Install/Remove Blades
To remove the blade:
1.Remove the table insert as in Figure 29.
2.Pull out the steel pin at the end of the blade slot in the table.
3.Loosen the guide blocks by turning the thumbscrews counterclockwise and retract the guide blocks away from the blade.
4.Lift the tensioning handle. Turn the handle (counterclockwise) if the blade is still too tight.
5.Put on leather gloves to protect your hands from the blade teeth. Carefully remove the blade from the wheel. Work it through the blade guard and guide assemblies.
Hint: It may help to slowly spin the wheel by hand as you are pulling the blade. This will force the blade off if there is slight pressure.
To install the blade:
1.With the table pin and insert removed, open the upper and lower wheel covers, then put on leather gloves.
2.Ensure the teeth of the blade point down on the right hand side, then slide the blade through the table slot as in Figure 30.
3.When the blade is in the center of the table, rotate it directly in front of both wheels.
4.Fit the blade through the blade guard and between the upper and lower guide blocks.
5.Place the blade along the bottom wheel and fit as much as you can on the top wheel. If it is a little tight, loosen blade tension until it will fit.
6.When blade is on both wheels and not impaired by the guide blocks or blade guard, tighten it just enough to keep it on the wheel. Read the next section for prop- er tension.
DO NOT investigate prob- lems or adjust the band- saw while it is running. Wait until the machine is turned off, unplugged and all working parts have come to a complete stop before proceeding!
Figure 29. Removing table insert.
Figure 30. Sliding blade through table slot.
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