Adjusting Guide Post Travel - Grizzly G0701 Owner's Manual

Adjusting Guide
Post Travel
The guide post assembly should remain paral-
lel with the blade front-to-back and side-to-side
along its length of travel. If it does not, follow these
instructions to correctly adjust the guide post.
Tools Needed:
Machinist's Square ............................................ 1
Small Ruler ........................................................ 1
Hex Wrench 5mm .............................................. 1
Hex Wrench 6mm .............................................. 1
Wrench 10mm ................................................... 1
Metal Shims ..................................... (As Needed)
Checking/Adjusting
Parallel Side-to-Side With Blade
1. Loosen the guide post lock knob, raise the
guide post and lock it in place.
2.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
3. Tighten the blade to the tension that will be
used during operation.
4.
Place a machinist's square on the table
next to the side of the blade as illustrated in
Figure 73.
Figure 73. Squaring table to blade.
5.
Adjust the table square to the blade using the
table tilt handwheel, then secure it with the
table tilt lock handle.
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Guide Post
6.
Re-connect the machine to power, and lower
the guide post to within 1" of the table top,
tighten the guide post lock knob to hold it in
place.
7.
Disconnect the machine from power, then
place a machinist's square on the table next
to the right hand side of the guide post, as
shown in Figure 74.
Guide Post
Figure 74. Example of checking guide post
squareness.
—If there is no gap between the square and
the guide post along its full length, no
adjustments need to be made. Proceed to
"To check/adjust if the guide post is parallel
with the blade front-to-back."
—If there is a gap between the square and
the guide post, the guide post is not parallel
with the blade. Go to Step 8.
8.
Loosen each of the four screws shown in
Figure 75 ⁄ turn.
1
4
Figure 75. Guide post adjustment screws.
Model G0701 (Mfd. Since 9/17)
(Front View)