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Figure 7-2: miter gauge adjustments
7.3 Table tilt
Refer to Figure 7-3.
1.
Disconnect machine from power source.
2.
Loosen lock handle (B, Figure 7-3).
3.
Tilt table up to 45 degrees to right (as viewed
from operator side).
4.
Tighten lock handle (B).
Figure 7-3: table tilt
7.4 Installing/changing blades
Disconnect
power source before installing blade.
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 blade requirements of the JWBS-
14SFX.
1.
Disconnect machine from power source.
2.
Remove pin from table slot, and remove table
insert.
3.
Adjust upper and lower blade guides away from
blade (see sect. 7.8 through 7.10).
4.
Raise quick tension lever (see D, Figure 7-5) to
release position. If needed, rotate tension
handwheel
(E,
Figure
detensioning.
machine
from
7-5)
for
further
13
5.
Open upper and lower doors by rotating door
knobs.
6.
Remove dust block (C, Figure 7-4).
7.
Carefully remove blade from top wheel, then
from between upper and lower blade guides
and lower wheel. Slide blade out through slot in
table.
8.
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
the blade is oriented, then blade is inside-out.
Twist it into correct orientation and re-install it.)
Figure 7-4
9.
Position blade at center of upper and lower
wheels.
10. Reinstall dust block, table insert and table pin.
11. Before operating band saw, the new blade must
be tensioned and tracked, in that order. Refer to
sect. 7.5 and 7.6.
12. The blade guides must also be set properly
according to instructions in sect. 7.7 through
7.10.
7.5 Blade tension
Refer to Figures 7-5 and 7-6.
Blade tension should be checked following blade
replacement, and periodically as the blade stretches
from use.
1.
Lower tension lever (D, Figure 7-5) to tension
position.
2.
Set proper blade tension by rotating handwheel
(E,
Figure
7-5),
counterclockwise to loosen.
3.
The
gauge
(F,
approximate tension according to blade width in
inches. Initially, set blade tension to correspond
to width of blade. As you become familiar with
the saw, you may find it necessary to alter blade
tension from the initial setting.
clockwise
to
tighten,
Figure
7-6)
indicates
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