bla

de

wre

nch.

NO

TE

: N

ever

eng

age

the

bla

de

lock

whi

le s

aw is

run

ning

, or

eng

age

in a

n ef

fort

to s

top

the

tool

. Nev

er tu

rn th

e sa

w o

n w

hile

the

bla

de

lock

is

eng

aged

. S

erio

us d

amag

e to

you

r sa

w w

ill re

sult.

H

PO

SP

IND

LE

BLA

DE

O

PH

FIG

. 4B

13

English

TO

RE

PL

AC

E T

HE

BL

AD

E (

FIG

. 4,

5)

1.

To

loos

en t

he b

lad

e cl

amp

ing

scre

w (

H),

dep

ress

the

bla

de

lock

b

utto

n (K

) and

turn

the

saw

sp

ind

le w

ith th

e b

lad

e w

renc

h (N

) unt

il th

e b

lad

e lo

ck e

ngag

es a

nd t

he b

lad

e st

ops

rota

ting.

With

the

b

lad

e lo

ck e

ngag

ed, t

urn

the

bla

de

clam

pin

g sc

rew

clo

ckw

ise

with

th

e b

lad

e w

renc

h (s

crew

has

left-

hand

thre

ads

and

mus

t be

turn

ed

cloc

kwis

e to

loos

en).

TIG

HTE

N(c

ounte

rclo

ckw

ise)

FIG

. 5

LOO

SE

N(c

lockw

ise)

K

N

2.

Rem

ove

the

bla

de

clam

pin

g sc

rew

(H) a

nd o

uter

cla

mp

was

her (

P)

only.

Rem

ove

old

bla

de.

3.

Cle

an a

ny s

awd

ust

that

may

hav

e ac

cum

ulat

ed i

n th

e gu

ard

or

clam

p w

ashe

r ar

ea a

nd c

heck

the

con

ditio

n an

d op

erat

ion

of t

he

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

as p

revi

ousl

y ou

tline

d. D

o no

t lub

ricat

e th

is a

rea.

4.

Sel

ect

the

pro

per

bla

de

for

the

app

licat

ion

(see

Bla

de

s).

Alw

ays

use

bla

des

that

are

the

corr

ect s

ize

(dia

met

er) w

ith th

e p

rop

er s

ize

and

sha

pe

cent

er h

ole

for

mou

ntin

g on

the

saw

sp

ind

le.

Alw

ays

assu

re t

hat

the

max

imum

rec

omm

end

ed s

pee

d (r

pm

) on

the

saw

b

lad

e m

eets

or

exce

eds

the

spee

d (r

pm

) of t

he s

aw.

5.

Fol

low

ste

ps

2 th

roug

h 6

und

er T

o In

sta

ll t

he

Bla

de

, mak

ing

sure

th

at t

he b

lad

e w

ill ro

tate

in t

he p

rop

er d

irect

ion.

LO

WE

R B

LA

DE

GU

AR

D

WA

RN

ING

: T

he

lo

we

r b

lad

e g

ua

rd i

s a

sa

fety

fe

atu

re w

hic

h

red

uce

s t

he

ris

k o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry.

Ne

ve

r u

se

th

e s

aw

if

th

e l

ow

er

bla

de

gu

ard

is m

issin

g,

da

ma

ge

d,

mis

asse

mb

led

o

r n

ot

wo

rkin

g

pro

pe

rly.

D

o

no

t re

ly

on

th

e

low

er

bla

de

g

ua

rd

to

pro

tect

yo

u

un

de

r a

ll

cir

cu

msta

nce

s.

Yo

ur

sa

fety

d

ep

en

ds o

n fo

llo

win

g a

ll w

arn

ing

s a

nd

p

reca

uti

on

s a

s w

ell

as p

rop

er

op

era

tio

n o

f th

e s

aw

. C

he

ck l

ow

er

bla

de

gu

ard

fo

r p

rop

er

clo

sin

g b

efo

re e

ach

use

as o

utl

ine

d i

n F

urt

he

r S

afe

ty

Instr

uc

tio

ns f

or

All S

aw

s.

