REMOVING / INSTALLING THE BLADE
Your bandsaw is designed to handle several blade widths ranging from 1/4” and 3/8” used for tight radius curves,
up to 1/2” and 3/4” for larger radius curves or for cutting thicker stock.
BLADE CLEARANCE
Note: When performing blade installation, removal, tensioning or tracking, maximum clearance between the blade
and both upper and lower blade guide assemblies is required to minimize friction, which would be damaging to the
blade.
Proceed as follows:
Move the upper guide blocks away from the blade:
1.
Loosen the two set screws
A
using the supplied 3 mm
Allen key.
2.
Pull back the 2 upper guide blocks
B
in their mounting
bracket
C
, as far away as possible from the blade.
3.
Tighten the two set screws
A
to lock the guide blocks in
position.
Move the upper thrust bearing back:
1.
Loosen the upper thumb screw
D
.
2.
Use the micro adjust nut
E
to move the thrust bearing
F
back as far as possible behind the blade.
Move the lower guide blocks / thrust bearing away from the blade:
1.
Loosen the two set screws
G
using the supplied 3 mm
Allen key.
2.
Pull back the 2 lower guide blocks
H
in their mounting
bracket
I
, as far away as possible from the blade.
3.
Tighten the two set screws
G
to lock the guide blocks in
position.
4.
Loosen the upper set screw
J
using the supplied 3 mm
Allen key.
5.
Manually move the lower thrust bearing
K
back as far
as possible behind the blade.
1.
Turn off the bandsaw and unplug the power cord.
2.
Turn the tension knob
A
counter-clockwise for
the blade to be loose enough to remove easily.
To remove a blade:
A
C
D
E
3.
Remove the table alignment pin from the table
slot
B
and the red circular insert
C
from the cen-
ter of the table.
4.
Remove the right hand side blade guard
D
by
loosening the two Phillips head screws
E
just
enough to slide it out
G
J
K
B
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H
F
E
I
G
D
A
B
A
B
C
C
