Installing Sanding Attachment; Installing The Sanding Belt - Craftsman 113.247440 Owner's Manual

INSTALLING SANDING ATTACHMENT
NOTE: The sanding beit cuts very rapidly Practice
with some scraps of wood first before you attempt to
sand your actual workpiece
1 To install the sanding belt and sanding platen,
remove the front table, front cover, blade guard,
and the blade
2 Use a 1/8-inch hex "L" wrench and remove the
upper and lower right blade guides The mount-
ing screw used for the upper blade guide will be
used to hold the sanding platen in place
3 Loosen the setscrews that hold the upper and
lower backup bearings in place and push the
bearings all the way back Tighten setscrews so
bearings will remain
i_ UPPER BACKUP
BEARING SETSCREW
4 Slide the sanding platen into the blade slot in the
table and fasten to the upper biade guide
assembly where the right blade guide mounts It
may be necessary to loosen the left blade guide
and slide it backwards until platen is in place
5. Slide the upper left blade guide towards the
sanding platen and tighten mounting screw
securely
6 Slide the lower ieft blade guide towards the
sanding ptaten until the piaten rests 1/8-inch
away from the right edge of the slot in the work
table
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INSTALLING THE SANDING BELT
1 Install tile sanding belt and adjust tension to the
sanding position (The letter "S" on the scale.)
NOTE: Check the tension often when a new belt
is installed A new belt wilt stretch during use
2 Rotate the upper wheel by hand (clockwise) to
check the sanding belt tracking Adjust tracking
if necessary (Reference the blade tracking sec-
tion for tracking procedure )
3 After tracking the sanding belt if the belt and the
platen do not align loosen the upper blade guide
support and slide the support in or out to align
Then tighten set screws to hold support and
platen in place It may also be necessary to adjust
the lower blade guide support to align the blade
guide with the sanding platen
Do
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