Sanding Belt - Craftsman 315.117120 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
INSTALLING/REMOVING SANDING BELT
1. UNPLUG YOUR SANDER.
Tension must be released on the front pulley in order to
install and remove sanding belt. To release tension on the
front pulley, you must depress the front pulley untilthe notch
in the platen assembly wilt fit the slot, then rotate the notch
onto the slot. See Figure 5.
To release tension on front pulley:
2. Place the front pulley ofyour sander against the corner
of a workbench as shown in figure 6. NOTE: The left
side of your sander should be positioned as shown so
that the motor housing will not come in contact with
workbench when front puitey is compressed.
3. Hold your sander firmly with both hands and push the
frent pulley against the comer ofworkbench as shown in
figure 6.
4. Once the front pulley has been compressed enough to
allowtbe notch in the platen assernbly tofitthe sloton the
platen assembly, rotate your sander in the direction of
the arrows shown in figure 6.
5. When propedy compressed, tbe front pulley wilt rernain
in a retracted position as shown in figure 7. This allows
new sanding belt to be instaited, and frees old sanding
ban so it can be removed.
To install sanding belt:
6. Install new sanding belt making sure arrow inside of belt
is pointing in the direction of sander rotation. Sander
rotation is clockwise when looking into open side of
sander. See Figure 8.
NOTE: The arrow inside sanding belt indicates the bait's
direction of rotation, while the direction of rotation of the
drive roller indicates the sanders direction of rotation.
Sanding belts installed backwards can
create a hazardous condition.
7. Roughly align sanding belt to its correct position, then
apply tension to front pulley. When correctly adjusted,
the outer edge of the sanding belt will be even with the
outer edge of the platen assembly.
8. Apply tension to ftont pulley by pressing or tapping itwith
e blockof wood in the direction of the anew as shown in
Figure9. The pulley willsnap beck into operatingposition,
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NOTCH
FRONT
SLOT PULLEY
TO RELEASETENSION: COMPRESS FRONT PULLEY
AND ROTATE NOTCH iNTO SLOT Fig. 5
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Fig. 6
FRONT PULLEY SHOWN
IN RETRACTED PosnloN
Fig. 7