Calibrating Miter Gauge - Grizzly G1014Z Owner's Manual

Calibrating Miter
Gauge
the miter gauge needs to be calibrated to the
sanding disc when it is first mounted in the miter
slot.
To calibrate the miter gauge:
1.
place one edge of a machinist's square
against the face of the miter gauge and the
other against the sanding disc (see figure
44) or sanding belt.
figure 44. Calibrating miter gauge with square.
2. loosen the lock knob on the miter gauge and
adjust it flush with the edge of the square.
3.
tighten the lock knob and verify the setting.
Note: Sometimes the tightening procedure
can affect the adjustment.
4.
loosen the screw that secures the angle
pointer and adjust the pointer to the 0º mark
on the scale.
5. retighten the screw that secures the angle
pointer.
6. repeat Steps 1–5 in a similar manner to cali-
brate the miter gauge to the belt if you set up
the sander for vertical sanding.
model g1014z/g1014zX (mfg. 11/07+)
pre-Tracking Belt
you must perform the following procedure before
the test run to ensure that the belt does not come
off or get jammed against the sanding belt frame.
To pre-track the belt:
1. disConneCt sander From poWer!
2.
loosen the lock nut on the tracking control
knob (see figure 53 on page 31), then move
the quick release tension lever to the ten-
sioned position.
fingers or other body parts can be quickly
injured if they touch moving sanding surfac-
es. To reduce the risk of injury, wear gloves
during the next step.
3. standing in front of the sander, push the
sanding belt multiple times along the platen,
so that it moves in the direction of operation
(clockwise on the rollers), then watch how the
belt tracks on the rollers.
4.
adjust the tracking with the tracking control
knob and continue to rotate the belt by hand
until the sanding belt is centered on the main
roller, as shown in figure 45.
even spaces
on Both
figure 45. example of sanding belt centered on
main roller.
5. tighten the tracking control knob lock nut.
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