Greenlee 1399 - Page 13

Greenlee Textron / Subsidiary of Textron Inc.
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4455 Boeing Dr., Rockford, IL 61109-2988 815/397-7070
1399 and 1399-22 Band Saws
PROBLEM PROBABLE CAUSE POSSIBLE REMEDY
Troubleshooting (cont’d)
Blade squeals. Feed rate too light. Increase feed rate.
Blade runs low on the wheels, Too little blade tension. Twist the wing screw (10) to adjust
or blade slips off of the wheels. the blade tension.
Wheel pitch not set correctly. See Wheel Pitch Adjustment.
Blade guide ball bearings squeeze See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
blade too tightly. Guide Ball Bearings.
Blade scored. Blade guide ball bearings squeeze See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
too tightly. Guide Ball Bearings.
Blade guide ball bearings are See Checking and Adjusting the Blade
out of alignment. Guide Ball Bearings
Blade stalls in material. Not enough blade tension. Set the blade tension.
Feed rate is too high. Reduce the feed rate.
Premature blade breakage. Blade guides misaligned. See Checking and Adjust Blade Guide
Ball Bearings.
Too much blade tension. Twist the wing screw (10) to adjust
the blade tension.
Blade runs against the wheel flanges. See Wheel Pitch Adjustment in the
Maintenance section of this manual.
Rough cut. Coolant is dirty. Replace the coolant.
Saw does not cut straight. Blade guides are too far from the Adjust blade guide.
Cut is inaccurate. material.
Motor has stopped and will Motor has overheated. Allow motor to cool. See the Overload
not restart. Shut-off and Reset in the instructions
on the motor.