5.Move the bars to the other side of the con- veyor belt and check the adjustable wheel.
6.Loosen the lock bolts and the jam nuts on the vertical adjusting bolts at the top of the adjusting plate shown in Figure 54.
Vertical
Adjustment Bolts
Figure 54. Straightedge placement.
7.Tilting Forward—To move the top of the wheel forward, loosen the lock bolt and tight- en the neighboring adjustment bolt. Always loosen the jam nuts before moving the adjustment bolts, and always tighten the jam nuts after moving the adjustment bolts.
Tilting Backward—To move the top of the wheel backward, loosen the adjustment bolt, then tighten the neighboring lock bolt.
8.Place the straightedge across the wheels, as shown in Figure 54, and examine how the wheels line up with each other.
— If the straightedge lies flat across the sur- face of both wheels as shown in Figure 55, skip to step 11.
—If the wheels are not aligned, determine which direction they need to move in order to be correct, then proceed to step 9.
Figure 55. Correct alignment.
9.Loosen the jam nuts on the tracking adjust- ing bolts and loosen the lock bolts. (See
Figure 56)
Vertical
Adjustment Bolts
Tracking
Adjustment Bolts
Figure 56. Tracking adjustment bolts.
10.Adjust the wheels until the wheel position is correct when checked with the straightedge.
11.Spin the wheels by hand to check tracking.
12.Fine tune the adjustment bolts until the blade tracks correctly.
13.Adjust the guide bearings, close the wheel cover, and connect the machine to the power source to prepare the saw for a test run.
14.Test run the resaw and repeat this entire section if the blade does not track correctly.
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