SAWMILL ALIGNMENT
Blade Installation And Alignment
SAWMILL ALIGNMENT
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position of the lever the blade brake is released and the drive belt is loosened.
5.
Spin one of the blade wheels by hand until the blade positions itself on the blade wheels.
Check the vertical alignment of the idle-side blade wheel. The gullet of the blade should
ride the same distance from the front edge of the wheel at the top and bottom of the
wheel. If it does not, loosen and tighten the appropriate adjustment screws on the wheel
shaft.
See Figure 5-3.
The blade wheels should be adjusted so that the gullet of 1 1/4" blades
rides 3.0 mm (0.12") out from the front edge of the wheels (± 1.0 mm [0.04"]). The gullet
of 1 1/2" blades should ride 4
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5
mm (0.18") from the front edge of the wheels (± 1.0 mm
FIG. 5-2