Grizzly G0560 - Manual (Page 25)

G0560 Meat-Cutting Bandsaw -23-
Blade Tension
The bandsaw blade must be adequately ten-
sioned so that it will cut straight and not fall off the
wheel during operation.
To tension the bandsaw blade:
1. Disconnect the machine from the power
source!
2. Remove the thumbscrew that secures the
upper cover, then pull the upper cover off the
bandsaw unit to expose the upper wheel.
3. Turn the tension bolt (shown in Figure 35)
counterclockwise to decrease the tension
and clockwise to increase the tension.
4. Tension the blade so that it deflects approx-
imately
1 ⁄
4
" with moderate pressure from your
finger.
Figure 35. Blade tension bolt.
Disconnect power to the
machine when perform-
ing any adjustments or
maintenance. Failure to
do this may result in seri-
ous personal injury.
Figure 34. Lower blade guide.
The upper blade guides shown in Figure 33 sup-
port the blade from moving side-to-side while cut-
ting. These should be adjusted to approximately
0.004" (about the thickness of a dollar bill) away
from the blade and should be behind the gullet of
the blade teeth.
Figure 33. Upper blade guide.
Blade Guides
The lower blade guides shown in Figure 34 are
underneath the table. These can be adjusted with
a screwdriver and should be set in the same man-
ner as the upper blade guides.
Blade Guides
Blade Guides
Gullet Line
Blade Guide
Tension bolt