Grizzly G1016 XI. Cleaning, To clean your bandsaw, VII.D. and clean it. Use soap, Water only

Your meat cutting band- saw MUST be thoroughly cleaned after each use!

Bacterial infection is a major concern when working with raw meat. Your meat cutting bandsaw must be thoroughly cleaned with antibacterial soap and water or bleach and water after each use.

Fortunately, your saw was designed with these requirements in mind. A thorough clean- ing can be performed relatively easily.

To clean your bandsaw:

1.	Turn the power off and unplug the saw.
2.	Remove the table, fence, upper wheel
	guard with blade guard, and column
	guard. Wash them thoroughly.
3.	Pull the V-Belt off the pulleys (Section
	VII.D.) and clean it. Use soap and
	water only.
4.	Unscrew the threaded studs that anchor
	the saw to the stand and remove the saw.
	The motor is not sealed. Do not allow
	water to contact it. Take the saw to a
	place where you can thoroughly hose off
	any meat remnants and do so.

XI. Cleaning

7.Remove the enclosures from the sides of the stand. Clean out any spots that have been contacted by meat. Pay particular attention to the motor pulley. Be careful not to let water get down into the motor.

8.Re-assemble the bandsaw in the oppo- site order it was taken apart.

Do not neglect to clean your saw immediately after use. By cleaning it immediately, you will avoid bacteria, rust, stinky, rotten meat chunks, and a host of other problems.

To clean the meat grinder:

Remove the meat grinder from the saw by loosening the mounting bolt and pulling the grinder off. Completely disassemble the grinder and clean it with antibacterial soap and water or bleach and water. When re- assembling, be sure to orient the blade cor- rectly. The grinder will not grind effectively if the grinder blade is fitted backward. When the meat exits the auger, it should contact the flat, sharp side of the grinder blade – not the round, blunt side. Figure 16.

Meat Pusher

Grinder Body

Casing

Blade

Tube

5.	Thoroughly wash the saw with antibacte-
	rial soap or bleach. Do not forget to clean
	the blade. Soap is cheap, lather it up.
6.	Rinse the saw off with the hose and dry it.
	Some parts, such as the blade, will rust if
	not dried completely. Wiping the blade
	with vegetable oil will help to retard rust.

Auger DieLock

Mounting Bolt

Figure 16 shows the meat grinder disassembled for cleaning.

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