Section 7: Maintenance; Schedule; Cleaning; Unpainted Cast Iron - Grizzly G0605X1 Owner's Manual

SEcTION 7: MAINTENANcE

Always disconnect power
to the machine before
performing maintenance.
Failure to do this may
result in serious person-
al injury.

Schedule

For optimum performance from your machine,
follow this maintenance schedule and refer to any
specific instructions given in this section.
Daily check:
• inspect blades for damage or wear.
• Check for loose mounting bolts/arbor nut.
• Check cords, plugs, and switch for damage.
• Any other condition that could hamper the
safe operation of this machine.
• Wipe the table clean after every use—this
ensures moisture from wood dust does not
remain on bare metal surfaces.
• verify that the anti-kickback pawls return to
their bottom-most position after pivoting.
• verify that the spreader/riving knife are
aligned with the blade (refer to page 68 to
perform a quick check.)
Weekly Maintenance:
• Wipe down the table surface and grooves
with a lubricant and rust preventive such as
slipit .
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• vacuum dust buildup from the motor housing
and trunnions.
• Clean the pitch and resin from the saw blade
with a cleaner like oxisolv
Cleaner.
Monthly Maintenance:
• Check/tighten the belt tension (page 75).
•
Check lubrication of trunnion slides, worm
gear, bevel gears, and mounting plate teeth,
elevation leadscrew and rails (page 61).
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Cleaning the model g0605X1/g0606X1g0696X/
g0697X is relatively easy. vacuum excess wood
chips and sawdust, and wipe off the remaining
dust with a dry cloth. if any resin has built up, use
a resin dissolving cleaner to remove it.
After cleaning, treat all unpainted cast iron and
steel with a non-staining lubricant.
occasionally it will become necessary to clean
the internal parts with more than a vacuum. to do
this, remove the table top and clean the internal
parts with resin/pitch dissolver or mineral spirits
and a stiff wire brush or steel wool. do not UsE
WAtEr—WAtEr Will CAUsE CAst iron to
rUst.
make sure the internal workings are dry before
using the saw again, so that wood dust will not
accumulate. if any essential lubrication is removed
during cleaning, re-lubricate those areas.
protect the unpainted cast iron surfaces on the
table by wiping the table clean after every use—
this ensures moisture from wood dust does not
remain on bare metal surfaces.
Keep tables rust-free with regular applications of
products like g96
Boeshield
page 58 for more details).
Blade & Bit
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cleaning

unpainted cast Iron

gun treatment, slipit
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t-9 (see Section 5: Accessories on
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g0605X1-6X1, g0696X-97X (mfg. 8/11+)
, or
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