Changing The Saw Blade - Axminster AC1950B Original Instructions Manual

Changing the Saw Blade

DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM
THE MAINS SUPPLY!
1) Put the table back to the level position if it has been tilted.
Open up all blade guides so that they are clear of the blade
and open the wheel doors. Set the upper blade guide assembly
approximately midway in the throat so the top of the blade
guide is level with the centre of the top drive wheel, see fig 67.
Remove the table insert.
2) Remove the table stabilising bolt, slacken the blade tension
by turning the blade tensioning wheel anti-clockwise, until the
blade can be easily slipped off the wheels, see fig 68-69.
Fig 67-68-69
3) Remove the upper and lower blade guide guards and place
safely aside, see fig 70-71. Remove the blade carefully, "wiggling"
it clear of the upper blade guard and out through the slot in
the table, 72.
Fig 70-71-72
Top wheel
Blade guide
4) This is a good 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, see fig 73-
74-75.
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Table slot
Fig 73-74-75