If t

he

lo

we

r b

lad

e g

ua

rd i

s m

issin

g

or

no

t w

ork

ing

pro

pe

rly,

ha

ve

th

e s

aw

se

rvic

ed

be

fore

usin

g.

To

a

ssu

re p

rod

uct

sa

fety

a

nd

re

lia

bilit

y, re

pa

ir,

ma

inte

na

nce

a

nd

ad

justm

en

t sh

ou

ld b

e p

erf

orm

ed

by a

n a

uth

ori

ze

d s

erv

ice

ce

nte

r o

r o

the

r q

ua

lifi

ed

se

rvic

e o

rga

niz

ati

on

, a

lwa

ys u

sin

g

ide

nti

ca

l re

pla

ce

me

nt

pa

rts.

Bla

des

WA

RN

ING

: To

m

inim

ize th

e risk

of

eye

in

jury

, alw

ays

use eye

p

rote

ction.

Carb

ide i

s a

hard

but

britt

le m

ate

rial.

Fore

ign o

bje

cts

in

the w

ork

pie

ce s

uch a

s w

ire o

r nails

can c

ause t

ips t

o c

rack

or

bre

ak.

O

nly

op

era

te s

aw

when p

rop

er

saw

bla

de g

uard

is in p

lace.

Mount

bla

de secure

ly in

p

rop

er

rota

tion b

efo

re usin

g,

and

alw

ays

use a

cle

an,

sharp

bla

de.

WA

RN

ING

: D

o

not

cut

ferr

ous

meta

ls

(ste

el),

m

asonry

, gla

ss,

masonry

-typ

e p

lanki

ng,

cem

ent

board

or

tile

with t

his

saw

.

Do

not

use

abra

sive

whe

els

or b

lad

es.

A d

ull

bla

de

will

caus

e sl

ow

inef

ficie

nt c

uttin

g, o

verlo

ad o

n th

e sa

w m

otor

, ex

cess

ive

splin

terin

g,

and

cou

ld i

ncre

ase

the

pos

sib

ility

of k

ickb

ack.

Ple

ase

refe

r to

the

ta

ble

bel

ow t

o d

eter

min

e th

e co

rrec

t si

ze r

epla

cem

ent

bla

de

for

your

m

odel

saw

.

14

English

B

lad

e

Dia

me

ter

Te

eth

A

pp

lica

tio

n

D

W91

55

6-1/

2" (1

65 m

m)

18

Gen

eral

pur

pos

e cu

ttin

g

DW

9154

6-

1/2"

(165

 mm

) 24

S

moo

th w

ood

cut

ting

D

W91

53

6-1/

2" (1

65 m

m)

90

Non

-car

bid

e, p

lyw

ood

/

vi

nyl s

idin

g cu

ttin

g

If yo

u ne

ed a

ssis

tanc

e re

gard

ing

bla

des

, ple

ase

call

1-80

0-4-

DEW

ALT

(1

-800

-433

-925

8).

KIC

KB

AC

K

Kic

kbac

k is

a s

udd

en r

eact

ion

to a

pin

ched

, bou

nd o

r m

isal

igne

d s

aw

bla

de,

cau

sing

an

unco

ntro

lled

saw

to

lift

up a

nd o

ut o

f the

wor

kpie

ce

tow

ard

the

oper

ator

. Whe

n th

e b

lad

e is

pin

ched

or b

ound

tigh

tly b

y th

e ke

rf cl

osin

g d

own,

the

bla

de

stal

ls a

nd t

he m

otor

rea

ctio

n d

rives

the

un

it ra

pid

ly b

ack

tow

ard

the

op

erat

or. I

f the

bla

de

bec

omes

tw

iste

d o

r m

isal

igne

d in

the

cut

, th

e te

eth

at t

he b

ack

edge

of t

he b

lad

e ca

n d

ig

into

the

top

sur

face

of t

he w

ood

cau

sing

the

bla

de

to c

limb

out

of t

he

kerf

and

jum

p b

ack

tow

ard

the

op

erat

or.

