Adjusting Guide Post Travel - Grizzly G0636X 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
Metal Shims ..................................... (As Needed)
To check if guide post is parallel side-to-side
with blade:
1.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2.
Tighten blade to tension that will be used dur-
ing operation.
3.
Loosen guide post lock knob, raise guide
post, then place a machinist's square on
table next to side of blade, as illustrated in
Figure 67.
Figure 67. Squaring table to blade.
4.
Adjust table square with blade using table tilt
handwheel, then secure it with table tilt lock
lever.
Model G0636X (Mfd. Since 09/18)
5.
Loosen guide post lock knob, lower guide
post to within 1" of table top, then tighten
knob.
6. Place a machinist's square on table next to
right hand side of guide post, as shown in
Figure 68.
Guide Post
Figure 68. Example of checking guide post
squareness.
—If there is no gap between square and
guide post along its full length, no adjust-
ments need to be made. Proceed to "To
check if guide post is parallel with blade
front-to-back."
—If there is a gap between square and guide
post, guide post is not parallel to blade. Go
to Step 7.
7. Loosen each of four screws shown in Figure
69
⁄ turn.
1
4
Figure 69. Guide post adjustment screws.
(Front View)
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