Axminster 107646, Original Instructions Manual

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5.4.7 Install the blade
A. Remove blade guard assembly & table insert.
B. raise the arbor all the way up and set the blade
angle at 0º.
C. remove the arbor nut and arbor flange from the
arbor, slide on the included 10" saw blade, making
sure the teeth face the front of the saw, then install
the arbor flange and arbor nut onto the blade.
D. put on a pair of heavy leather gloves and use the
included arbor wrenches to tighten the arbor nut
(turn clockwise to tighten), as shown in Fig.14
Fig.14: Install the blade
5.4.8 install the blade guard and riving
knife
A. reinstall the insert, slide the knurled knob out (see
Fig.15) and rotate it forward so it engages the upper
bracket.
Fig.15:Knurled knob used
B. slide the blade guard spreader all the way down
into the block, then rotate the knurled knob so it
disengages the bracket and the locking pin engages
the hole in the center of the spreader.
C. give the spreader an upward tug to verify that it is
locked the blade guard, when properly installed,
look like Fig, 16
Fig.16: Blade guard installed.
D. place a straightedge against the blade and the
spreader. When properly aligned, the
spreader/riving knife will be in the "alignment zone,"
shown in Fig.17 , and will be parallel with the blade.
Fig.17: alignment zone
After changing a saw blade, always check that the
Riving knife or Blade Guard is correctly set!
1. riving knives shall be manufactured from steel
with an ultimate tensile strength of 580 N mm-2 or of
a comparable material, have flat sides (within 0,1
mm per 100 mm) and shall have a thickness less
than the width of cut (kerf) and at least 0,2mm
greater than the saw blade plate. As Fig.18
Fig.18