Kic

kbac

k is

mor

e lik

ely

to o

ccur

whe

n an

y of

the

fol

low

ing

cond

ition

s ex

ists

.

1.

IMP

RO

PE

R W

OR

KP

IEC

E S

UP

PO

RT

A. S

aggi

ng o

r im

pro

per

lift

ing

of t

he c

ut o

ff p

iece

can

cau

se

pin

chin

g of

the

bla

de

and

lead

to

kick

bac

k (F

ig.

12).

B. C

uttin

g th

roug

h m

ater

ial s

upp

orte

d a

t th

e ou

ter

end

s on

ly c

an

caus

e ki

ckb

ack.

As

the

mat

eria

l wea

kens

it s

ags,

clo

sing

dow

n th

e ke

rf an

d p

inch

ing

the

bla

de

(Fig

. 12

).

C

. Cut

ting

off a

can

tilev

ered

or

over

hang

ing

pie

ce o

f mat

eria

l fro

m

the

bot

tom

up

in a

ver

tical

dire

ctio

n ca

n ca

use

kick

bac

k. T

he

fallin

g cu

t of

f pie

ce c

an p

inch

the

bla

de.

D. C

uttin

g of

f lon

g na

rrow

str

ips

(as

in ri

pp

ing)

can

cau

se k

ickb

ack.

Th

e cu

t of

f st

rip c

an s

ag o

r tw

ist

clos

ing

the

kerf

and

pin

chin

g th

e b

lad

e.

E. S

nagg

ing

the

low

er g

uard

on

a su

rface

bel

ow th

e m

ater

ial b

eing

cu

t m

omen

taril

y re

duc

es o

per

ator

con

trol

. Th

e sa

w c

an l

ift

par

tially

out

of t

he c

ut in

crea

sing

the

cha

nce

of b

lad

e tw

ist.

2.

IMP

RO

PE

R D

EP

TH

OF

CU

T S

ET

TIN

G O

N S

AW

To m

ake

the

mos

t ef

ficie

nt c

ut,

the

bla

de

shou

ld p

rotr

ude

only

far

enou

gh t

o ex

pos

e on

e-ha

lf of

a t

ooth

as

show

n in

Fig

ure

7. T

his

allo

ws

the

shoe

to

sup

por

t th

e b

lad

e an

d m

inim

izes

tw

istin

g an

d

pin

chin

g in

the

mat

eria

l. S

ee t

he s

ectio

n tit

led

Cu

ttin

g D

ep

th

Ad

justm

en

t.

3.

BL

AD

E T

WIS

TIN

G (

MIS

AL

IGN

ME

NT

IN

CU

T)

A. P

ushi

ng h

ard

er to

cut

thro

ugh

a kn

ot, a

nai

l, or

a h

ard

gra

in a

rea

can

caus

e th

e b

lad

e to

tw

ist.

B. T

ryin

g to

tur

n th

e sa

w i

n th

e cu

t (tr

ying

to

get

bac

k on

the

m

arke

d li

ne) c

an c

ause

bla

de

twis

t.

C

. Ove

rrea

chin

g or

op

erat

ing

the

saw

with

poo

r b

ody

cont

rol (

out

of b

alan

ce),

can

resu

lt in

tw

istin

g th

e b

lad

e.

D

. Cha

ngin

g ha

nd g

rip o

r b

ody

pos

ition

whi

le c

uttin

g ca

n re

sult

in

bla

de

twis

t.

E

. Bac

king

up

the

saw

to

clea

r b

lad

e ca

n le

ad t

o tw

ist.

4.

MA

TE

RIA

LS

TH

AT

RE

QU

IRE

EX

TR

A A

TT

EN

TIO

N

A. W

et lu

mb

er

B

. Gre

en lu

mb

er (m

ater

ial f

resh

ly c

ut o

r no

t ki

ln d

ried

)

C

. Pre

ssur

e tr

eate

d lu

mb

er (

mat

eria

l tre

ated

with

pre

serv

ativ

es o

r an

ti-ro

t ch

emic

als)

5.

US

E O

F D

UL

L O

R D

IRT

Y B

LA

DE

S

Dul

l bla

des

cau

se in

crea

sed

load

ing

of t

he s

aw.

