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H6246 Meat Cutting Bandsaw
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Adjusting Blade
Guides
The blade guide bearings provide side-to-side
support to help keep the blade straight while cut
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ting.
Tools Needed: Qty
Hex Wrench 5mm ..............................................
1
To adjust the blade guides:
1. Unplug the bandsaw!
2. Familiarize yourself with the blade guide con-
trols shown in
Figure 10.
Adjusting Support
Bearings
Tools Needed: Qty
Hex Wrench 3mm ..............................................
1
Hex Wrench 5mm ..............................................
1
To adjust the support bearings:
1. Unplug the bandsaw!
2. Look at the support bearings and determine
if the support bearings are centered behind
the blade.
—If the support bearing is centered behind
the blade continue to step 4.
—If the support bearing is not centered con
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tinue to step 3
.
3. Loosen the two set screws shown in Figure
9 with the 3mm hex wrench, and adjust the
blade guide assembly until the support bear
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ing is centered behind the blade, then tighten
the set screws.
Figure 9. Blade guide assembly (rear view).
4. Loosen the support bearing cap screw with
the 5mm hex wrench and adjust the bearing
until it rest 0.16"—about the thickness of a
dollar bill folded twice—between the blade
and support bearing; tighten the cap screw.
Figure 10. Blade guide controls.
3. Loosen the cap screws and adjust the guide
bearings with the adjustment knobs to within
.004" of the blade. Note—.004" is approxi
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mately the thickness of a piece of paper.
4. Tighten the cap screws.
Set
screws
Support bearing
cap screw
Cap screws
Adjustment
knob