Changing Blade - Grizzly G0817 Owner's Manual

Changing Blade

Disconnect bandsaw from
power BEFORE changing
blade. Serious personal
injury
machine is started during
this procedure.
LACERATION
Bandsaw blades are sharp
and difficult to handle.
Wear heavy leather gloves
while handling to reduce
the risk of being cut.
Blade changes entail removing the existing blade,
installing the new blade, then properly adjusting
the blade tension, tracking, and guides.
Removing Blade
1. DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Release blade tension by rotating blade
tension quick-release lever (see Figure 71)
clockwise to up position.
3. Remove table insert and table pin. Adjust
upper and lower guide bearings as far away
as possible from blade (see Figure 71).
Guide
Post
Upper
Guide
Bearings
Table
Insert
Figure 71. Blade changing controls.
-46-
could occur if
HAZARD!
Rotate
Lever
Clockwise
to Up
Position
Table Pin
4. Open upper and lower wheel covers and
blade cover on guide post, then with gloved
hands, slide blade off of both wheels.
5. Rotate blade 90˚ and slide it through slot in
table to remove it.
Installing Blade
1.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2.
Slide blade through table slot, ensuring that
teeth are pointing down toward front of table.
Note: If the teeth will not point downward
in any orientation, the blade is inside-out.
Remove the blade, and twist it right-side-out.
3. Slip blade through blade guides, and mount it
on upper and lower wheels (see Figure 72).
Figure 72. Example of placing blade on upper
wheel.
4.
Rotate blade tension quick-release lever
counterclockwise to down position.
5. Adjust blade tension (refer to Page 28) and
blade tracking (refer to Page 30).
6. Adjust upper/lower guide bearings and sup-
port bearings (refer to instructions beginning
on Page 31).
7. Close and secure wheel covers and guide
post blade cover, and re-install table insert
and table pin.
8. If necessary, adjust blade tension quick-
release lever (refer to Page 62 for more
information).
Model G0817 (Mfd. Since 05/16)