Grizzly G0621 owner manual Blade Changes, To replace the blade

Blade Changes

Always disconnect power to the machine when changing blades. Failure to do this may result in serious personal injury.

All saw blades are dan- gerous and may cause personalinjury.Toreduce the risk of being injured, wear leather gloves when handling saw blades.

To replace the blade:

1.DISCONNECT BANDSAW FROM POWER!

2.Release the tension lever.

3.Remove the table insert and the table pin. Adjust the upper and lower guide blocks away from the blade.

4.Open the upper and lower wheel covers and slide the blade off both wheels.

5.Rotate the blade 90˚ and slide it through the slot in the table.

6.Slide the blade through the table slot, ensur- ing that the teeth are pointing down toward the table. If the teeth will not point downward in any orientation, the blade is inside-out. Put on heavy gloves, remove the blade, and twist it rightside-out.

7.Slip the blade through the guides, and mount it over the upper and lower wheels.

8.Apply tension.

G0621 Wood/Metal Bandsaw

9.Turn the tension knob until proper blade ten- sion has been reached according to the blade thickness scale shown in Figure 39.

Tension Scale

Figure 39. Tensioner adjustment.

10.Check and adjust the tracking (Page 17).

11.Adjust the upper/lower guide blocks and the support bearings (Pages 19 and 21).

12.Close the wheel covers.

13.Replace the table insert and table pin, being sure not to use excessive force when insert- ing the table pin.

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