Adjusting Blade Guides - Grizzly G8146Z Owner's Manual

adjusting blade guides

Adjusting Blade
Guides
The blade guides provide side-to-side and back
support to keep the blade straight while cutting.
The blade guides and the back support have tung-
sten steel facing to reduce wear on the guides.
Properly adjusted blade guides are essential to
making accurate cuts.
To properly adjust the upper and lower blade
guides:
1. DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
2.
Make sure the bandsaw blade is properly
tensioned (Page 29) and the blade post is in
the correct position and locked.
3.
Use a 6mm hex wrench to loosen the cap
screws that secure the blade guide bracket
and blade support (see Figures 26–27).
Blade Guide Bracket Cap Screw
Blade Support
Cap Screw
Figure 26. Upper blade guides and bracket.
G8144Z/G8145Z/G8146Z
Vertical Metal Cutting Bandsaw
Blade Support
Cap Screw
Blade Guide Bracket
Cap Screw
Figure 27. Lower blade guides and bracket.
4.
Position the blade guides so that they are
approximately ⁄ " behind the tooth gullets
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(see Figure 28), then re-tighten the blade
guide bracket cap screw.
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Figure 28. Blade guides positioned
approximately ⁄ " behind tooth gullets.
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Note: The blade guards must be adjusted
far enough back so that they are behind the
tooth gullets when the blade is deflected back
against the blade support.
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