Grizzly G2790 Owner's Manual page 23

Make sure the grinding wheel is more than
⁄ " below the lowest point of the wheel
1
4
guard to avoid the risk of the wheel and
guard making contact resulting in the wheel
breaking apart and possibly causing serious
personal injury.
10. Carefully place the slide bar assembly on the
slide table, as shown in Figure 20, loosen the
table lock, then lower the grinder table until
the wheel just makes contact with the knife.
Note: Make sure the grinder table and the
top wheel surface are level with each other.
You may have to push down or pull up on one
side of the grinder table to make them level
with each other.
Figure 20. slide bar assembly and knife
mounted on the grinder.
11. use the slide bar to slowly move the blade
across the wheel from one side to the other
and note the movement of the wheel.
— if the wheel moves evenly when the knife
moves across it from one end to the other,
continue with Step 12.
g2790 universal Knife grinder
— if the wheel does not move evenly when
the knife slides across it from one end to
the other, either the knife is not evenly
mounted in the slide bar or the surface
of the wheel is not level with the grinder
table. to ensure good grinding results, you
must make the knife bevel level and paral-
lel with the wheel surface along its entire
length before continuing with this proce-
dure. refer to the troubleshooting chart
on page 25 for possible solutions.
12. once you are satisfied with the position of the
knife relative to the wheel, raise the grinder
table until the wheel is below the table sur-
face, then move the slide bar so that the end
of the knife is over the right hand side of the
wheel, as shown in Figure 21.
Figure 21. Knife positioned over the right side of
the wheel.
13. turn the grinder ON.
14. slowly lower the grinder table until the knife
and wheel just make contact, then slowly
slide the knife across the wheel.
— if contact does not seem smooth and con-
sistent between the knife and the wheel,
turn the grinder OFF and repeat Steps
5–14 until it is.
Note: Keep in mind that with a dry grinding
operation, the knife can heat up quickly and
lose its temper. Sharpening should be done
in light passes and for short durations to
avoid damaging the knife or wheel.
Knife Edge
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