Tracking The Blade; Aligning The Table Square To Blade - Craftsman 113.244513 Owner's Manual

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TRACKING
THE BLADE
Tension knob must be tightened before tracking
blade.
1.
Turn
the upper wheel
by hand (clockwise)
and check if the blade remains in the approx-
imate center
of the tires. lf the
blade
moves
away from
the center of the tires, while
you
are
turning the wheels, adjust as
follows:
A.
Turn
the tracking adjustment
set
screw
slightly with
a
1/8" hex wrench.
(Turning
the set screw moves the tension wheel
back
and forth.)
B. lf
the blade
moves toward
the front
of
the
band saw:
Turn the tracking adjustment screw clock-
wise about
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ol
a turn. as thougn you
were tightening
it
lf
the
blade moves
tor^,'ard
the back
of
the
band saw:
Turn
the
tracking adJUstment screw
counterclocki','
se about
114
of a
turn
as
though
yo-
.'.e'e toosening
it.
Turn
the
scre,^,
just
enough
to
cause the
blade
to
run in the approximate center of
all tires.
C. After adjusting, turn upper wheel by
hand
clockwise
a
few turns and notice
if
the
blade remains
in the
approximate center of
the tires, readjust
if
necessary,
until
blade
is tracking Properly.
ALIGNING THE TABI-E SOUARE TO BLADE
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Place
a
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Tilt table -: -'
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utrgrucJ ru , a-=
tighten lock
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table
in
front of
the
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t.r alinn table
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4.
Adlust zero
sio:
sel
screw using
a
1/8"
hex
wrench untrl
sei
screv/ iust touches frame
Check
soUareness
c'blade to
table.
Make
readjustments,' -?,essary
Set bevel
indtcatc'::
^e up
vrtth zero.
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iIOTE: When table is tilted to a bevel angle, the
lower blade guide support should be lowered to
clear the table. After bevel cutting and returning
table
to zero position, always raise
the
lower
blade guide up
to
provide maximum support for
ii-re
blade.
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