Grizzly G0555 - Manual (Page 24)

-22- G0555 14" Ultimate Bandsaw
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
ways—forward/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 .
Adjusting
Blade Guides
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 .
Figure 25. Lateral adjustment of blade guides.
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 .
Blade
Gullets
Blade
Guide
Bearing
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.
Figure 26. Blade guide bearings against both
sides of blade.
Blade
Guide
Bearings
Cap
Screw
Cap
Screw
Thumb
screw
Knurled
Knob