To c

omp

ensa

te,

an o

per

ator

will

usua

lly p

ush

hard

er w

hich

fur

ther

loa

ds

the

unit

and

pro

mot

es t

wis

ting

of t

he b

lad

e in

the

ker

f. W

orn

bla

des

may

al

so h

ave

insu

ffici

ent

bod

y cl

eara

nce

whi

ch in

crea

ses

the

chan

ce

of b

ind

ing

and

incr

ease

d lo

adin

g.

15

English

6.

LIF

TIN

G T

HE

SA

W W

HE

N M

AK

ING

A B

EV

EL

CU

T

Bev

el c

uts

req

uire

sp

ecia

l op

erat

or a

tten

tion

to p

rop

er c

uttin

g te

chni

que

s –

esp

ecia

lly g

uid

ance

of

the

saw

. B

oth

bla

de

angl

e to

th

e sh

oe a

nd g

reat

er b

lad

e su

rface

in

the

mat

eria

l in

crea

se t

he

chan

ce fo

r b

ind

ing

and

mis

alig

nmen

t (tw

ist)

to o

ccur

.

7.

RE

STA

RT

ING

A C

UT

WIT

H T

HE

BL

AD

E T

EE

TH

JA

MM

ED

A

GA

INS

T T

HE

MA

TE

RIA

L

The

saw

sho

uld

be

bro

ught

up

to f

ull

oper

atin

g sp

eed

bef

ore

star

ting

a cu

t or

res

tart

ing

a cu

t af

ter

the

unit

has

been

sto

ppe

d

with

the

bla

de

in t

he k

erf.

Failu

re t

o do

so

can

caus

e st

allin

g an

d

kick

bac

k.A

ny o

ther

con

diti

ons

whi

ch c

ould

res

ult

in p

inch

ing,

bin

din

g, t

wis

ting,

or

mis

alig

nmen

t of

the

bla

de

coul

d c

ause

kic

kbac

k. R

efer

to

the

sect

ions

Fu

rth

er

Sa

fety

In

str

ucti

on

s fo

r A

ll S

aw

s a

nd B

lad

es

for

pro

ced

ures

and

tec

hniq

ues

that

will

min

imiz

e th

e oc

curr

ence

of

kick

bac

k.

Cutt

ing D

epth

Adju

stm

ent

(Fig

. 6, 7)

1.

Hol

d th

e sa

w f

irmly

and

loos

en (

cloc

kwis

e) t

he d

epth

ad

just

men

t kn

ob (D

) and

mov

e sh

oe t

o ob

tain

the

des

ired

dept

h of

cut

.

2. M

ake

sure

th

e d

epth

ad

just

men

t kn

ob

has

bee

n re

tight

ened

(c

ount

ercl

ockw

ise)

bef

ore

oper

atin

g sa

w.

FIG

. 7

J

D

FIG

. 6

For

the

mos

t ef

ficie

nt c

uttin

g ac

tion,

set

the

dep

th a

dju

stm

ent

so t

hat

one-

half

toot

h of

the

bla

de

will

pro

ject

bel

ow t

he m

ater

ial

to b

e cu

t.

This

dis

tanc

e is

fro

m t

he t

ip o

f th

e to

oth

to t

he b

otto

m o

f th

e gu

llet

in

front

of

it. T

his

keep

s bl

ade

frict

ion

at a

min

imum

, re

mov

es s

awd

ust

from

the

cut

, re

sults

in c

oole

r, fa

ster

saw

ing

and

red

uces

the

cha

nce

of k

ickb

ack.

A m

etho

d fo

r ch

ecki

ng fo

r co

rrec

t cu

ttin

g d

epth

is s

how

n in

Fig

ure

7. L

ay a

pie

ce o

f th

e m

ater

ial y

ou p

lan

to c

ut a

long

the

sid

e of

the

bla

de, a

s sh

own,

and

obs

erve

how

muc

h to

oth

pro

ject

s b

eyon

d

the

mat

eria

l.

