Saw Blade

The saw blade is extremely sharp. Use extra care when handling the blade or working near it. Serious injury is possible.

Review this section, even if your saw blade came pre-installed.

To install the blade:

1.DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM POWER!

2.Put on heavy leather gloves.

3.Remove the table insert, blade guard, and splitter–if previously installed.

4.Use the arbor wrenches to loosen and remove the arbor nut, flange, and blade.

Note: The arbor nut has right hand threads; turn it counterclockwise to loosen.

5.Slide the blade over the arbor with the teeth facing the front of the saw, as shown in

Figure 23.

Teeth Direction

& Blade Rotation

Front Of Saw

Figure 23. Correct blade direction.

6.Re-install the arbor flange and the arbor nut, and tighten them against the blade with the wrenches included with the saw. DO NOT overtighten.

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Blade Guard and

Splitter

You must install the blade guard and splitter before operating the table saw.

To install the blade guard:

1.DISCONNECT THE SAW FROM POWER!

2.Put on heavy leather gloves.

3.Raise the blade up all the way.

4.Using an arbor wrench, loosen the hex bolt shown in Figure 24.

Splitter

Bracket

Pawls

Hex Bolt

Figure 24. Blade guard and splitter installed.

5.Insert the splitter into the bracket slot, and tighten the hex bolt to lock the splitter.

6.Lift up on the splitter pawls and install the table insert (see Table Insert, Page 25).

G0651/G0652 10" Extreme Series Table Saws

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Grizzly G0651, G0652 owner manual Saw Blade, Blade Guard Splitter, To install the blade guard