Laguna Tools Dake VDL-18, Assembly And Instruction Manual

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Part# VDL-18 27 REV#082020
2. Remove the table split clamp
ratchet handle.
3. Remove the plastic blanking plate.
4. Adjust the side guide and back guide out as far as they will go (both upper and lower guides).
This will ensure that they do not interfere with the blade while you are installing, tracking and
tensioning the blade.
5. Uncoil the blade. Remember to use gloves and safety glasses. The blade may have dirt or oil
on it, so use a clean rag to clean the blade by pulling rearwards so that the cloth does not hook
on the teeth
6. Inspect the teeth and the general condition of the blade. If the teeth are pointing in the wrong
direction when you hold the blade up to the machine, you will have to turn it inside out. To do
this, hold the blade with both hands and rotate.
7. Slide the blade through the table split.
8. Open the blade guard door. Slide the blade over the top flywheel and feed through the slot at
the side of the vertical column. Then feed the blade into the blade guard slot and close the
blade guard door.
9. Deactivate the quick action blade tension lever and rotate the blade tension wheel so that the
blade can fit over the lower flywheel.
10. Activate the quick action blade tension lever.
11. Apply light tension to the blade with the blade tension wheel.
1. To track the blade, s tart rotating the wheels by hand in the normal direction. As you do this,
watch the blade to determine where the blade wants to track. If the blade is tracking too far
forward or backward, make small adjustments with the tracking adjustment knob located at the
back of the bandsaw while stil
l rotating the wheel. Once the blade is tracking in the correct
position, fully tension the blade and re-track. Lock the tracking adjustment handle.
Note: The blade must be fully tensioned for final tracking.
Note: Never track the blade with the saw running.
Tracking the blade.