Blade Tracking - Grizzly G0636X Owner's Manual

Blade Tracking

Personal injury or death
can occur if the machine
starts while your hand
is touching the bandsaw
wheel during tracking
adjustments. Disconnect
power from the bandsaw
before performing blade
tracking adjustments.
The blade tracking is primarily affected by the
tilt of the upper wheel, also known as "Center
Tracking"; and the alignment of both wheels, also
known as "Coplanar Tracking." (For Coplanar
Tracking, see the Wheel Alignment instructions
on Page 50.)
The wheels on this bandsaw were aligned at the
factory, so Center Tracking is the only adjustment
that needs to be performed.
To center track the blade:
1.
DISCONNECT MACHINE FROM POWER!
2.
Make sure upper and lower blade guides are
adjusted away from blade (see Page 24).
3.
Move quick tension lever to tightened posi-
tion and turn blade tension handwheel until
blade tension matches the mark on the blade
tension scale for appropriate blade thickness
(see Figure 12).
Blade Tension
Scale
Figure 12. Blade tensioning controls.
Model G0636X (Mfd. Since 09/18)
Blade Tension
Handwheel
4.
Open upper wheel cover.
5. Spin upper wheel by hand at least three times
and watch how blade rides on the crown of
the wheel. Refer to Figure 13 for an illustra-
tion of this concept.
— If the blade rides in the center of the upper
wheel and is centered on the peak of the
wheel crown, then the bandsaw is already
center tracked properly and no further
adjustments are needed at this time.
—If the blade does not ride in the center of
the upper wheel and is not centered on the
peak of the wheel crown, then continue
with the following steps.
The cast iron spokes may have sharp edges
and the blade teeth may extend beyond the
edge of the wheel, creating a laceration
hazard. Be careful when turning the wheels
by hand.
Blade
Centered
on
Wheel
Wheel
Figure 13. Center tracking profiles.
CENTER TRACKING
Blade Centered
on Peak of Crown
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