Dake Corporation
724 Robbins Road
Grand Haven, MI 49417
983112-2
18
REV112019
TROUBLESHOOTING
SYMPTOM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Excessive Blade
Breakage
1. Materials loosen in vise.
1. Clamp work securely.
2. Incorrect speed or feed.
2. Adjust speed or feed.
3. Blade teeth spacing too
large.
3. Replace with a finer tooth
spacing blade.
4. Material too coarse for
blade.
4. Use a blade at slower speed
with proper teeth spacing.
5. Incorrect blade tension.
5. Adjust to where the green LED
lights up.
6. Teeth in contact with
material before saw is
started.
6. Place blade in contact with
work after motor is started.
7. Blade runs on wheel flange.
7. Adjust wheel alignment.
8. Miss-aligned guide bearings. 8. Adjust guide bearings.
9. Blade is too thick.
9. Use a thinner grade.
10. Cracking at weld.
10. Reweld blade.
Premature Blade
Dulling
1. Teeth too coarse.
1. Use finer teeth.
2. Blade speeds too fast.
2. Reduce speed.
3. Inadequate feed pressure.
3. Adjust pressure setting.
4. Hard spots or scale on
material.
4. Reduce speed, increase feed
pressure.
5. Work hardening of material.
5. Increase feed pressure.
6. Blade twist.
6. Replace with a new blade and
adjust blade tension.
7. Insufficient blade tension.
7. Tighten blade tension
adjustment knob.
8. Blade slips.
8. Tighten blade tension.
Unusual Wear on
Side/Back of Blade.
1. Blade guides worn.
1. Replace.
2. Blade guides not adjusted
properly.
2. Adjust.
3. Blade guides are loose.
3. Tighten.
Teeth Ripping from
Blade
1. Tooth too coarse for work.
1. Use finer tooth blade.
2. Too heavy of pressure; too
slow of speed.
2. Decrease pressure, increase
speed.
3. Vibrating workpiece.
3. Clamp workpiece securely.
4. Gullets loading up.
4. Use coarser tooth blade or
brush to remove chips.