Bevel A

ngle

Adju

stm

ent

(Fig

. 7)

The

full

rang

e of

the

beve

l ad

just

men

t is

from

to 5

0°. T

he q

uad

rant

is

grad

uate

d in

incr

emen

ts o

f 1°.

On

the

front

of t

he s

aw is

a b

evel

ang

le

adju

stm

ent m

echa

nism

con

sist

ing

of a

cal

ibra

ted

qua

dra

nt a

nd a

bev

el

adju

stm

ent

knob

(J).

TO

SE

T T

HE

SA

W F

OR

A B

EV

EL

CU

T

1.

Loo

sen

(cou

nter

cloc

kwis

e) t

he b

evel

ad

just

men

t kn

ob (

J) a

nd t

ilt

shoe

to

the

des

ired

ang

le b

y al

igni

ng t

he p

oint

er w

ith t

he d

esire

d

angl

e m

ark.

2. R

etig

hten

kno

b fi

rmly

(clo

ckw

ise)

.

Shoe A

dju

stm

ent

for

90°C

uts

(Fig

. 8)

IF A

DD

ITIO

NA

L A

DJU

ST

ME

NT

IS

NE

ED

ED

:FI

G.

8

Q

J

1.

Ad

just

the

saw

to

0° b

evel

.

2. R

etra

ct t

he l

ower

bla

de

guar

d.

Pla

ce t

he

saw

on

bla

de

sid

e.

3. L

oose

n b

evel

ad

just

men

t kn

ob (

J).

Pla

ce a

sq

uare

aga

inst

the

bla

de

and

sho

e to

ad

just

th

e 90

° se

ttin

g. 4

. Tu

rn t

he c

alib

ratio

n sc

rew

(Q

) so

tha

t th

e sh

oe w

ill st

op a

t th

e p

rop

er a

ngle

.

16

English

5.

Con

firm

the

accu

racy

of t

he s

ettin

g b

y ch

ecki

ng th

e sq

uare

ness

of

an a

ctua

l cut

on

a sc

rap

pie

ce o

f mat

eria

l.

Kerf

Indic

ato

r (F

ig. 9)

The

front

of t

he s

aw s

hoe

has

a ke

rf in

dic

ator

(I)

IFIG

. 9

for

vert

ical

an

d

bev

el

cutt

ing.

Th

is

ind

icat

or

enab

les

you

to g

uid

e th

e sa

w a

long

cut

ting

lines

pen

cile

d o

n th

e m

ater

ial

bei

ng c

ut.

The

kerf

ind

icat

or li

nes

up w

ith th

e le

ft (o

uter

) sid

e of

th

e sa

w b

lad

e, w

hich

mak

es t

he s

lot

or “

kerf”

cu

t b

y th

e m

ovin

g b

lad

e fa

ll to

the

rig

ht o

f th

e in

dic

ator

. G

uid

e al

ong

the

pen

cile

d c

uttin

g lin

e so

tha

t th

e ke

rf fa

lls in

to t

he w

aste

or

surp

lus

mat

eria

l.

Work

pie

ce S

upport

(Fig

. 10–12)

WA

RN

ING

: It i

s i

mp

ort

ant

to s

up

port

the w

ork

pro

perly

and

to

hold

th

e saw

fir

mly

to

p

reve

nt

loss of

contr

ol

whic

h could

cause

pers

onal in

jury

. Fig

ure

10 illu

str

ate

s p

rop

er

hand

sup

port

of

the s

aw

. M

ain

tain

a f

irm

grip

with b

oth

hand

s o

n t

he s

aw

and

positio

n y

our

bod

y and

arm

to a

llow

you t

o r

esis

t ki

ckb

ack

if it o

ccurs

. A

LW

AY

S

TU

RN

OFF T

OO

L A

ND

RE

MO

VE

BA

TTE

RY

BE

FO

RE

MA

KIN

G A

NY

A

DJU

STM

EN

TS

!FI

G.

10

Figu

re 1

0 sh

ows

prop

er s

awin

g po

sitio

n. N

ote

that

han

ds a

re k

ept a

way

fro

m c

uttin

g ar

ea.

