Tensioning Blade; Adjusting Blade Guide Bearings - Grizzly G0636X Owner's Manual

9. Try to turn machine ON.
—If bandsaw does not start, switch disabling
feature is working as designed. Test Run
is complete.
—If bandsaw starts, immediately disconnect
power. The switch disabling feature is not
working correctly. This safety feature must
work properly before proceeding with regu-
lar operations. Call Tech Support for help.

Tensioning Blade

A properly tensioned blade is essential for making
accurate cuts and is required before making many
bandsaw adjustments. (Every time you replace
the blade, you should perform this procedure
because all blades tension differently.)
To tension the bandsaw blade:
1. Complete Test Run procedure and make
sure blade is tracking properly (see Page
19).
2.
Raise upper blade guide assembly as high as
it will go, and adjust upper and lower guide
blocks as far away from blade as possible
(see Adjusting Blade Guide Bearings).
Note: This procedure will NOT work if guide
blocks have any contact with blade.
3. Move quick tension lever to tightened posi-
tion and turn blade tension handwheel until
blade tension matches mark on blade tension
scale for appropriate blade thickness (See
Figure 12, Page 19).
4. Turn bandsaw ON.
5. Slowly release tension one quarter of a turn
at a time. When bandsaw blade starts to flut-
ter, stop decreasing tension.
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6.
Now, slowly increase tension until blade
stops fluttering, then tighten tension another
quarter turn.
7. Look at what blade tension scale reads and
use that as a guide for tensioning that blade
in the future.
Note: Always release blade tension after use
to increase blade life and reduce strain on the
bandsaw components.
8.
Re-adjust blade tracking as instructed on
Page 19.
Adjusting Blade
Guide Bearings
The blade guides provide side-to-side support to
keep the blade straight while cutting. The blade
guides are designed to be adjusted in two ways—
forward/backward and side-to-side.
To adjust upper blade guides:
1. Make sure blade is tracking properly and that
it is correctly tensioned.
2. DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
Model G0636X (Mfd. Since 09/18)