Blade Changes - Grizzly G0555 Owner's Manual

Blade Breakage
Many conditions may cause a bandsaw blade to
break. Blade breakage is unavoidable, in some
cases, since it is the natural result of the peculiar
stresses that bandsaw blades are subjected to.
Blade breakage is also due to avoidable circum-
stances. Avoidable breakage is most often the
result of poor care or judgement on the part of the
operator when mounting or adjusting the blade or
support guides.
The most common causes of blade breakage
are:
(1) faulty alignment and adjustment of the
guides,
(2) forcing or twisting a wide blade around a curve
of short radius, (3) feeding the workpiece into the
blade too fast, (4) tooth dullness or absence of
sufficient set, (5) excessive tension, (6) top blade
guide assembly set too high above the work
piece, (7) using a blade with a lumpy or improp-
erly finished braze or weld and (8) continuously
running the bandsaw when not in use.
G0555 14" Ultimate Bandsaw

Blade Changes

Always disconnect power
to the machine when
changing blades. Failure
to do this may result in
serious personal injury.
To remove the blade:
1. DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
2. Release the tension lever.
3. Remove the table insert and the table pin.
Adjust the upper and lower guide blocks
away from the blade.
Wear gloves and safety goggles when han-
dling blades. Coiled blades spring open as
they are uncoiled and could cause deep
punctures or lacerations.
4.
Open the upper and lower wheel covers and
slide the blade off both wheels.
5. Rotate the blade 90˚ and slide through the
slot in the table.
To replace the blade:
1.
Slide the blade through the table slot, ensur-
ing that the teeth are pointing down toward
the table. If the teeth will not point downward
in any orientation, the blade is inside-out. Put
on heavy gloves, remove the blade, and twist
it rightside-out.
2.
Slip the blade through the guides, and mount
it over the upper and lower wheels.
3. Apply tension. If the blade cannot be ten-
sioned as described on page 20, adjust the
tensioner as described in steps 4-6. If the
tension is correct, go to step 7. Note—The
tensioner must be adjusted if you are using
a different length of blade.
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