Assembly - Grizzly G1140 Owner's Manual

Assembly

to assemble your edge sander:
1.
With the help of an assistant, carefully lay the
machine on its side.
Serious personal injury could occur if you
try to lay the machine over by yourself.
2. install the four feet in the bottom of the base
using the four 10-24 x
(figure 4), then stand the machine upright.
figure 4. Foot installed.
3.
loosen the belt tension lock knob.
4. thread a ⁄ -13 hex nut onto the tension lever,
1
2
slide the tension lever through the slot on the
top of the platen cover, then thread it into
the swivel assembly (see figure 5). it may
be necessary to have an assistant push the
idler roller back into the machine to allow the
tension lever to line up with the thread in the
yoke.
-16-
/ " phillips head screws
3
4
tension lever
swivel
assembly
hex nut
figure 5. tension lever installed.
5. tighten the hex nut against the swivel assem-
bly to secure the tension lever.
6. loosen the belt tension lock knob, and move
the tension lever to the release position, as
shown in figure 5.
7. Make sure the arrows on the inside of the belt
point in the counterclockwise direction, and
place the sanding belt over both rollers as
shown in figure 6.
notice arrow
direction on
Belt
figure 6. installing sanding belt.
g1140/g1531 6" X 80" edge sander
Belt
Belt
tracking tension
Knob
lock Knob