Baker Band Resaw - Rev 1, 09/08;
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SETTING GUIDES
Important:
Always make sure blade tracking and cutting angle are set properly before
adjusting guides.
Turn off power and perform lockout / tagout.
Adjust guides so that the distance between them is as little as your wood will allow. For
example, if you are cutting 6” material, set your guides at 6 1/2” to allow for clearance.
Move left guide after loosening the bolt on the backside of the head rig.
Loosen Upper Guide Plate Bolt and raise Upper Guide Plate up to highest point.
Retighten Upper Guide Plate Bolt.
Loosen the up & down positioning bolts on the back of guide brackets to position the
lower plate so that it is lightly touching the blade but not deflecting it. Also, tilt the Guide
Block so that it runs parallel to the blade. Retighten up & down positioning bolts.
Level the guides (on the front to back plane) to the conveyor with the two Tilt Adjusters on
the top of each guide arm after loosening the large tilt lockdown bolt. Place the 6” mark of
a 12” ruler in the middle of the blade between the blade teeth in the direction of the
conveyor. By using the front edge of the guide block as a reference, set this surface at a
right angle to the conveyor. Use this to make sure the blade is running parallel to the
conveyor. When set properly, lock down the Tilt Adjusters and retighten tilt lockdown bolt.
Loosen the front-to-back positioning bolts on the guide brackets to bring the front of the
guide plates slightly behind the back of the blade gullet. Retighten front-to-back
positioning bolts while holding down on the guide so that it is as low as the slot will allow.
Loosen the guide wheel bolt and turn the shaft of the guide wheel using the slot at the top
of the guide until the wheel is about 1/32” from the back of the blade. Retighten the guide
wheel bolt. This prohibits the blade from being pushed back far enough that the guide
plates knock the set out of the blade teeth.
Loosen upper guide positioning bolt and move the Upper Guide Plates down to just
slightly touch the blade and retighten upper guide positioning bolt.
Be sure the blade passes freely through the guides but does not move up and down.
Remove the dust elbow and look into the dust shoot to make sure that the blade runs
perfectly straight from one wheel to the other with no deflections due to the blade guides.
Also, make sure the position and angle of the guides are identical while looking into the
dust shoot.
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