General Tips On Sawing; Changing The Saw Blade; Choosing The Right Saw Blade - Proxxon FET Gebrauchsanleitung

Hold the work piece on the saw table as shown in fig. 14.
Adapt the feed according to the material, the saw blade and
the work piece thickness! Hard materials, fine saw blades
and thick work pieces do not "tolerate" as much feed as soft
materials, rough saw blades and thin materials.
If you process correspondingly small work pieces then use
the included push-rod, as shown in fig. 15. This prevents
your hands from coming to close to the revolving saw blade
and thus reduces the risk of injury:
Always keep the push-rod close to hand while working!
Please note:
• Only use perfect saw blades.
• Always remove the mains plug for maintenance and
upkeep work.
• Do not let the device operate unsupervised.
When sawing, press the work piece onto the work plate,
guide with sensitivity and with little force, more pressure on
the work plate, less pressure against the saw blade. Guide
the work piece slowly into the saw blade, particularly if the
blade is very thin and the teeth very fine or if the work piece
is very thick.

11.1. General tips on sawing

For good results, please note the following points:
• When sawing, press the work piece onto the work plate,
guide with sensitivity and with little force; more pressure on
the work plate, less pressure against the saw blade.
• Make sure that the work piece is lying properly on the saw
table (no burrs or sawdust)
• Adapt the feed to the requirements by saw blade, speed
and work piece material.
• Guide the work piece slowly into the saw blade, particularly
if the blade is very thin and the teeth very fine or if the work
piece is very thick.
• Only use perfect saw blades.
• Do not let the device operate unsupervised.
• Carefully mark out the check line.
• Make sure there is good lighting.
• Always work with connected dust suction!
• If necessary, use the included push-rod to feed the work
piece.

12. Changing the saw blade

Your saw is equipped with a carbide-tipped saw blade with
24 teeth and an 80 mm diameter ex works.
This is very well suited for most „sawing jobs", guarantees
clean cuts in the most various materials and guarantees long
service life. But it will not last for ever, of course: Wear will
occur depending on the intensity of use: The saw blade will
become dull, more force to push the work piece is required
and the quality of the cut is reduced, the mechanics of the
machine are stressed more strongly than necessary.
Then it is high time to replace the saw blade with a new one.
It can also be necessary to use a different saw blade type for
a particular task (see also the chapter „Choosing the right
saw blade" below) so that it needs to be exchanged for the
standard blade. The work steps remain the same, naturally.
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1. Disconnect the mains plug!
2. Turn the saw blade down as described in the chapter
„Height adjustment of the saw blade".
3. Swing open the housing as described in section 6.2
4. To release the screw 1 (fig 16a), the shaft on which the
saw blade 2 is mounted must be blocked. To do so, insert
the smaller of the two included Allen keys 3 through the
small drill hole 4 in the saw table and from there insert it
into the saw blade shaft through a cross-hole, see fig.
16b. If necessary, this drill hole must be „found" somewhat
by turning the saw blade by hand. A hint: For this proce-
dure we recommend you adjust the saw blade to a rela-
tively high height and then to lower it somewhat after find-
ing the latching drill hole with inserted Allen key in order to
gain full access to screw 1.
5. Release the cheese-head screw 1 with the larger of the
two Allen keys and remove together with disc 5.
The teeth of even worn saw blades are still very sharp! Risk
of injury!
6. Remove the old saw blade upwards and through the saw
blade opening and place the new saw blade on the shaft.
Make sure the saw blade drill hole is seated correctly at
the shaft shoulder!
7. Please also make sure that the teeth are pointing in the
direction as shown in the figures!
8. Screw on disc 5 with the cheese-head screw 1 and tight-
en. Note that the saw shaft still needs to remain blocked
with the small Allen key.
9. Release the latch, push down the upper housing part and
lock with the knurled screw.

12.1. Choosing the right saw blade

When choosing the saw blade, make sure at all costs that
the highest permissible speed is sufficiently high enough for
the idling speed of the saw!
Only use original Proxxon saw blades.
The choice of the suitable saw blade has an enormous
impact on the work result: Various characteristics such as
work piece material, saw job intensity and the desired quality
of the result must be considered. Proxxon has 4 different saw
blades that can be used to operate the machine:
Caution!
Caution!