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BAND FILING
Band filing option is used on bandwheels with
crowned rubber tres only.
1.
There are standard and long file guides available.
Each set consists of a file guide back-up assembly,
plus 1/4 inch (6.3 mm), 3/8 inch (9.5 mm), and 1/2
inch (12.7 mm) guides.
Set-Up
1.
Remove the saw band, saw guides, table center
plate, and post guard. Then:
(a)
Mount the file
guide back-up support to the lower keeper block;
(b)
Install the upper file guide to the post.
File Guide Set-Up.
2.
Lower the post until it will clear the stock thickness.
Post height above stock should be: (a) Not over
two (2) inches (50.8 mm) for a 1/4 inch (6.3 mm)
file band; (b) Not over four (4) inches (101.6 mm)
for 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) file
bands.
Longer file guides permit filing seven (7) inch (177.8
mm) thick stock with a 1/4 inch (6.3 mm) file band,
or eight (8) inch (203.2 mm) thick stock with 3/8
inch (9.5 mm) and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) file bands.
3.
Install the upper file guide and lock it firmly to the
post with the knurled thumbscrews. Insert the
special table center plate (round hole at the end of
its slot).
Jonng Fle Band
1.
Place the file band around the bandwheels and
insert one (1) end through the table center plate.
The band's cutting edges should point downward.
2.
Hold the yellow lock rivet segment in your left hand.
Then:
(a)
Depress the spring steel band tip held in
the right hand;
(b)
Allow the rivet head to slip into
the slotted hole and slide into the slot's small end;
(c)
Straighten the file band to allow the spring steel
end to snap over the dowel.
Joining File Bands.
Fle Band Trackng and Tensonng
1.
Adjust the upper bandwheel's tilt angle (if necessary)
so that the file band tracks on the center of the wheel
tire. Then:
(a)
Check to see that the file band is
in alignment and passing freely over the file guide
supports;
(b)
Apply the same tension as indicated
for a 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) wide carbon saw band.
Avoid excessive file band tensioning.
Internal Flng Set-Up
1.
Release file band tension. Next:
(a)
Remove the
file band from around the bandwheels and separate
it by bending the joint to approximately 12 inches
(304.8 mm) radius.
2.
Use your left forefinger to depress the front end of
the yellow segment. Next:
(a)
Use your right thumb
and forefinger to disengage the dowel;
(b)
Slide the
lock rivet to the slot's open end and remove it.
3.
Run the file band through the stock and reassemble
it.Next:
(a)
Place the file band around the bandwheels;
(b)
Apply tension and check alignment.
Flng Operaton
1.
Place the transmission gear shift lever in "low" range
before starting the saw band drive motor.
2.
Keep these operating points in mind:
(a)
Keep
the files clean;
(b)
DO NOT file when the teeth
are loaded;
(c)
Filing can be performed without
coolant application if the layout lines will be easier
to follow.
3.
Clean the file band with a file card and coil it into
no more than three (3) loops before placing it in
storage.
Summary of Contents for 3613-V5
Page 1: ...3613 V5 Serial No 569 04101 to Band Sawing Machine Instruction Manual...
Page 5: ...MACHINE DIMENSIONS INCHES 03 MILLIMETERS 1 mm FLOOR PLAN...
Page 7: ...MACHINE FEATURES FRONT VIEW...
Page 8: ...MACHINE FEATURES Continued REAR VIEW...
Page 17: ...13 LUBRICATION NEXT 2 PAGES...
