Use and Care Manual

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Figure 21: setting table stop
10.3 Installing/changing blades
Always wear gloves when
handling blades. New blades are usually
packaged in a coiled position; to prevent injury
uncoil them slowly and carefully, while wearing
work gloves and safety glasses.
Refer to sect. 6.0, Specifications, for maximum and
minimum blade widths for your machine.
Refer to Figures 22 and 23.
1. Disconnect machine from power source.
2. Remove table insert (A, Figure 22).
3. Pull out table pin (B) at end of slot.
4. Adjust upper and lower blade guides away from
blade.
5. Move blade tension lever to “Partial Tension”
position.
6. Open upper and lower doors by rotating door
catches. Open lower blade guard and remove
insert block (Figure 23).
7. Carefully remove blade from top wheel, then
from between upper and lower blade guides
and lower wheel. Slide old blade out through
slot in table.
8. Guide new blade through table slot. Place blade
loosely in the upper and lower blade guides.
Make sure blade teeth point down toward table,
and toward the front of the saw. (If the teeth will
not point down, no matter how you orient the
blade, then the blade is twisted inside-out. Twist
it into correct position and re-install it.)
9. Position blade at center of upper and lower
wheels.
10. Re-install table insert (A) and table pin (B).
11. Before operating band saw, the new blade must
be tensioned and tracked, in that order. See
sect. 10.4 and 10.5. The blade guides must also
be set properly according to instructions in sect.
10.6.
Figure 22: blade removal
Figure 23
10.4 Blade tension
IMPORTANT: An interlock switch prevents the band
saw from starting if the blade is de-tensioned. Blade
must be tensioned for start switch to activate.
Refer to Figure 24.
1. Disconnect machine from power source.
2. Back off upper and lower guide bearings to
eliminate any contact with blade.
3. With blade centered on wheels, move quick
tension lever to “Full Tension” position, as
shown in Figure 24. NOTE: You will be able to
feel the lever fall into each position.
Figure 24: blade tension/tracking