Cast Iron Wheels; Coplanar Adjustment - Craftex CX100 User Manual

Cast Iron Wheels

The CX100 comes with heavy duty cast
iron wheels for added stability and overall
performance.
A coplanar shim adjustment also added for
better alignment of the wheels that allow
the blade to run as straight as possible
ensuring straight and accurate cuts.
This feature will help improve the band saw
performance with the wheels working
together instead of against each other. The
end result will give you less vibration, more
power, accuracy and less wandering. This
will be noticed most when it comes to
resawing and making straight cuts with
blades larger than 1/4".
Figure-31 Top wheel front shims

Coplanar Adjustment

Figure-31 and figure-32 show the shim for
adjusting the top wheel. To move the wheel
out remove the nut and shims then remove
the wheel.
Now you can add shims to the back of the
wheels as required. Replace the wheel and
any remaining shims and the nut and
tighten. To move the wheel in, remove the
cast iron wheel as mentioned above and
remove the shims from behind the wheel.
Replace the wheel, shims and nut and
retighten.
Figure-32 Top wheel back shims
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