Baileigh TS-1248P, Operator'S Manual

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Cleaning
Cleaning the saw is relatively easy. Vacuum excess wood chips and sawdust, and wipe off the
remaining dust with a dry cloth. If any resin has built up, use a resin dissolving cleaner to
remove it.
After cleaning, treat all unpainted cast iron and steel with a non-staining lubricant.
Occasionally it will become necessary to clean the internal parts with more than a vacuum. To
do this, remove the table top and clean the internal parts with resin/pitch dissolver or mineral
spirits and a stiff wire brush or steel wool.
Make sure the internal workings are dry before using the saw again, so that wood dust will not
accumulate. If any essential lubrication is removed during cleaning, re-lubricate those areas.
Lubrication
The table saw has sealed lubricated bearings in the motor housing and the arbor assembly, they
will not require any additional lubrication. Use a wire brush to clean off the worm gears and
trunnions and apply a white lithium grease to keep them lubricated.
It is essential to clean components before
lubricating them because dust and chips build up
on lubricated components and make them hard to
move. Simply adding more grease to them will not
yield smooth moving components.
The following components need to be lubricated:
• Trunnion Slides
• Worm Gear, Bevel Gears, and Mounting Plate
Teeth
• Elevation leadscrew and rails
The trunnion slides (A) are the grooved portions of
the trunnions where the cast iron components
slide against each other as the blade is tilted.
Clean the trunnion slides and tilt leadscrew and
gears (B) with mineral spirits, and apply a dab of
lithium grease into each groove and around the tilt
gears next to where it goes into the housing.
Move the blade tilt the full range of operation 2
– 3
times to spread the grease.
A
B
B