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SECTION 2—REPLACING THE CUTTER BLADES:
1) Remove the Top Cover as per the instructions in Section 1.
2) Locate the Cutter Blade Linkage. See Figure 4
3) Locate and remove the Cutter Blade Linkage Spring from its post. See Figure 4.
4) Locate the Movable Blade Holding Spring holding the Movable Blade in position. Release pressure on the
Spring by removing it from the Spring Hanger on the linkage. See Figure 4.
5) Locate the 2 screws marked Screw 1 and Screw 2 in Figure 4, and remove them and their related washers
and spacers.
Suggestion:
Screw 1 is longer than Screw 2, when removing these screws, place them in dif-
ferent locations for easy replacement, or they can just be loosened and kept within the linkage as it is lifted
off the machine.
6) Lift the Cutter Blade Linkage from the Machine.
Suggestion:
Placing the Cutter Blade Linkage down in
the same position as it was removed will make for easier re-installation..
7) Locate the Moveable Blade and the Fixed Blade from the now exposed area of the machine. See Figure 5.
Suggestion
: The Fixed Blade fits into a cutout in the upper plate and also sits slightly higher than the
plate. Please note this position prior to removal so that it can be verified that the Fixed Blade is in the
proper position prior to re-assembly.
8) Remove the worn Movable Blade and Fixed Blade.
9) Install the new Fixed Blade first making sure that it is in the proper position fitting into the cutout in the
upper plate, and then install the Movable Blade.
10) Replace the Cutter Blade Linkage. When replacing, it must be verified that the projection pointing down-
ward from the front end of the Linkage goes into the circle located at the back end of the Movable Blade.
See Figure 6
11) Replace Screw 1 and Screw 2 making sure that they are in their proper positions and that all related washer
and collars are properly installed.
12) Release the Movable Blade Holding Spring so that it is putting pressure onto the Movable Blade.
13) Replace the Cutter Blade Linkage Spring to its Spring Hanger.
14) Replace the Top Cover per the instructions in Section 1.
Figure 4
Figure 5
Screw 1
Cutter Blade Linkage
Cutter Blade Linkage Spring
Screw 2
Movable Blade
Holding Spring
Movable Blade
Fixed Blade
Figure 6
Release the pressure on the
Movable Blade Holding
Spring by unclipping the
Spring from the Spring
Hanger.
