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SECTION FOUR
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30
MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
OTHER CONSUMER DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY) TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION FIVE
3 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-36
CONGRATULATIONS!
Thanks for choosing this product. At Alltrade, our aim is to provide you with quality
products at an affordable price, and we want you to be totally satisfied with your
product and our Customer Service. If any help and advice is needed, please
contact us at 1-800-590-3723. Properly cared for, this product will give you many
years of satisfaction.
INTENDED USE
This product is intended for consumer use only. This tool is not designed for pro-
fessional use. The power cord should only be used in approved electrical outlets as
described in this manual. Failure to use the proper power cords and/or extension
cords may result in fire or possible damage to the band saw.
RECOGNIZE SAFETY SYMBOLS, WORDS AND LABELS
READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS. Failure to
follow all instructions in this manual may result severe personal injury or death.
Keep this manual and refer to it for Safety Instructions, Operating Procedures
and Warranty.
The safety instructions provided in this manual are not intended to cover all possible
conditions and practices that may occur when operating, maintaining and cleaning
power tools.
Always use common sense and pay particular attention to all the DANGER,
WARNING, CAUTION and NOTE statements of this manual.
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert
you to potential personal injury hazards. Obey all
safety messages that follow this symbol to avoid
possible injury or death.
DANGER indicates an imminently hazardous
situation which, if not avoided, will result in death
or serious injury.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CONGRATULATIONS! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INTENDED USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION ONE
RECOGNIZE SAFETY SYMBOLS, WORDS AND LABELS . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SECTION TWO
GENERAL SAFETY RULES – FOR ALL ELECTRIC POWER TOOLS . . . . 4-5
GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
EXTENSION CORD USAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
IMPORTANT SAFETY RULES FOR METAL CUTTING BAND SAWS . . . . 7-10
SYMBOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION THREE
FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21
ATTACHING THE LEGS TO THE BAND SAW BASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
INSTALLING PULLEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ATTACHING THE VISE HAND WHEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16
ATTACHING THE VERTICAL CUTTING TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
BLADE GUIDE BEARING ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
BLADE GUIDE ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
BLADE TENSION ADJUSTMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19
ADJUSTING BLADE TRACKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-20
CHANGING BLADE SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21
BAND SAW BLADE SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
LASER GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23
LASER SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23
OPERATING THE LASER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
OPERATING THE METAL CUTTING BAND SAW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-28
ADJUSTING THE BLADE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
HORIZONTAL CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-26
ADJUSTING THE FEED RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
VERTICAL CUTTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
CUTTING CURVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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