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surfaces. For hard-to-reach spots, fit the end of the vac's hose with a crevice tool. While the saw is inverted, you should also vacuum the saw's motor housing and electrical switches and junction boxes. Fine dust built up in these areas can actually ignite from a tiny spark and cause a shop fire.

Lubrication

Once the saw's internal mechanisms are clean, it's time to lubricate them, so they'll operate smoothly and make adjustments easier. Coat the trunnions, gears, screw threads and other working parts with a dry lubricant, such as powdered graphite, or a drying spray lubricant, such as Boeshield T-9® or LPS 1®. ®

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Use a dry lubricant for your table saw. Flying sawdust constantly bombards the insidos and can stick to wet lubricants like greases, oils or non-drying sprays (e.g., WD-40) and eventually gum up the works.

backwards and rest the table's back edge on a pair of sturdy boxes, or flip a lighter portable saw over onto its top (don't let a saw's motor contact the floor). To loosen built-up, caked-on dust and oily gunk, scrub surfaces with a brush that has either firm nylon or medium-stiff brass or steel

bristles. For the trunnion and gear teelh, you may need to dip your brush in a nonflammable solvent degreaser. such as LPS T-91. Piy gunk out of narrow slots and cavities with a thin wood stick or screwdriver. Next, use a strong shop vacuum to suck up debris from all

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