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G0513X/G0514X/G0514X3 Extreme Series Bandsaw
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The blade guides provide side-to-side support to
help keep the blade straight while cutting. The
blade guides are designed to be adjusted in two
ways—forward/backward and side-to-side.
To adjust the upper and lower blade guides
:
1. Make sure the blade is tracking properly and
that it is correctly tensioned.
2. DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
Adjusting Blade
Guide Bearings
Figure 32. Blade guide controls.
Lateral
Adjustment
Rod Cap
Screw
Knurled
Knob
4. Loosen the cap screw on the lateral adjust-
ment rod and adjust the blade guides until
the edges of the bearings are
1
/16" behind the
blade gullets as illustrated in
Figure 33.
Note: The
1
/16" spacing is ideal, although with
larger blades it may not be possible. In such
cases, adjust the guide bearings as far for
-
ward as possible to the blade gullets, and still
maintain the proper support bearing spacing
adjustment.
Blade
Guide
Bearings
Bearing Rotation
Adjustment Cap
Screw
4. Check to make sure the guide block assem-
bly is perpendicular with the face of the sup
-
port bearing as illustrated in
Figure 28.
—If the guide block assembly is perpen
-
dicular to the face of the support bearing,
continue on to the next step.
—If the guide block assembly is not per
-
pendicular to the support bearing, loosen
the guide block assembly cap screws and
rotate the blade guide assembly side-to-
side until the blade is perpendicular with
the face of the support bearing, then re-
tighten the cap screws. Note: The table
must be re-aligned with the blade after the
lower guide block assembly is adjusted.
Refer to
Page 30.
5. Loosen the cap screw on the support bearing
adjustment shaft.
6. Place a 0.016" feeler gauge between the
support bearing and the blade, and position
the bearing 0.016" away from the back of the
blade as illustrated in
Figure 29 or use a dol-
lar bill as shown in Figure 30.
7. Tighten the cap screw to keep the support
bearing locked in place.
Figure 33. Lateral adjustment of blade guides.
Blade
Gullet
3. Familiarize yourself with the blade guide con-
trols shown in
Figure 32.