Grizzly G0459 owner manual Increase pressure roller pressure

Symptom					Possible Cause	Possible Solution
Short V-belt lifes-					1. Pulleys not aligned correctly.	1. Align pulleys (Page 27).
pan.					2. Improperly tensioned.	2. Properly tension V-belts (Page 26).
Conveyor				slips	1. Conveyor is too loose.	1. Tension conveyor (Page 28).
under load.					2. Too much load.	2. Decrease load.
Conveyor			tracks		1. Conveyor tracking is incorrect.	1. Track the conveyor so it runs straight (Page 28).
to one side; con-
veyor		hits		the
roller cover.
Workpiece				pulls	1. The sanding drum is not parallel with the table.	1. Adjust the sanding drum parallel to the table (Page
to one side dur-						29).
ing sanding oper-
ations.
Excessive snipe.					1. Too much pressure from all the pressure roll-	1. Reduce pressure roller pressure (Page 31).
					ers.
					2. Too much pressure from the rear pressure	2. Reduce rear pressure roller pressure (Page 31).
					roller.
					3. Lack of outfeed support.	3. Set up outfeed table or have someone catch the
						workpiece as it comes out.
Workpiece				kicks	1. Not enough pressure from the pressure rollers.	1. Increase pressure roller pressure (Page 31).
out of sander.
Sandpaper				tears	1. Nail/staple in workpiece.	1. Sand only clean workpieces.
off	drums		during		2. Sandpaper not tightened or fastened correctly.	2. Install the sandpaper correctly (Page 18).
operation.					3. Drum not perpendicular to the feed direction.	3. Adjust the drum perpendicular to the feed direction
						(Page 29).
Table			eleva-		1. Table lift screws are dirty or loaded with saw-	1. Clean and regrease table lift screws (Page 22).
tion	controls are				dust.
stiff	and hard to
adjust.
Poor dust collec-					1. Dust collection lines incorrectly sized for this	1. Use at least an 8" main line with two 6" branch lines
tion.					machine.	that each Y into 21⁄2" at the machine.
					2. Dust collector underpowered or too far away	2. Upgrade your dust collector or decrease the distance
					from this machine.	from the dust collector to the machine.
Grease		on		con-	1. Chain too low.	1. Raise table far enough up so it doesn't touch chain.
veyor belt

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