Tools, stainless – Northern Industrial Tools Item# 145765 User Manual

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BLADE SPEEDS

When using your band saw always change the blade speed to best suit the material being cut. The
Material Cutting Chart gives sugg

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AL CUTTING

d F.

ested settings for several materials

MATERI

CHART

Spee

P.M

Material

60Hz 50Hz

Tools, Stainless

Alloy Steel

100

83

Bearing Bronze

Medium or High

Carbon Steels

180

150

Hard Brass or Bronze

Aluminum

Plastic

235 195

such that the vertical edge engages the workpiece

rst.

BLADE MOVEMENT

DO

saw head provide the cutting force. The saw

utomatically shuts off at the end of the cut.

addle the work, severe damage can be done to the workpiece and to

BLADE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL

Be sure the blade is assembled to the pulleys,
fi

STARTING SAW

CAUTION: NEVER OPERATE SAW WITHOUT BLADE GUARDS IN PLACE.

Be sure the blade is not in contact with the work when the motor is started. Start the motor, allow the
saw to come to full speed, and then begin the cut by letting the head down slowly onto the work.
NOT DROP OR FORCE. Let the weight of the
a

BLADE SELECTION

A 8-tooth per inch, general-use blade is furnished with this Metal-Cutting Sand Saw. Additional
blades in 4, 6, 8, and 10 tooth sizes are available. The choice of blade pitch is governed by the
thickness of the work to be cut: the thinner the workpiece, the more teeth advised. A minimum of
three (3) teeth should engage the workpiece at all times for proper cutting. If the teeth of the blade
are too far apart that they str
the blade.

Selection of band saw blades:

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