Wear Adjustment In Raising Mechanism; Wear Adjustment In Tilting Mechanism; Operations; Table Saws - Jet JWTS-10JF Operating Instructions And Parts Manual

Wear Adjustment in Raising Mechanism

To adjust for wear in the raising mechanism:
1. Disconnect the saw from the power source.
2. Remove the lock knob and raising handwheel
but do not remove the pointer (Figure 33).
3. Loosen the lock nut (A, Fig. 33) using a 15/16"
combination wrench.
4. Use the pointer (B, Fig. 33) as a lever and turn
left or right until all perceptible play between
the worm and arbor bracket is removed.
5. Tighten the lock nut (A., Fig. 33) and reset the
pointer (B, Fig. 33).

Wear Adjustment in Tilting Mechanism

To adjust for wear in the blade tilting mechanism:
1. Disconnect the saw from the power source.
2. Loosen the lock nut (F, Fig. 31).
3. Turn the eccentric sleeve (G, Fig. 31) until play
is removed. The flat area on the sleeve
accommodates a wrench.
4. Tighten the lock nut (F, Fig. 31).

Operations

Table Saws

Familiarize yourself with the location and
operation of all controls and adjustments and the
use of accessories such as the miter gauge and
rip fence.

Kickbacks

Serious injury can result from kickbacks which
occur when a work piece binds on the saw blade
or binds between the saw blade and rip fence or
other fixed object. This binding can cause the
work piece to lift up and be thrown toward the
operator.
Listed below are conditions, which can cause
kickbacks:
•
Confining the cutoff piece when crosscutting
or ripping.
•
Releasing the work piece before completing
the operation or not pushing the work piece
all the way past the saw blade.
•
Not using the splitter when ripping or not
maintaining alignment of the splitter with the
saw blade.
•
Using a dull saw blade.
•
Not maintaining alignment of the rip fence so
that it tends to angle toward rather than
away from the saw blade front to back.
•
Applying feed force when ripping to the
cutoff (free) section of the work piece
instead of the section between the saw
blade and fence.
•
Ripping wood that is twisted (not flat), or
does not have a straight edge, or a twisted
grain.
To minimize or prevent injury from kickbacks:
•
Avoid conditions listed above.
•
Wear a safety face shield, goggles, or
glasses.
•
Do not use the miter gauge and rip fence in
the same operation unless provision is made
by use of a facing board on the fence so as
to allow the cutoff section of the workpiece
to come free before the next cut is started
(See Figure 42).
•
As the machine receives use, the operation
of the anti-kickback pawls should be
checked periodically (Figure 34). If the pawls
do not stop the reverse motion of a
workpiece, resharpen all the points.
•
Where possible, keep your face and body
out of line with potential kickbacks including
when starting or stopping the machine.
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