Calibrating Rip Fence - Grizzly G0820 Owner's Manual

To adjust riving knife mount block:
1. DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Adjust blade tilt to 0° and raise blade all the
way up.
3.
Move sliding table all the way to right to
expose blade cover.
4. Open blade cover (see Figure 164) to gain
access to riving knife mounting block.
5.
Loosen hex nut that secures riving knife
to mounting block (see Figure 164), and
remove riving knife (or splitter/riving knife).
Mounting
Block
Figure 164. Blade cover open.
6. Adjust each pair of set screws that controls
the direction required to move mounting
block so riving knife can be aligned with
blade. Make sure to move both set screws in
even increments.
7. Re-install riving knife and check alignment
with blade. Repeat Step 6 as necessary until
riving knife is properly aligned with blade.
Note: If you discover that riving knife is bent
and cannot be properly aligned with the
blade, it is possible to bend it into alignment,
but make sure that the final result is pre-
cisely aligned so the risk of kickback is not
increased. If the riving knife is bent, and you
cannot easily bend it back into alignment, we
recommend replacing it with a new one.
8.
Properly re-install riving knife as described on
Page 43, close blade cover, and move sliding
table back to center position.
Model G0820 (Mfd. Since 12/16)
There are three adjustments that affect the accu-
racy and operation of the rip fence: 1) Height
above the table, 2) parallelism with the blade,
and 3) rip fence scale position. If your cuts are
not square when using the rip fence, check these
adjustments. Parallelism is an important safety
adjustment and the rip fence MUST be parallel
with blade to minimize the risk of kickback.
Height Above Table
The rip fence and base should ride as close to the
table surface as possible without touching it and
with an even gap along the length. This is accom-
plished by adjusting the rip fence rail and the roller
at the end of the fence base.
Tools Needed
Hex Wrench 6, 8mm .....................................1 Ea
Open-End Wrenches 13mm .............................. 2
Open-End Wrench 19mm .................................. 1
To adjust rip fence height above table:
Blade Cover
1.
Calibrating Rip
Fence
Observe gap between fence base and table
along entire length.
— If rail end of fence body is too low, loosen
hex nuts that secure rail, raise rail until
fence body gap is even, then re-tighten rail
hex nuts.
— If far end of fence base is too low, loos-
en fence lock and pivot rip fence base
upwards to access wheel underneath (see
Figure 165). Loosen acorn nut, adjust
wheel position, retighten acorn nut, and
place rip fence base back on table.
Wheel
Figure 165. Rip fence base roller controls.
Qty
Acorn Nut
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