Section 8: Service Adjustments; About Service; Adjusting Lower Blade Guides - Grizzly G0504 Owner's Manual

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SECTION 8: SERVICE ADJUSTMENTS

About Service

This section is designed to help the operator with
adjustments that were made at the factory and
that might also need to be made during the life
of the machine.
This section is provided for your convenience—
it is not a substitute for the Grizzly Service
Department. If any adjustments arise that are not
described in this manual, then feel free to call the
Grizzly Technical Support at (570) 546-9663.
Adjusting Lower
Blade Guides
The instructions on adjusting the upper guide
blocks and support bearing are given in Section
5: Set Up. This section focuses on adjusting
the lower blade guides, which is a non-routine
adjustment that would typically be done before
the upper blade guide and support bearing would
be adjusted.
G0504 16" Horizontal Resaw Bandsaw
Always
disconnect
power to the machine
before performing ser-
vice adjustments. Failure
to do this may result in
serious personal injury.
To adjust the lower blade guides:
1. Disconnect the resaw from the power
source!
2. Open the wheel cover for easy access to the
blade guide assemblies.
3. Make sure the blade is tensioned in the same
manner that will be used for operation.
4. Loosen the lateral adjustment bolts (shown
in Figure 34).
Vertical
Adjustment Bolts
Figure 34. Lower guide block adjustment bolts.
5. Adjust the assembly so the blade guides are
approximately
1
16
blade teeth, and tighten the lateral bolts.
6. Loosen the vertical adjustment bolts.
7. Adjust the lower blade guide so it barely
touches the bottom of the blade, then tighten
the vertical adjustment bolts.
8. Repeat Steps 4-5 on the other blade guide.
9. Adjust the upper guide blocks and the sup-
port bearings.
10. Close the wheel cover.
Lateral
Adjustment Bolts
" behind the gullets of the
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