Section 6: Maintenance; Schedule; Cleaning; Lubricating - Grizzly Extreme Series Owner's Manual

SECTION 6: 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 this machine, this
maintenance schedule must be strictly followed.
Ongoing
To maintain a low risk of injury and proper
machine operation, if you ever observe any of the
items below, shut down the machine immediately
and fix the problem before continuing operations:
• Loose mounting bolts.
• Worn or damaged saw blade.
• Worn or damaged wires.
• Check/clean wheel brush.
• Clean/protect table surface.
• Check lubrication points.
• Any other unsafe condition.
Monthly
• Check for V-belt tension, damage, or wear.
• Remove blade and thoroughly clean all built-
up sawdust from the rubber tires on the wheels.
• Clean/vacuum dust buildup from inside cabi-
net and off motor.

Cleaning

Vacuum excess wood chips and sawdust, and
wipe off the remaining dust with a dry cloth. If
resin has built up, use a resin dissolving cleaner
to remove it. Once a month, remove the blade and
thoroughly clean all built-up sawdust from the rub-
ber tires on the wheels.
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Lubricating

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 Gun Treatment, SLIPIT
®
on Page 40.
If the table becomes difficult to tilt, remove it and
lubricate the trunnions and the slides in the trun-
nion base.
Redressing Rubber
Tires
As the bandsaw ages, the rubber tires may need
to be redressed if they harden or glaze over.
Redressing the rubber tires improves blade track-
ing and reduces vibration/blade lead.
To redress rubber tires:
1.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2. Put on heavy leather gloves.
3. Remove blade.
4.
Clean any built-up sawdust from rubber tires.
5.
Hold 100-grit sandpaper against rubber tire
and rotate wheel by hand. Only redress rub-
ber enough to expose a fresh rubber surface.
Note: If the rubber tires become too worn,
then blade tracking will become extremely
difficult. At that point, redressing will no lon-
ger be effective and the rubber tires must be
replaced.
G0555X (Mfd. Since 9/17)
, or Boeshield T-9
® ®