Blade Lubrication - Clarke METALWORKER CBS7MC Operation And Maintenance Instruction

3. Clamp workpiece in table vice.
4. Close the feed ON/OFF valve to lock
the bow and blade a few inches above
the workpiece.
5. With the correct saw blade and blade
speed selected, turn the saw and
lubricant pump ON.
6. Open the ON/OFF valve, then slowly
rotate the feed rate dial clockwise to a
slow feed rate until the saw begins to
cut the workpiece.
7. Observe the chips that exit the cut, and
increase or decrease the feed rate
according to the following chip
characteristics.
• If the chips are tightly curled, warm shavings, brown to black colour, there is
too much downward pressure.
• If the chips are blue looking chips, the blade speed is too high.
• If the chips are thin and powder like, there is insufficient feed pressure. This
will dull your blade rapidly.

BLADE LUBRICATION

To increase cutting efficiency and to prolong the blade life, it is recommended
that a water soluble cutting lubricant is used with this bandsaw. The 16 litre
lubricant tank is located in the base unit of the bandsaw and can be
accessed via the rear of the base unit. To fill the tank and use, proceed as
follows:
ADDING CUTTING LUBRICANT
1. Always disconnect the machine
from the power source before
adding or changing the lubricant.
2. Slide the tank out of the base unit
and unscrew the pump.
NOTE: Due to the power cable to
the pump, the pump must
stay with the bandsaw.
3. Fill the tank with a suitable
lubricant fluid (16 litre capacity)
(see page 32)
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