SETUP
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W1730 Oscillating Edge Sander
To install the belt, do these steps:
1. Open the belt access door by removing the star
knobs and opening all latches.
2. Lift the belt tensioning lever as shown in Figure 11.
3. Determine the belt direction from the arrow on the
dust port and the access door.
4. Match the arrows on the sander to the arrows inside
the sanding belt, and place and center the belt on
the sanding drums as shown in Figure 12.
5. Tension the sanding belt by pushing the belt
tensioning lever down.
6. Close the belt access door, insert the star knobs,
and latch the levers.
7. Adjust the belt tracking as described on Page 17.
Sanding Belt
Figure 11. Released position of the belt
tensioning lever.
Figure 12. Placing the sanding belt onto
the sanding drums.
To mount the back stop, do these steps:
1. Place a 5/16" flat washer on each 5/16-18 x 1 hex
bolt and thread them approximately one turn into
the holes in the platen shown in Figure 13.
2. Slide the back stop onto the hex bolts and tighten,
allowing 1/8" clearance between the belt and the
edge of the back stop.
Backstop
Figure 13. Backstop bolts threaded into
platen.
Belt Direction
Arrows