Greenlee 1399 Instruction Manual page 13

Troubleshooting (cont'd)
PROBLEM
Blade squeals.
Blade runs low on the wheels,
or blade slips off of the wheels.
Blade scored.
Blade stalls in material.
Premature blade breakage.
Rough cut.
Saw does not cut straight.
Cut is inaccurate.
Motor has stopped and will
not restart.
Greenlee Textron / Subsidiary of Textron Inc.
1399 and 1399-22 Band Saws
PROBABLE CAUSE
Feed rate too light.
Too little blade tension.
Wheel pitch not set correctly.
Blade guide ball bearings squeeze
blade too tightly.
Blade guide ball bearings squeeze
too tightly.
Blade guide ball bearings are
out of alignment.
Not enough blade tension.
Feed rate is too high.
Blade guides misaligned.
Too much blade tension.
Blade runs against the wheel flanges.
Coolant is dirty.
Blade guides are too far from the
material.
Motor has overheated.
Increase feed rate.
Twist the wing screw (10) to adjust
the blade tension.
See Wheel Pitch Adjustment.
See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
Guide Ball Bearings.
See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
Guide Ball Bearings.
See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
Guide Ball Bearings
Set the blade tension.
Reduce the feed rate.
See Checking and Adjust Blade Guide
Ball Bearings.
Twist the wing screw (10) to adjust
the blade tension.
See Wheel Pitch Adjustment in the
Maintenance section of this manual.
Replace the coolant.
Adjust blade guide.
Allow motor to cool. See the Overload
Shut-off and Reset in the instructions
on the motor.
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