Installing Work Table; Installing Abrasive Belt-Tensioning And Tracking - Craftsman 113.225909 Owner's Manual

Belt and disc sander
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INSTALLING
WORK TABLE
NOTE:
Apply
coat of paste wax ;o the work table.
This will make it a little easier to feed the work.
1. Loosen the table positioning
screw.
2. Insert
the table
support
rod
in the hole in the base
until
the
edge
of the table
is approximately
1/16"
from the abrasive disc, Tighten
the screw.
NOTE:
There is a second mounting
hole in the base. This
is for mounting
the table when the belt is used in a ver-
tical position.
WARNING:
To avoid trapping the work or fingers be-
tween the table and sanding surface, the table edge
should be a maximum
1/16
inch from the sanding
surface, the table should be completely engaged on
the rod.
/
SECOND
MOUNTING
HOLE
TABLE
POSITIONING
SCREW
\
TABLE
SUPPORT
ROD
INSTALLING
ABRASIVE
BELT-TENSIONING
AND TRACKING
WARNING:
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY,
TURN
SWITCH
"OFF"
AND REMOVE
PLUG
FROM
POWER SOURCE
OUTLET
BEFORE REMOV-
ING OR INSTALLING
ABRASIVE
BELT.
On the smooth side of the abrasive belt you will find a
DIRECTIONAL
ARROW\
• dl"r
-
n
,
ectlonal arrow.
The abras ve belt must run
_,
in the
direction of this arrow so that the splice does not come
apart.
1. Loosen the two abrasive belt LOCKING screws.
2. Place the abrasive belt over the pulleys with the direc-
tional arrow pointing
as shown. Make sure the abra-
sive belt is centered on both pulleys.
Turning the abrasive belt ADJUSTING
screws will cause
the idler pulley to move in or out. When the idler pulley
is moved outward, it puts TENSION
on the belt.
3. Place both
of the ½" wrenches
on the ADJUSTING
screws and
pull
the wrenches
toward
you. This will
stretch
the abrasive
belt.
Move the wrenches
back and
forth
a few
times
so that
you
"'get the feet"
of the
abrasive
belt
while
it is stretching
(TENSIONING).
/
BE LT ADJUSTING
SCR EWS
Apply a small amount of TENSION
to the abrasive
belt by pulling the wrenches toward you, so that the
TENSION feels the same on both wrenches.
PULL
WRENCHES
IN THIS
DIRECTION
TO APPLY
TENSION
BELT
LOCKING
SCREW
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