HARVEY HPS1600E, Original Instructions Manual

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Take out the lock pin (A) after blade is installed.
Machine will not run when blade cover is not closed.
5.4.8 Blade Guard & Riving knife installation
Installation of Blade Guard is the same as Installation of
Riving knife
The Blade Guard & Riving knife can be adjusted in both
horizontal and vertical directions, block(A) can be adjust
l
eft or
right, the blade guard (B) can be adjust up or down. As
Fig.32
Fig.32
After changing a saw blade, always check that the Riving knife or Blade Guard is correctly
set!
1. riving knives shall be manufactured from steel with an ultimate tensile strength of 580 N
mm-2 or of a comparable material, have flat sides (within 0,1 mm per 100 mm) and shall have a
thickness less than the width of cut (kerf) and at least 0,2mm greater than the saw blade plate. As
Fig.33
Key:
e riving knife thickness
b saw blade blade
B kerf(width of saw blade cut)
Fig.33
2, The distance of the riving knife from the gear rim must be between 3mm and 8mm. measured
radially through the centre of the saw spindle. As
Fig.34
Fig.34
3. the highest point of the riving knife must be set beneath the topmost teeth.
Check that saw blade clamping system is tight before operating the machine.