Woodstock M1013 Saw User Manual


 
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The blade tracking has been properly set at the factory.
The tracking will rarely need to be adjusted if the
bandsaw is used properly.
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(% DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
)% Raise the headstock and lock it in place by pushing
in the safety stop knob.
*% Remove both blade guide assemblies.
+% Open the wheel access cover.
,% Loosen, but do not remove the lower cap screw in
the blade wheel tilting mechanism (=`^li\*+).
-% Adjust the tracking set screw with a 4mm hex
wrench, as shown in =`^li\*+, then tighten the cap
screw loosened in Jk\g,.
—Tightening the set screw will move the blade closer
to the shoulder of the wheel.
—Loosening the set screw will move the blade away
from the shoulder.
.% Tension the blade.
/% Spin the wheel by hand and observe how the blade
tracks on the wheel.
—If the blade tracks along the shoulder of the wheel
(without rubbing), the blade is tracking properly
and this adjustment is completed.
—If the blade drifts away from the shoulder of the
wheel or hits the shoulder, repeat Jk\gj,$/.
0% Replace the blade guard and blade guide assemblies.
('% Adjust the blade guides as needed. Refer to 9cX[\
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=`^li\*+% Tracking adjustment controls.
Hex Bolts
Blade
Tension
Knob
4mm Set
Screw