To

avo

id k

ickb

ack,

DO

sup

port

boa

rd o

r pa

nel

NE

AR

the

cut

(Fi

g. 1

1).

DO

N’T

sup

port

boa

rd o

r pa

nel a

way

fro

m t

he

cut

(Fig

. 12)

. P

lace

the

wor

k w

ith it

s “g

ood

” si

de

– th

e on

e on

whi

ch a

pp

eara

nce

is

mos

t im

por

tant

– d

own.

The

saw

cut

s up

war

d,

so a

ny s

plin

terin

g w

ill b

e on

the

wor

k fa

ce t

hat

is u

p w

hen

you

cut

it.

SU

PP

OR

T

DO

sup

por

t b

oard

or

pan

el N

EA

R t

he c

ut.

FIG

. 11

DO

N’T

sup

por

t b

oard

or

pan

el A

WAY

from

the

cut

.FI

G.

12

17

English

Cutt

ing (Fig

. 10)

Pla

ce t

he w

ider

por

tion

of t

he s

aw s

hoe

on t

hat

part

of t

he w

orkp

iece

w

hich

is s

olid

ly s

uppo

rted

, no

t on

the

sec

tion

that

will

fall

off w

hen

the

cut

is m

ade.

As

an e

xam

ple,

Fig

ure

10 i

llust

rate

s th

e R

IGH

T w

ay t

o cu

t of

f the

end

of a

boa

rd.

Alw

ays

clam

p w

ork.

Don

’t tr

y to

hol

d s

hort

p

iece

s b

y ha

nd!

Rem

embe

r to

sup

por

t ca

ntile

vere

d a

nd o

verh

angi

ng

mat

eria

l. U

se c

autio

n w

hen

saw

ing

mat

eria

l fro

m b

elow

.B

e su

re s

aw is

up

to fu

ll sp

eed

befo

re b

lade

con

tact

s m

ater

ial t

o be

cut

. S

tart

ing

saw

with

bla

de a

gain

st m

ater

ial t

o be

cut

or

push

ed f

orw

ard

in

to k

erf c

an re

sult

in k

ickb

ack.

Pus

h th

e sa

w fo

rwar

d at

a s

peed

whi

ch

allo

ws

the

blad

e to

cut

with

out

labo

ring.

H

ardn

ess

and

toug

hnes

s ca

n va

ry e

ven

in t

he s

ame

piec

e of

mat

eria

l, an

d kn

otty

or

dam

p se

ctio

ns c

an p

ut a

hea

vy lo

ad o

n th

e sa

w.

Whe

n th

is h

appe

ns,

push

the

saw

mor

e sl

owly,

but

har

d en

ough

to

keep

w

orki

ng w

ithou

t m

uch

decr

ease

in s

peed

. Fo

rcin

g th

e sa

w c

an c

ause

ro

ugh

cuts

, ina

ccur

acy,

kic

kbac

k, a

nd o

ver-

heat

ing

of t

he m

otor

. S

houl

d yo

ur c

ut b

egin

to

go o

ff th

e lin

e, d

on’t

try

to f

orce

it b

ack

on.

Rel

ease

the

trig

ger

switc

h an

d al

low

bla

de to

com

e to

a c

ompl

ete

stop

. Th

en y

ou c

an w

ithdr

aw th

e sa

w, s

ight

ane

w, a

nd s

tart

a n

ew c

ut s

light

ly

insi

de th

e w

rong

one

. With

draw

the

saw

if y

ou m

ust s

hift

the

cut.

Forc

ing

a co

rrec

tion

insi

de t

he c

ut c

an s

tall

the

saw

and

lead

to

kick

back

. IF

SA

W S

TALL

S, R

ELE

AS

E T

HE

TR

IGG

ER

SW

ITC

H A

ND

BA

CK

TH

E

SA

W U

NTI

L IT

IS

LO

OS

E.

BE

SU

RE

BLA

DE

IS

STR

AIG

HT

IN T

HE

C

UT

AN

D C

LEA

R O

F TH

E C

UTT

ING

ED

GE

BE

FOR

E R

ES

TAR

TIN

G.

