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WRENCH STORAGE
The 3mm and 4mm wrenches (A) supplied with your
band saw can be stored inside the wheel cover as
shown in Fig. 37A.
CHANGING BLADES
WARNING:
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER SOURCE.
To change blades:
1.
Press in door latches (A) Fig. 34, and open door (B) as shown.
2.
Loosen two screws (C) Fig. 35, and remove blade guard (D).
3.
Release tension on the band saw blade by turning tension knob (E) Fig. 34 counterclockwise.
4.
Remove table alignment screw (F) Fig. 36.
5.
Slip the blade off both wheels and guide it out through the slot in the table.
6.
Check the new blade to make sure that the teeth will point down toward the table when installed.
IF NOT,
CAREFULLY TURN BLADE INSIDE OUT
.
7.
Place the new blade onto wheels and adjust blade tension, blade guides and tracking as described previously in
this manual.
8.
Replace blade guard, which was removed in
STEP 2
, and table alignment screw which was removed in
STEP 4
.
9.
Close door (B) Fig. 34, before operating saw.
DUST CHUTE
A dust collection system can be attached to the 1 3/4 in.
O.D. dust chute (A) Fig. 37.
Fig. 37A
A
Fig. 34
E
A
A
B
Fig. 35
C
D
Fig. 36
F
Fig. 37
A
