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Belt Tension 1. Disconnect band saw from power source.
2. Open the pulley cover.
3. Loosen the knob (see A, Figure 3), and
push down on the motor to tighten the belt.
4. Tighten the knob (A, Figure 3).
5. Check the tension by using moderate finger
pressure about midway between the
pulleys. The belt should deflect about 1/2”.
See Figure 17.
6. Close the pulley cover.
The blade guide assembly should be moved as
close to the workpiece as possible without
interfering with the cutting operation. This allows
minimum exposure of the blade. To adjust,
loosen handle (A, Figure 18) and slide the
assembly into position. Always tighten handle
(A, Figure 18) after adjustment.
The blade guide bearings come pre-adjusted
from the factory, but should be inspected
frequently and future adjustments made as
needed, especially after changing blades.
The blade should have already been tensioned
and tracked properly before adjusting the blade
guides.
1. Disconnect band saw from power source.
2. Loosen slightly the hex cap screw (B, Figure
18) with a 12mm wrench.
3. Slide the guide block (C, Figure 18) down
until the thrust bearing (D, Figure 18) just
contacts the back edge of the blade.
4. Tighten the hex cap screw (B, Figure 18).
5. The front bearing (E, Figure 18) is eccentric,
and should be adjusted so that it just
contacts the blade without pinching the
blade or interfering with its movement.
Proceed as follows:
6. Loosen the hex nut (F, Figure 18) with a
14mm wrench.
7. Use a 12mm wrench to rotate the small hex
nut just above the bearing (G, Figure 18)
until the bearing is just contacting the blade.
Figure 17
Figure 18
8. Hold the bearing at that position with the
wrench on the hex nut, to prevent the
bearing from moving. At the same time,
tighten the upper hex nut (F, Figure 18) with
the other wrench.
9. Repeat these steps for the other blade guide
assembly.