User Manual

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DUST SPOUT
1. This option is located just below the worktable on
the right side of the machine frame near the lower
saw guide and attached to a collection system for
disposal of chips and other waste materials.
BAND FILING
 Bandlingoptionisusedonbandwheelswith
crowned rubber tires only.
1. There are standard and long le guides available.
Each set consists of a le guide back-up assembly,
plus 1/4 inch (6.4 mm), 3/8 inch (9.5 mm), and 1/2
inch (12.7 mm) guides.
Set-Up
1. Remove the saw band, saw guides, table center
plate, and post guard. Then: (a) Mount the le
guide back-up support to the lower keeper block;
(b) Install the upper le guide to the post.
File Guide Set-Up.
2. Lower the post until it will clear the stock thickness.
Post height above stock should be: (a) Not over
two (2) inches (50.8 mm) for a 1/4 inch (6.4 mm)
le band; (b) Not over four (4) inches (101.6 mm)
for 3/8 inch (9.5 mm) and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) le
bands.
Longer le guides permit ling seven (7) inch (177.8
mm) thick stock with a 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) le band,
or eight (8) inch (203.2 mm) thick stock with 3/8
inch (9.5 mm) and 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) le bands.
3. Install the upper le guide and lock it rmly to the
post with the knurled thumbscrews. Insert the
special table center plate (round hole at the end of
its slot).
Joining File Band
1. Place the le band around the bandwheels and
insert one (1) end through the table center plate.
The band's cutting edges should point downward.
File length is 153 inches (3886.2 mm).
2. Hold the yellow lock rivet segment in your left hand.
Then: (a) Depress the spring steel band tip held in
the right hand; (b) Allow the rivet head to slip into
the slotted hole and slide into the slot's small end;
(c) Straighten the le band to allow the spring steel
end to snap over the dowel.
Joining File Bands.
File Band Tracking and Tensioning
1. Adjust the upper bandwheel's tilt angle (if necessary)
so that the le band tracks on the center of the wheel
tire. Then: (a) Check to see that the le band is
in alignment and passing freely over the le guide
supports; (b) Apply the same tension as indicated
for a 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) wide carbon saw band.
Avoidexcessivelebandtensioning.
Internal Filing Set-Up
1. Release le band tension. Next: (a) Remove the
le band from around the bandwheels and separate
it by bending the joint to approximately 12 inches
(304.8 mm) radius.
2. Use your left forenger to depress the front end of
the yellow segment. Next: (a) Use your right thumb
and forenger to disengage the dowel; (b) Slide the
lock rivet to the slot's open end and remove it.
3. Run the le band through the stock and reassemble it.
Next: (a) Place the le band around the bandwheels;
(b) Apply tension and check alignment.