Adjusting Blade Guides - Grizzly EXTREME G0555X Owner's Manual

Adjusting Blade
Guides
The blade guides provide side-to-side support
to help keep the blade straight while cutting.
The blade guides are designed to be adjusted in
two ways—forward/backward and side-to-side.
Properly adjusted blade guides are essential to
making accurate cuts.
To adjust the upper and lower blade guides:
1. Make sure that the blade is tracking properly
and that it is correctly tensioned.
2. DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!
3. Familiarize yourself with the blade guide con-
trols shown in Figure 22.
Cap
Screw
Blade Guide Bearings
Figure 22. Blade guide controls.
4. Loosen the thumbscrew on the forward/back-
ward adjustment rod.
5. Rotate the knurled knob behind the blade
guides to position the blade guides later-
ally, so the front edges of the bearings are
just behind the blade gullets as illustrated in
Figure 23.
G0555X 14" Extreme Series Bandsaw
Knurled
Knob
Thumbscrew
Cap
Screw
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Figure 23. Lateral adjustment of blade guides.
NOTICE
Make sure that the blade teeth will not con-
tact the guide bearings when the blade is
against the rear support bearing during the
cut.
6.
Tighten the thumbscrew on the lateral adjust-
ment rod so the knurled knob will not turn.
7. Use a hex wrench to loosen the cap screws
behind the blade guides.
8. With a hex wrench, rotate the cap screws in
the center portion of the blade guides to posi-
tion the bearings so they make very light con-
tact on both sides of the blade as illustrated in
Figure 24.
Figure 24. Blade guide bearings against both
sides of blade.
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