Changing The Saw Blade - Axminster AWESBS User Manual

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13. Do not release the tension on the saw blade when work is complete. The blades and the main saw

frame do not respond kindly to constant changes in stress and tension. Only release the tension to

change the blade or if the blade is to be removed because the machine is to be 'mothballed' for a

lengthy time period. (The blade in tension over a long period of non-use will cause the tyres to

develop 'flat' spots).

N.B. IF THE SAW JAMS! Switch off immediately. Open the saw cut, either by pulling

apart or driving a wedge in close to the back of the blade. Try to wriggle the blade free of the

saw, if this is not possible; check that the saw is free in the cut, start the saw, allow it to run

up to speed and 'cut out' as quickly as possible. (The removal of the 'offcut' may well

prevent the saw jamming again if you resume the original cut).

DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY

Put the table back to the level position if it has been tilted. Set the upper blade guide assembly

approximately midway in the throat. Open the top and bottom covering doors. Remove the table insert.

Loosen the 4 butterfly bolts that hold the fence guide rail to the table, and remove the rail. Slacken the

blade tension by turning the blade tensioning wheel anti-clockwise, until the blade can be easily

slipped off the wheels. Remove the blade carefully, "wiggling" it clear of the upper blade guard and

through the red plastic lower blade guard and out through the slot in the table. NOW is an excellent

time to clean out the interior of the machine, remove the impacted 'crud' from the tyres, apply a little

light oil to the screw threads of the blade and drive belt tensioners, and the tracking control.

The pivots and the slides of the top wheel mounting assembly and the captive stub axle of the drive

belt tensioner in its slot could likewise be lightly oiled. If you are fitting a new blade; it will have been

supplied to you "folded", bound together in this configuration with tape or tie wrap.

Note: Be very cautious when you "unfold" the blade; it tends to 'spring'

open, blade and teeth going everywhere.

Also check that the blade did not "unfold" inside out. i.e. looking at the right side front of the loop, the

teeth should be on the front of the blade, and pointing down. If you can't arrive at this view, turn the

blade inside out from its current position and look again. Hold the blade approximately midway on

either side of the loop and feed it into the table slot, when you get to the table insert cutout void, work

the left side of the loop into the slot in the guard in the neck of the main saw frame. "Wriggle" the

righthand side of the blade through the slot in the red plastic lower guard and through the guard on

the upper blade guide assembly. Ease the blade over the wheels, and locate the blade in the blade

guides. Apply some tension to the blade. Turn the top wheel by hand to ensure the blade will not skip

off the wheels and the blade is travelling in the blade guides. Apply a little more tension and check

again by once again spinning the upper saw wheel by hand. When you are sure that the blade is "ON"

and stable, re-fit the fence guide rail, re-fit the table insert and carry out the procedures as detailed in

Setting up the saw.

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