REMOVING/INSTALLING THE BLADE
Your bandsaw is designed to handle several blade widths ranging from 1/8” 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.
Move the upper & lower guide bearings away from the blade:
1.
Using the supplied 3 mm Allen key, loosen set screw
A.
2.
Use a flat head screwdriver to make a quarter of a turn
toward the outside to the guide bearing
B
to obtain maxi-
mum blade clearance.
3.
Re-tighten set screw
A
.
4.
Repeat steps 1 to 3 with the other upper guide bearing and
two lower guide bearings.
Move the upper thrust bearing away from the blade:
1.
Loosen the upper thumb screw
C
on the upper blade guide
assembly.
2.
Pull on the upper thrust bearing shaft
D
going back as far as
possible for maximum blade clearance.
3.
Re-tighten the upper thumb screw
C
to lock the thrust bear-
ing in place.
Move the lower thrust bearing away from the blade:
1.
Loosen the upper thumb screw
E
on the lower blade guide
assembly.
2.
Pull on the lower thrust bearing shaft
F
going back as far as
possible for maximum blade clearance.
3.
Re-tighten the upper thumb screw
E
to lock the thrust bear-
ing in place.
A
B
C
F
B
C
3.
Remove the insert from the center of the
table
D
.
4.
Remove the table alignment pin
E
from the table
slot.
D
E
1.
Turn off the bandsaw and unplug the power cord.
2.
Release blade tension by lifting handle
B
. It may
be necessary to also turn handle counterclock
wise
C
for the blade to be loose enough to remo-
ve easily.
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D
E
Do Not Over-Loosen Blade Tension Mechanism! To avoid inadvertently unseating/disconnecting the ten-
sion mechanism, do not loosen the blade tension beyond the range shown on the tension scale
A
. Loosen
the tension gradually, in increments, to avoid loosening too much.
A
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