INSTALLATION
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Tidland Performance Series Automatic Knifeholder
MI 557417 1 AD
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Mount Knifeholder
– Standard Guide Bar
Pneumatic Lock
WARNING! Blades are sharp!
Avoid injury
—Tidland recommends wearing steel protective gloves when handling blades.
Installation at End of Guide Bar (Recommended)
1. Align the mount and traverse gear with the guide bar end
and gear rack.
2. Make sure the traverse/brake knob is in the unlocked (up)
position. (Push the brake shoe up into the mount if
extended out.)
3. Slide the knifeholder onto the guide bar. If clearance is
restricted, remove the blade cartridge (p. 28).
4. Turn the traverse knob to move the knifeholder in position.
See
Adjusting the Gib
below, if necessary.
5. Turn the set up knob to the red (retract) position and
connect the air supply line.
6. Push down the traverse/brake knob to lock the knifeholder
to the guide bar. Pull up the traverse/brake knob to unlock
and traverse the knifeholder.
Installation at Center of Guide Bar
1. Remove the blade cartridge from the control body (p. 28).
2. Remove the two socket head cap screws that secure the
gib to the mount; remove the gib.
3. Place the control body onto the guide bar.
4. While holding the control body securely in place, reinstall
the gib and align the gib socket head cap screw holes with
the holes in the mount.
5. Install and tighten the socket head cap screws to secure
the gib in place.
Torque: Class I
— 2.1 ft·lbs (2.85 Nm) Class II and III — 4.3 ft·lbs (5.83 Nm)
6. Turn the traverse knob to move the knifeholder into position.
7. Reinstall the blade cartridge onto the control body (p. 28).
8. Turn the set up knob to red (retract) position and connect the air supply line.
9. Push down the traverse/brake knob to lock the knifeholder to the guide bar.
Adjusting the Gib
1. Loosen the two gib socket head cap screws by 1/4 turn.
2. Tighten or loosen the gib set screw to achieve a secure fit and smooth knifeholder traverse action
on the guide bar.
Recommended:
1/4 turn per adjustment.
3. Ensure that the sides of gib are parallel to sides of knifeholder when adjusting and tightening the
two gib socket head cap screws.
Torque:
Class I
— 2.1 ft·lbs (2.85 Nm) Class II and III — 4.3 ft·lbs (5.83 Nm)
4. Re-adjust as necessary.
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