Changing The Saw Blade - Axminster AWHBS250N User Manual

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N.B. IF THE SAW JAMS! Switch off immediately. Open the saw cut, either by pulling apart
or driving a wedge in close to the back of the blade. Try to wriggle the blade free of the saw,
if this is not possible; check that the saw is free in the cut, start the saw, allow it to run up to
speed and 'cut out' as quickly as possible. (The removal of the 'offcut' may well prevent the
saw jamming again if you resume the original cut).

Changing the Saw Blade...

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Put the table back to the level position if it has been tilted. Set the upper blade guide
assembly approximately midway in the throat. Open the top and bottom covering doors.
Remove the table insert. Remove the table stabilising bolt and butterfly nut. Slacken the
blade tension by turning the blade tensioning wheel anti-clockwise, until the blade can be
easily slipped off the wheels. Remove the blade carefully, "wriggling" it clear of the upper
blade guard, and out through the slot in the table. NOW is an excellent time to clean out the
interior of the machine, remove the impacted 'crud' from the tyres, apply a little light oil to
the screw threads of the blade tensioner, and the tracking control. The pivots and the slides
of the top wheel mounting assembly could likewise be lightly oiled. If you are fitting a new
blade; it will have been supplied to you "folded", bound together in this configuration with
tape or tie wrap. Be very cautious when you "unfold" the blade; it tends to 'spring' open,
blade and teeth going everywhere.
Also check that the blade did not "unfold" inside out. i.e. looking at the right side front of
the loop, the teeth should be on the front of the blade, and pointing down. If you can't arrive
at this view, turn the blade inside out from its current position and look again. Hold the
blade approximately midway on either side of the loop and feed into the table slot, when
you get to the table insert cutout void, work the left side of the loop into the slot in the guard
in the neck of the main saw frame. "Wriggle" the righthand side of the blade through the
guard on the upper blade guide assembly. Ease the blade over the wheels, and locate the
blade in both the upper and lower blade guides. Apply some tension to the blade. Turn the
top wheel by hand to ensure the blade will not skip off the wheels and the blade is travelling
in the blade guides. Apply a little more tension and check again by once again spinning the
upper saw wheel by hand.
When you are sure that the blade is "ON" and stable, re-fit the table stabilising bolt and nut,
re-fit the table insert and carry out the procedures as detailed in Setting up the Saw.
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DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY
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