Maintenance - Axminster AT254TS Manual

8. Maintenance

This table saw requires very little maintenance other
than minor lubrication and cleaning. The following
sections detail what will need to be done in order to
assure continued operation of your saw.
LUBRICATION
The table saw has sealed lubricated bearings in the
motor housing and the arbor assembly, they will not
require any additional lubrication. Use a wire brush
to clean off the worm gears and trunnions and apply
a white lithium grease to keep them lubricated
CLEANING
Cleaning the Model is relatively easy. Vacuum
excess wood chips and sawdust, and wipe off the
remaining dust with a dry cloth. If any resin has built
up, use a resin dissolving cleaner to remove it.
After cleaning, treat all unpainted cast iron and steel
with a non-staining lubricant.
Occasionally it will become necessary to clean the
internal parts with more than a vacuum. To do this,
remove the table top and clean the internal parts
with resin/pitch dissolver or mineral spirits and a stiff
wire brush or steel wool.
Make sure the internal workings are dry before
using the saw again, so that wood dust will not
accumulate. If any essential lubrication is removed
during cleaning, re-lubricate those areas.
CHANGING BELTS
WARNING: MAKE SURE THE POWER CORD IS
DISCONNECTED FROM THE POWER SOURCE!
1. Lower the blade completely, then open the motor
access cover.
2. Loosen the hex nuts that secure the motor (see
Fig.33 ) and raise the motor fully to remove tension
on the V-belts. Roll the V-belts off of the arbor and
motor pulleys.
3. While continuing to raise the motor, install a new
matching set of V-belts onto the pulleys, lower the
motor to tension the V-belts, then tighten the hex
nuts.
4. Close the motor access cover.
Fig.33