Removing And Installing Abrasive Belts; Removing And Installing Abrasive Discs; Miter Gage; Dust Chutes - Delta SA180 Instruction Manual

REMOVING AND INSTALLING ABRASIVE
BELTS
1. Disconnect machine from power
source.
2. Remove the two knobs (A) Fig. 31, and remove the
side cover (B) from the belt unit.
3. Press down on the tracking knob to release belt
tension and remove belt (C) Fig. 32, from the three
pulleys (D), as shown.
4. Install new 1" x 42" belt and replace side cover.
Check belt tracking by referring to the section
"TRACkING THE SANDING BELT," and adjust
if necessary. IMPORTANT: Some belts have a
directional arrow printed on the inside of the belt. In
these cases the belt must be installed so the direc-
tional arrow points in the same direction that the belt
is moving. The sanding belt travels down at the front
of the machine.
REMOVING AND INSTALLING ABRASIVE
DISCS
Disconnect machine from power
1.
source.
2. Remove the sanding disc table.
3. Remove the old abrasive disc by peeling it from the
sanding disc plate.
4. Clean the disc plate thoroughly.
5. Remove the backing from the new abrasive disc and
press the abrasive disc firmly onto the disc plate.
6. Replace the sanding disc table.
MITER GAGE
A miter gage (A) Fig. 33, is supplied with your sander and
can be used on the disc table, as shown, or on the belt
table. The miter gage can be set up to 45 degrees right or
left by loosening lock knob (B), tilting miter gage body (C)
to the desired angle and tightening lock knob (B).
DUST CHUTES
Two dust chutes are supplied with your belt and disc
sander and are equipped with 1-1/4 inch I.D. openings
that can easily be connected to a dust collection system.
Dust chute (A) Fig. 34, is for the belt unit and dust chute
(B) is for the disc unit.
A
D
B
B
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A
B
Fig. 31
C
D
Fig. 32
C
A
Fig. 33
Fig. 34
A