Leveling Table Insert; Installing/Changing Blades - Jet JWBS-15 Operating Instructions And Parts Manual

5. If necessary, adjust pointer (G, Figure 15) to
zero.
Figure 7-5

7.5 Leveling table insert

Remove table insert to expose set screws in the
table ledge. Rotate screws as needed (2mm hex
key) until insert sits flush with table surface.

7.6 Installing/changing blades

Wear gloves when handling
blades. New blades are usually packaged in
coiled position; to prevent injury uncoil them
slowly and carefully while wearing work gloves
and safety glasses.
See sect. 4.0 for specific blade sizes for your model
Band Saw.
Refer to Figures 7-6, 7-7 and 7-8.
1. Disconnect machine from power source.
2. Loosen handle and remove it from table (see
HP6, Figure 5-3).
3. Adjust upper and lower blade guides away from
blade (see sections 7.11 through 7.13).
4. Move quick tension lever to "Full Release
(Blade Change)" position.
5. Open upper and lower doors by rotating door
knobs.
6. Pivot guide post cover out of the way (Figure 7-
6).
7. Swing lower guard (H, Figure 7-7) to the left. Tilt
table slightly if more clearance is needed to
swing guard.
8. Remove dust block (J, Figure 7-8).
9. Carefully remove blade from top wheel, then
from between upper and lower blade guides
and lower wheel. Slide blade out through slot in
table.
10. Guide new blade through table slot. Place blade
loosely in upper and lower blade guides. Make
sure blade teeth point down toward table, and
toward front of saw.
(If the teeth will not point down, no matter how
you orient blade, then blade is inside-out. Twist
it into correct position and re-install it.)
11. Position blade at center of upper and lower
wheels.
12. Reinstall dust block (J, Figure 7-8) and table
slot handle (HP6, Figure 5-3).
13. Before operating band saw, the new blade must
be tensioned and tracked, in that order. Find
instructions for tensioning and tracking the
blade in sections 7.7 and 7.9.
14. The blade guides must also be set properly
according to instructions in sections 7.11
through 7.13.
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Figure 7-6
Figure 7-7
Figure 7-8