REGULAR MAINTENANCE
Blade and blade guides
: Place a few drops of light machine oil on the blade
and the blade guides daily, especially when cutting cast iron, coolant fluid is
not recommended on cast iron.
Table and machined surfaces
: Table and machined surfaces should be kept
rust-free with regular applications of paste wax.
Vise leadscrew
: Place a few drops of light machine oil on the vise leadscrew
weekly.
REPLACING GEAR BOX OIL
DO NOT
operate saw without checking gear box oil level! Operating without
sufficient oil will damage the machine!
The gear box should be drained and refilled after the first 50 hours of use and
thereafter every 6 months, with 80W-90 Gear Oil.
To change gear box oil, proceed as follows:
1. Run the machine for 10 minutes to warm up the gear box.
2. Disconnect the machine from the power source.
3. Raise the saw arm to its maximum position and close the feed rate control
knob.
4. Drain the gear box by removing drain bolt (A) Fig.27.
5. Replace drain bolt (A) and lower the saw arm to its lowest position.
6. Remove oil cap (B) and fill the gear box with oil through the oil cap opening
until the oil level reaches the halfway mark (red dot) in the oil sight glass (C)
(approximately 500 ml). Reinstall the oil cap (B).
FIGURE 27
MAINTENANCE
