Grizzly G0555 Adjusting Blade Guides, To adjust the upper and lower blade guides

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 waysÑforward/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.Unplug the bandsaw!

3.Familiarize yourself with the blade guide controls shown in Figure 24.

		Knurled
		Knob
Cap
Screw
Blade		Thumb
	Cap	screw
Guide
Bearings	Screw

Figure 24. Blade guide controls.

4. Loosen the thumbscrew on the forward/backward adjustment rod.

5.Rotate the knurled knob behind the blade guides to position the blade guides laterally, so that the edges of the bearings are just behind the blade gullets as illustrated in Figure 25.

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Blade

Guide

Bearing

Blade

Gullets

Figure 25. 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 that the knurled knob will not turn.

7.Use an Allen wrench to loosen the cap screws behind the blade guides.

8.With an Allen wrench, rotate the center por- tion of the blade guides to position the bear- ings so they make light contact on both sides of the blade as illustrated in Figure 26.

Figure 26. Blade guide bearings against both

sides of blade.

G0555 14" Ultimate Bandsaw