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 the guide post is parallel side-to-
side with the blade:
1. DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
2.
Tighten the blade to the tension that will be
used during operation.
3. Loosen the guide post lock knob, raise the
guide post, then place a machinist's square
on the table next to the side of the blade as
illustrated in Figure 78.
Figure 78. Squaring table to blade.
4.
Adjust the table square with the blade using
the table tilt handwheel, then secure it with
the table tilt lock lever.
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5.
Loosen the guide post lock knob, lower the
guide post to within 1" of the table top, then
tighten the knob.
6. Place a machinist's square on the table next
to the right hand side of the guide post, as
shown in Figure 79.
Guide Post
Figure 79. Example of checking guide post
squareness.
—If there is no gap between the square and
the guide post along its full length, no
adjustments need to be made. Proceed to
"To check if the guide post is parallel with
the blade front-to-back."
—If there is a gap between the square and
the guide post, the guide post is not parallel
to the blade. Go to Step 7.
7. Loosen each of the four screws shown in
Figure 80
⁄ turn.
1
4
Figure 80. Guide post adjustment screws.
Model G0636X/G0636XB (Mfd. Since 04/17)
(Front View)