====== Table Saw Clearance ======

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====== Tool Specific Instruction ======

===== Point out the following tool features =====

  * Maintenance tag
  * Dust gates
  * Main power switches
  * Power switches
  * Paddle start/stop switch
  * Fence (and locking lever)
  * Riving knife
  * Blade height adjust wheel
  * Blade angle adjust
  * Bypass mode turnkey
  * Throat plate
  * Riving knife lock lever
  * Blade change wrenches
  * Sleds


===== Safe Setup/Operation/Cleanup =====

  * Demonstrate loading/changing the blade and switching between the riving knife and the plastic guard
  * Demonstrate setting the blade height for a specific piece of stock
  * Demonstrate using the fence and push blocks how to rip a piece of stock
  * Demonstrate using the miter gauge how to cross-cut a piece of stock

===== Knowledge and Technique =====

  * Knows when to use the sled vs the fence
  * Acknowledges that one should never use more than one guiding tool when operating the saw (kickback/binding risk)
  * Knows what bypass mode is, the process to enable it, and the increased risk of injury/kickback by operating in this mode
  * Knows to watch for excessive sawdust generation, indicating a clogged dust port
  * Accepts financial responsibility for replacing a triggered brake