Changing the Blade
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3. Clean both blade holders and remove any compacted crud
before fitting a new blade.
4. Check sawblade for flaws (cracks, broken teeth, bending)
before installation.
WARNING! DO NOT USE FAULTY
SAWBLADES.
MAKE SURE THE TEETH ARE
POINTING IN THE CUTTING
DOWN DIRECTION!
5. Lower the pinned blade down through the table insert
hole and into the lower blade holder housing. Insert the blade
between the slot in the holder so that the pins on the end of
the blade engage into the cradle’s recess. Repeat for the
upper blade holder.
7. Make sure that the pins are seated correctly in both cradles
and nip up both blade holder caphead screws. Replace the
table insert, see fig 28-29 and re-tension the blade as described
on page 12.
Fig 28-29
Insert locating pin
CLEAR AWAY ANY TOOLS
AROUND THE WORK AREA.
CONNECT THE SCROLL SAW
TO THE MAINS SUPPLY!
8. Start the scroll saw and check everything is running correctly.
If all OK, switch off the saw. If not repeat steps 1-7.
Pinless Blades
DISCONNECT THE SCROLL SAW
FROM THE MAINS SUPPLY!
The scroll saw will accept pinless blades, to fit follow the
instruction below.
1. Repeat steps 1-3 on the previous page to remove the
standard pinned blade and clean both blade holders.
2. Locate the two pinless blade clamp holders (J), the supplied
Hex key, (H) and pinless blade (F) see fig 30. Loosen the grub
screws on either side of the holders. Place the blade down into
the machined slots and tighten the screws, securing the blade
in position.
Fig 30
3. Check pinless sawblade (F) for flaws (cracks, broken teeth,
bending) before installation.
NOTE: Make sure both blade clamp holders (J) are the same
way round before fitting the blade, see fig 31.
Fig 31
J
F
H
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Table insert
Cutout slot
Grub screws
Machined
slots
