Adjusting Upper Blade Guide Assembly; Adjusting Upper Blade Guides And Blade Support Bearing - RIDGID BS1400 Owner's Manual

Adjusting Upper Blade Guide
Assembly
1. Disconnect machine from the power
source.
2. Loosen lock knob and raise or lower
upper blade guide assembly to just
above the material being cut.
3. Tighten lock knob. Make sure blade
guide blocks are still flat to the blade. If
adjustment is necessary, loosen lock
knob and rotate assembly until guide
blocks are flat to the blade.
4. The upper blade guide is spring loaded.
To adjust the tension on the spring,
remove knob, tighten or loosen set
screw until desired tension is reached,
and replace knob.
Adjusting Upper Blade Guides and
Blade Support Bearing
WARNING: Blade guard has been
removed for picture clarity.
Never operate the band saw with-
out all guards in place and in
working order. Failure to comply
may cause serious injury.
1. Disconnect machine from the power
source.
2. Blade must already be tensioned and
tracking properly.
3. Loosen thumb screws and move guide
blocks as close to the blade as possible
without pinching it. The thickness of a
dollar bill on one side of blade is a good
rule of thumb.
4. Tighten thumb screws.
5. Loosen thumb screw and turn knurled
knob to move the guide block bracket in
or out until the front edge of the guide
blocks are just behind the "gullets" of the
saw teeth.
6. Tighten thumb screw.
7. Loosen thumb screw and turn knurled
knob to move the support bearing in or
out until the bearing is 1/64" behind the
blade.
8. Tighten thumb screw.
9. Blade support bearing should be
adjusted so that the back edge of the
Step 3
Support
Bearing
Bearing
Shaft
Step 9 (upper and lower)
blade overlaps the front face of the ball
bearing approximately 1/8". To change
position of the bearing, remove screw
bearing, and back off knurled knob com-
pletely to remove the bearing shaft.
Notice the bearing holder on the shaft is
eccentric. Re-install the bearing shaft,
the bearing, and the screw. Examine the
overlap between the bearing face and
the blade. Change the position of the
bearing shaft until the overlap is approxi-
mately 1/8".
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Step 7
Step 5
1/8"
Blade