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Blade Tracking
The blade tracking has been properly set at the factory. The tracking will rarely need to be adjusted if the bandsaw is used properly.
To adjust the blade tracking on the bandsaw:
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4.Open the wheel access cover.
5.Loosen, but do not remove the lower cap screw in the blade wheel tilting mechanism (Figure 40).
Tracking
Set Screw
Lower Cap Screw
Figure 40. Adjusting tracking set screw.
6.Relax the blade tension.
7.Adjust the tracking set screw with a 4mm hex wrench as shown in Figure 40, then tighten the cap screw loosened in Step 5.
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8.Tension the blade.
9.Spin the wheel by hand and observe how the
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10.Replace the blade guard and blade guide assemblies.
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