NOTE: Letting the blade teeth hit the blade guides while using the band saw will ruin the blade° The set of the teeth and the sharpened edge of the teeth would be damaged Proper adjustment of the upper and lower blade guide assemblies wil! prevent this from happening
5 Adjust the blade guides last Use a 1/8" hex wrench to turn the blade guides in or out to where they just clear the side of the blade Do this for all four guides
NOTE: There is a patch on the blade guide threads that makes them difficult to turn This is necessary to prevent rotation of the guides during operation of the
saw
6Reinstall blade guard and tighten screw
7 Close the front cover of the saw
WARNINGI Never start the saw with the cover
pen. Thrown blades can cause injury,
FINAL TABLE ASSEMBLY
1 Close the front cover of the band saw and snap in place
2, Locate a
3 From the underside of the table, install wing nut onto the truss head screw and tighten finger tight This will keep the table flat and in alignment
unplug before making any adjustments. WARNING:Turn off saw, remove switch key and
ALIGNING THE TABLE SQUARE
TO THE BLADE
1Loosen the upper slide lock knob and position the
guide assembly all the way up Tighten the lock knob
2Loosen table lock knob
3Place a small square on the table beside the blade as illustrated,
4Holding the teft edge of the table (near the zero stop set screw), tilt the table up or down to align tabte 90 degrees to blade (0 degree position)
Tighten lock knob
5Adjust the zero stop set screw using a 1/8" hex wrench until the set screw just touches the frame
6Check squareness of blade to table Make readjustments if necessary
Saw
Biade
Blade
Guides
,_.._ Truss Head
Screw
Nut
Combination
Zero Stop
Screw
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