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Burned heavy chips: reduce feed rate and/or blade speed.
Curly silvery and warm chips: optimum feed rate and blade speed.
5.9 Blade tension
Proper blade tension is essential to long blade life, straight cuts, and efficient cutting. Our
band saw feature a blade tension to assist you with blade tensioning.
Two major signs that you don’t have proper blade tension are: (1) the blade stalls in cut and
slips on the wheels; (2) the blade frequently breaks from being too tight.
Note: Loosen blade tension at the end of each day to prolong blade life.
A: Turn the blade tension handle clockwise to tension the blade. (See figure 12)
B: For optional accessory, you can use hydraulic cylinder to tension the blade, also there is
a graduated scale on the blade tension indicator to determine blade tension in PSI
Figure 13 Figure 12
Turn this rod
by wrench
Turn this handle
for tension