Changing Blade - Grizzly G0812 Owner's Manual

Changing Blade

All saw blades are danger-
ous and may cause per-
sonal injury. To reduce
the risk of being injured,
wear leather gloves when
handling and uncoiling saw
blades.
Items Needed
Leather Gloves .................................................. 1
Assistant ............................................................ 1
Phillips Head Screwdriver #2 ............................ 1
Blades should be changed when they become
dull, damaged, or when you are using materials
that require a blade of a certain type or tooth
count.
To change blade on bandsaw:
1.
Raise headstock about six inches.
2.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
3.
Open wheel access cover and secure in "up"
position so struts lock into end of grooves on
brackets shown in Figure 25.
Struts
Bracket
Figure 25. Wheel cover secured in "up" position.
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4.
Qty
Figure 26. Left guide arm positioned as far right
5.
6.
7.
Bracket
Loosen knob on left blade-guide arm and
move arm until it contacts stop pin on scale,
as shown in Figure 26. Clean cover and
clean out all chips and shavings.
Knob
Blade
Guide Arm
as possible.
Remove guards on both blade guides,
and remove wire wheel on right guard
(see Figure 27).
Loosen blade tension handwheel (see Figure
27), and slip blade off of wheels.
With help of an assistant, install new blade
through both blade guide bearings shown in
Figure 27, then around wheels.
Top Wheel Bottom Wheel
Tension
Blade Guide
Handwheel
Bearings
Figure 27. Installing new blade.
Model G0812 (Mfd. Since 2/16)
Stop
Pin
Wire
Wheel