Adjusting the
Blade Guides
Each blade guide assembly consists of a guide block and a support wheel.
Each metal guide block has a guide slot that sta- bilizes the up/down movement of the blade and a support wheel to control backward movement. The guide block alignment should be checked each time a blade is installed.
These instructions present a serious injury hazard if done while the machine is connected to power. DO NOT connect to power until instructed!
Tools Needed | Qty |
Wrench/Socket 17mm | 2 |
1 | |
Wrench/Socket 19mm | 1 |
To align the guide blocks: |
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1.Rotate the wheels by hand and watch how the blade feeds through the blade guides.
Adjusting the Support Wheel on page 43.
continue to the next step.
2.Loosen the vertical adjustment bolts shown in Figure 57 if the blade is not centered verti- cally in the guide slot.
Vertical |
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Adjustment |
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Bolts |
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Tilt |
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Adjustment | Rotation |
Bolt | |
| Adjustment |
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Figure 57. Guide block adjusting bolts.
(fourth vertical adjustment bolt hidden behind
the wheel in this picture).
3.Shift the blade guide adjusting bracket until the blade is centered in the guide slot.
4.Tighten the vertical adjustment bolts and repeat step 1.
5.Loosen the lower two vertical adjustment bolts if the blade guide is tilted so the blade touches the front or back.
6.Loosen the lock nut on the tilt adjustment bolt indicated in Figure 57, and adjust the tilt adjustment bolt until the guide block is level.
7.Tighten the lock nut and the vertical adjust- ment bolts, and repeat step 1.
8.Loosen the rotation adjustment bolts shown in Figure 57 if the blade touches the guide on the right or left sides.
9.Rotate the guide block until it is level and tighten the rotation adjustment bolts.
10.Test the alignment as described in step 1. Continue to make adjustments until the guide block no longer touches the blade.
11.Repeat the previous steps for the other guide block.
Model G0503 (Mfg. Since 12/08) |
