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ADJUSTMENTS
MITER GAUGE
INDICATOR
SCREW
To Adjust Blade Guide Support:
n Remove the blade guard by removing the two phillips
screws that secure it in place.
n Adjust the position of the blade guide assembly. Loosen
the bottom screw on the right side of the blade guide
assembly using the 3 mm hex key.
n Slide the upper blade guide support on the shaft until
the front edge of the blade guides are about 1/64 in. (0.4
mm) behind the gullet of the blade. Tighten the screw
securely. Repeat this procedure for the lower blade guide
support.
n Replace the blade guard if no additional adjustments are
to be made.
To Adjust Blade Guides:
The blade guides help keep the blade from twisting and
binding. The blade will be ruined if the blade teeth hit the
blade guides while using the band saw. The set of teeth and
the sharpened edge of teeth will be damaged by hitting the
blade guides. Proper adjustment of the upper and lower
blade guides will prevent this from happening.
n Remove the blade guard by loosening the two phillips
screws.
n Loosen the two blade guide support screws that lock the
upper blade guides. Rotate the blade guide shafts with
a screwdriver to move the bearings closer or away from
the blade. The blade guide shafts should just barely touch
the blade. Do not pinch the blade. Make sure one guide is
not further away from the blade than the other. Retighten
the two blade guide support screws securely.
n Replace the blade guard if no additional adjustments are
to be made.
n Repeat this procedure on the lower blade guides located
under the saw table.
NOTE: The lower blade guide support screw is the top screw
located on the right of the saw housing under the table.
WARNING:
Never operate saw without blade guard secured in
place. To do so could result in possible serious personal
injury.
TO ADJUST MITER GAUGE INDICATOR
See Figure 27.
If the miter gauge indicator is not set at 0˚:
n Open the extension table to its full capacity.
n Loosen the miter gauge knob. Place the miter gauge
upside down in the slot on the table.
n Push the miter gauge against the saw table and retighten
the miter gauge knob.
n If adjustment is needed, loosen the screw on the miter
gauge indicator.
Fig. 26
Fig. 27
LOWER BLADE
GUIDE SUPPORT
BLADE
GUIDE
SUPPORT
SCREW
THRUST BEARING
THRUST
BEARING
SCREW
BLADE GUIDE
SHAFTS
KNOB
n Turn the miter gauge indicator to 0
°
.
n Retighten the screw.