As

you

finis

h a

cut,

rele

ase

the

trig

ger

switc

h an

d a

llow

the

bla

de

to s

top

bef

ore

liftin

g th

e sa

w f

rom

the

wor

k. A

s yo

u lif

t th

e sa

w,

the

sprin

g-te

nsio

ned

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

will

auto

mat

ical

ly c

lose

und

er t

he

bla

de.

Rem

emb

er t

he b

lad

e is

exp

osed

unt

il th

is o

ccur

s. N

ever

rea

ch

und

er t

he w

ork

for

any

reas

on.

Whe

n yo

u ha

ve t

o re

trac

t th

e lo

wer

b

lad

e gu

ard

man

ually

(as

is n

eces

sary

for s

tart

ing

poc

ket c

uts)

, alw

ays

use

the

retr

actin

g le

ver.

WA

RN

ING

: W

hen cutt

ing th

in str

ips,

be care

ful

to ensure

th

at

sm

all

cuto

ff p

ieces d

on’t

hang u

p o

n t

he i

nsid

e o

f th

e l

ow

er

bla

de

guard

.

RIP

PIN

G (

FIG

. 13)

Rip

pin

g is

the

pro

cess

of

cutt

ing

wid

er b

oard

s in

to n

arro

wer

str

ips

– cu

ttin

g gr

ain

leng

thw

ise.

Han

d g

uid

ing

is m

ore

diff

icul

t fo

r th

is t

ype

of

saw

ing

and

the

use

of a

DEW

ALT

rip

fenc

e is

rec

omm

end

ed.

INS

TALL

RIP

FE

NC

E

IN T

HIS

DIR

EC

TIO

N

FIG

. 13

PO

CK

ET

CU

TT

ING

(F

IG.

14)

FIG

. 14

WA

RN

ING

: N

eve

r tie

th

e

low

er

bla

de guard

in

a ra

ised

posi

tion.

Neve

r m

ove

th

e sa

w

backw

ard

s w

hen p

ocke

t cuttin

g.

This

may

cause

the s

aw

to rais

e

up o

ff th

e w

ork

surface,

whic

h

could

cause

inju

ry.

A

pock

et

cut

is

one

that

is

m

ade

in a

flo

or,

wal

l or

oth

er

flat

surfa

ce.

1.

Ad

just

th

e sa

w

shoe

so

th

e b

lad

e cu

ts a

t d

esire

d

dep

th.

18

English

2.

Tilt

the

saw

forw

ard

and

rest

fron

t of t

he s

hoe

on m

ater

ial t

o be

cut

.

3. U

sing

the

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

ret

ract

ing

leve

r, re

trac

t th

e lo

wer

b

lad

e gu

ard

to a

n up

war

d p

ositi

on. L

ower

the

rear

of t

he s

hoe

until

th

e b

lad

e te

eth

alm

ost

touc

h th

e cu

ttin

g lin

e.

4.

Rel

ease

the

low

er b

lad

e gu

ard

(its

con

tact

with

the

wor

k w

ill ke

ep

it in

pos

ition

to

open

fre

ely

as y

ou s

tart

the

cut

). R

emov

e yo

ur

hand

fro

m t

he l

ower

bla

de

guar

d r

etra

ctin

g le

ver

and

firm

ly g

rip

the

auxi

liary

han

dle

, as

show

n in

Fig

ure

14. P

ositi

on y

our b

ody

and

ar

m t

o al

low

you

to

resi

st k

ickb

ack

if it

occu

rs.

5.

Mak

e su

re b

lad

e is

not

in

cont

act

with

cut

ting

surf

ace

bef

ore

star

ting

saw

.

6. S

tart

the

mot

or a

nd g

rad

ually

low

er th

e sa

w u

ntil

its s

hoe

rest

s fla

t on

the

mat

eria

l to

be

cut.

Ad

vanc

e sa

w a

long

the

cut

ting

line

until

cu

t is

com

ple

ted

.

