Axminster Trade AT1854B, Manual

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Changing the Saw Blade
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WARNING! BE VERY CAUTIOUS WHEN
YOU ‘UNFOLD’ THE BLADE; IT TENDS
TO ‘SPRING’ OPEN, BLADE AND TEETH
GOING EVERYWHERE.
6. Also check that the blade did not “unfold” inside out. i.e.
looking at the right side front of the loop, the teeth should be
on the front of the blade and pointing down. If you can’t arrive
at this view, turn the blade inside out from its current position
and look again.
MAKE SURE THE BLADE TEETH ARE
POINTING DOWN!
7. Open up all blade guides so that they are clear of the blade.
Hold the blade approximately midway on either side of the
loop and feed it into the table slot. When you get to the table
insert cutout void, work the left side of the loop into the slot in
the guard in the neck of the main saw frame. ‘Wriggle’ the right
hand side of the blade between the lower guard assembly and
then through the guard on the upper blade guide assembly,
see fig 76.
Fig 76
8. Ease the blade over the wheels and locate the blade in the
blade guides, replace the saw dust deflector. Check that the
blade is sitting approximately in the middle of the wheels and
re-tension the blade by turning the tensioning knob clockwise,
see fig 69 and 78.
9. Turn the top wheel by hand to ensure the blade will not skip
off the wheels and the blade is travelling in the blade guides,
see fig 78. When you are sure that the blade is “ON” and stable,
re-fit the table stabilising bolt and re-fit the table insert.
Fig 77
Fig 78
10. Loosen the upper blade guide clamp and set the upper
blade guide assembly so that the top of the blade guide is level
with the centre of the top drive wheel, see fig 79. Re-tighten the
clamp. Now carry out the procedures as detailed in ‘Setting Up
the Saw’ on page 18.
Fig 79
Blade guide
Top of blade guide lined up with
the centre of the upper wheel
Centre of wheel