Delta 20-400 User Manual

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ASSEMBLY
INSTALL BLAdE TENSIONINg kNOB
•  Fit the blade tensioning knob (A) onto the blade 
tensioning spindle (B) located at the top of the 
machine. 
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INSTALL BANd SAw BLAdE
•  Open the upper and lower cabinets of the saw by 
turning the cabinet lock knobs (A) clockwiseSee 
Figure 6.
•  Locate the blade tensioning knob (B) at the top of 
the machine and turn it counterclockwise several 
rotations to lower the upper flywheel.
•  Carefully feed the blade through the slot in the table 
(A), ensuring that the blade teeth are pointing down 
toward the table. See Figure 7. 
•  Once the blade is in the throat of the saw table, rotate 
it clockwise 90°, toward you. The blade teeth should 
now be facing you.
•  Carefully slide the blade through the upper slot (B) 
and lower slot (C) located to the right of the wheel 
guard. 
•  Loop the upper part of the blade over the upper tire 
and the lower part of the blade over the lower tire. 
See Figure 8. If you need to create additional slack, 
rotate the blade tensioning knob (D) counterclockwise 
until the blade can be slipped over both flywheels
•  Tighten the blade tensioning knob until there is 
sufficient tension on blade. (See “Adjusting the Blade 
Tension", page 13).
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FIgURE 6
NOTE:  Once your DELTA
®
 Band Saw is set up, you may want to cut several scraps of various species and 
thicknesses of wood. Check for bowing in the cut and add more tension to the blade if necessary. Different blade 
sizes will also require different tension settings.