7. R

elea

se t

he t

rigge

r sw

itch

and

allo

w t

he b

lad

e to

sto

p c

omp

lete

ly

bef

ore

with

dra

win

g th

e b

lad

e fro

m t

he m

ater

ial.

8.

Whe

n st

artin

g ea

ch n

ew c

ut,

rep

eat

the

abov

e st

eps.

MA

INTE

NA

NC

EW

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn to

ol

off

a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

too

l fr

om

p

ow

er

so

urc

e b

efo

re

ma

kin

g a

ny a

dju

stm

en

ts o

r re

mo

vin

g/i

nsta

llin

g a

tta

ch

me

nts

or

acce

sso

rie

s.

An a

ccid

enta

l sta

rt-u

p c

an c

ause inju

ry.

Cle

anin

gW

AR

NIN

G: B

low

dirt and

dust out of all

air v

ents

with c

lean, d

ry a

ir

at

least

once a

week.

To m

inim

ize t

he r

isk

of

eye

inju

ry,

alw

ays

wear

AN

SI Z

87.1

ap

pro

ved

eye

pro

tection w

hen p

erf

orm

ing t

his

.

WA

RN

ING

: N

eve

r use

solv

ents

or

oth

er

hars

h

chem

icals

fo

r cle

anin

g th

e non-m

eta

llic p

art

s of

the to

ol.

These chem

icals

m

ay

weake

n

the

pla

stic

mate

rials

used

in

th

ese

part

s.

Use

a

clo

th

dam

pened

only

with w

ate

r and

mild

soap

. N

eve

r le

t any

liquid

get

insi

de t

he t

ool;

neve

r im

mers

e a

ny

part

of th

e t

ool i

nto

a li

quid

.

CH

AR

GE

R C

LE

AN

ING

IN

ST

RU

CT

ION

S

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Dis

connect

the c

harg

er

from

the A

C

outle

t b

efo

re cle

anin

g.

Dirt

and

gre

ase m

ay

be re

move

d from

th

e

ext

erior

of th

e c

harg

er

usin

g a

clo

th o

r soft n

on-m

eta

llic b

rush. D

o n

ot

use w

ate

r or

any

cle

anin

g s

olu

tions.

Lubri

cati

on

Sel

f lu

bric

atin

g ba

ll an

d

rolle

r b

earin

gs

are

used

in

th

e to

ol

and

re

lubr

icat

ion

is n

ot r

equi

red

. H

owev

er,

it is

rec

omm

end

ed t

hat,

once

a

year

, yo

u ta

ke o

r se

nd t

he t

ool

to a

cer

tifie

d s

ervi

ce c

ente

r fo

r a

thor

ough

cle

anin

g, in

spec

tion,

and

lubr

icat

ion

of t

he g

ear

case

.

Accessori

es

WA

RN

ING

: S

ince

accesso

ries,

oth

er

than

tho

se

offere

d

by

DEW

ALT

, have

not

been

teste

d

with

this

p

rod

uct,

use

of

such

accessories w

ith t

his

tool could

be h

aza

rdous.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

only

DEW

ALT

recom

mend

ed

accessories s

hould

be u

sed

with

this

pro

duct.

Rec

omm

end

ed a

cces

sorie

s fo

r us

e w

ith y

our

tool

are

ava

ilab

le a

t ex

tra

cost

fro

m y

our

loca

l ser

vice

cen

ter.

If yo

u ne

ed a

ny a

ssis

tanc

e in

loca

ting

any

acce

ssor

y, p

leas

e co

ntac

t D

EW

ALT

Ind

ustr

ial T

ool C

o.,

701

Eas

t Jo

pp

a R

oad

, B

altim

ore,

MD

212

86,

call

1-80

0-4-

DEW

ALT

(1

-800

-433

-925

8) o

r vi

sit

our

web

site

: w

ww

.dew

alt.c

om.

Repair

sTh

e ch

arge

r an

d b

atte

ry p

ack

are

not

serv

icea

ble

. Th

ere

are

no

serv

icea

ble

par

ts in

sid

e th

e ch

arge

r or

bat

tery

pac

k.

To a

ssur

e p

rod

uct

SA

FETY

and

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