MiniMax MM 16, Manual

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that they meet each other perfectly.  
2) Tighten the allen screws.  
3) Open the guides up a little and then bring them back together to 
make sure that they meet up correctly. This is to make sure that the bit 
of play in the guides does not give a false indication as to how they 
meet. 
4) Next, screw the guides together with the adjuster knob so that they 
just barely touch. Sight them from the top and see that they are toed or 
angled forward just a little and that the inner and outer look the same. 
If they are close, all is ready for installation of the blade 

MOUNTING BLADES 

NOTE:BE SURE POWER IS DISCONNECTED FROM SAW  

 
Back the guides off (open them) and install the blade as follows: 
1- Remove clear plastic guard 
2- Open cabinet doors 
3- Raise telescoping blade guard (See Figure 14 Guard Assembly 

4- Adjust upper & lower guide assemblies 
out of the way of the insertion of blade 
5- Insert blade on tires, adjust so teeth are 
just barely protruding beyond outside edge 
of tires (teeth should point downward 
toward table, if not turn blade inside out) 
6- Adjust tension 
7- Adjust tracking by spinning  wheel 

manually to check tracking and blade location 
8- Check that the plane of the top and bottom 
wheels are in the same plane(Coplanar, see 
Coplanar section) Note that many experts insist 
that this is not an issue with flat tires such as 
those on the MiniMax bandsaws. 
9- Adjust upper and lower thrust bearing 1/64 ( 
.016 ) inch gap behind blade. Check to see if 
the back of the blade lines up with the thrust 
bearing in the correct place. The back of the 
blade should make contact close to the center 
of the outer machined area of the trust bearing. If the blade is too far out on the 
edge, the blade will tend to slide off the edge. If the blade is too far towards the 
center, the thrust bearing may not spin correctly and may be damaged. A one 
time adjustment for positioning the thrust bearing may be made on the top guides 
by loosening the bracket holding the entire guide assembly to the bottom of the 
guide post. It slides the guide diagonally to move the bearing side to side.(See