Axminster Trade 107644, Manual

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CHANGING THE SAW BLADE
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Set the upper blade guide assembly approximately midway
in the throat. Open the top and bottom covering doors and
remove the table insert (B), see fig 31.
Remove the table stabilising bolt (C) and release the blade
tension by pushing the quick release lever up, see fig 32.
Fig 31
Fig 32-33
Remove the lower blade guard (8), see fig 26 open the upper
guard door (1), see fig 34. Slip the blade (A) off the wheels,
carefully ‘wiggling’ it clear of the upper blade guard and clear
of the lower blade guides and out through the slot in the table,
see fig 35.
Fig 34-35
Table slot
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Clean the interior of the machine; remove the impacted ‘crud’
from the tyres, apply a little light oil to the screw threads of
the blade and drive belt tensioners and the tracking control.
The pivots and the slides of the top wheel mounting assembly
and the captive stub axle of the drive belt tensioner (in its slot)
could likewise be lightly oiled.
Check the new blade for signs of damage.
WARNING! BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN
YOU ‘UNFOLD’ THE BLADE; IT TENDS
TO ‘SPRING’ OPEN.
Throw the blade away from you and check the blade did not
“unfold” inside out.
MAKE SURE THE BLADE TEETH ARE
POINTING DOWN!
Open up all blade guides so that they are clear of the blade.
Hold the blade (A) approximately midway on either side of the
loop and feed it into the table slot. ‘Wriggle’ the right hand side
of the blade through the slot in the lower bearing guide guards
and through the guard on the upper blade guide assembly.
Ease the blade over the wheels and locate the blade in the
blade guides. Check that the blade is sitting approximately in
the middle of the wheels and re-tension the blade by pulling
the quick release lever down, see fig 33.
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Release
Tension