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SLIDING TABLE SAW
MODEL G0501
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
COPYRIGHT © JULY, 2003 BY GRIZZLY INDUSTRIAL, INC.
WARNING: NO PORTION OF THIS MANUAL MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY SHAPE
OR FORM WITHOUT THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF GRIZZLY INDUSTRIAL, INC.
#530903624 PRINTED IN USA
ONLINE MANUAL DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION IN THIS MANUAL REPRESENTS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE MACHINE AS IT IS CURRENTLY BEING SHIPPED. THE MACHINE
CONFIGURATION CAN CHANGE AS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED. IF YOU OWN AN EARLIER VERSIO
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WARNING Some dust created by power sanding, sawing, grind- ing, drilling, and other construction activities contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Some examples of these chemicals are: • Lead from lead-based paints. • Crystalline silica from bricks, cement, and other masonry products. • Arsenic and chromium from chemically treated lumber. Your risk from these exposures varies, depending on how often you do this type of
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Table Of Contents SECTION 1: SAFETY........................................................................................................................3 Safety Instructions for Power Tools ............................................................................................3 Additional Safety Instructions for Table Saws ............................................................................5 Preventing Kickback......................................................................
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SECTION 7: MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................50 Cleaning ....................................................................................................................................50 Miscellaneous............................................................................................................................50 V-Belts ..............................................................................
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SECTION 1: SAFETY For Your Own Safety, Read Instruction Manual Before Operating this Equipment The purpose of safety symbols is to attract your attention to possible hazardous conditions. This manual uses a series of symbols and signal words which are intended to convey the level of importance of the safety messages. The progression of symbols is described below. Remember that safety messages by themselves do not eliminate danger and are not a substitute for proper accident prevention measures.
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Safety Instructions for Power Tools 9. USE PROPER EXTENSION CORD. Make 15. USE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES. sure your extension cord is in good condi- Consult the instruction manual for recom- tion. Conductor size should be in accor- mended accessories. The use of improper dance with the chart below. The amperage accessories may cause risk of injury. rating should be listed on the motor or tool nameplate. An undersized cord will cause 16. REDUCE THE RISK OF UNINTENTION- a drop in line voltage result
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Additional Safety Instructions for Table Saws 1. SAFETY ACCESSORIES. Always use the 7. USING THE RIP FENCE AND THE blade guard and riving knife on all ''through- CROSSCUT FENCE TOGETHER DUR- sawing'' operations. Through-sawing oper- ING A CUTTING OPERATION. When ations are those when the blade cuts com- using the crosscut fence, the workpiece pletely through the workpiece. should never be contacting the rip fence while the saw blade is cutting. 2. KICKBACK. Be familiar with kickback. Kickback ha
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Protecting Yourself Statistics prove that most common acci- from Kickback dents among table saw users can be linked to kickback. Kickback is typically defined as the high-speed expulsion of stock from the table saw toward its oper- Even if you know how to prevent kickback, it ator. In addition to the danger of the oper- may still happen. Here are some tips to ator or others in the area being struck by reduce the likelihood of injury if kickback the flying stock, it is often the case that DOES oc
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Glossary Of Terms The following is a list of common definitions, terms and phrases used throughout this manual as they relate to this table saw and woodworking in general. Become familiar with these terms for assembling, adjusting or operating this machine. Your safety is VERY important to us at Grizzly! Arbor: Metal shaft extending from the drive Non-Through Cut: A sawing operation that mechanism, to which saw blade is mounted. requires the removal of the blade guard and riving knife. Dado and
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SECTION 2: GENERAL INFORMATION If you have any comments or criticisms that you feel we should address in our next printing, please write to us at: If you DO NOT read this entire manual before Grizzly Industrial, Inc. operating the machine, C ⁄O Technical Documentation you will greatly increase P.O. Box 2069 your chances of serious Bellingham, WA 98227 personal injury. To pro- tect yourself, read and Most important, we stand behind our machines. understand this entire We have excellent regional s
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SECTION 3: CIRCUIT REQUIREMENTS Plug Type The plug you install on your cord will depend 220V 3-Phase upon the type of service you currently have or plan to install. We recommend using the following plug and receptacle for your machine on a dedi- cated circuit only (see Figure 1a for an example): Plug & Receptacle ..................................L15-30 Serious personal injury could occur if you connect your machine to the power source before you have completed the set up process. DO NOT connect
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Plug Type 440V 3-Phase The plug you install on your cord will depend upon the type of service you currently have or plan to install. We recommend using the following plug and receptacle for your machine on a dedi- cated circuit only (see Figure 1b for an example): Serious personal injury could occur if you Plug & Receptacle ..................................L15-20 connect your machine to the power source before you have completed the setup process. DO NOT connect the machine to the power source
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Grounding Extension Cords Because of the high amperage draw from this machine, we do not recommend the use of exten- sion cords. Instead, position your equipment near Electrocution or fire could installed wiring to eliminate the need for exten- result if this machine is sion cords. not grounded correctly. Make sure all electrical cir- cuits are grounded before you connect them to the machine. DO NOT use the Model G0501 if it is not grounded. In the event of an electrical malfunction or break- do
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3. At the voltage transformer, remove the wire Rewiring to 440V that leads to the “220” terminal and connect that wire to the “440” terminal (see Figure 3). The Model G0501 can be rewired for 440V oper- ation. This rewiring job consists of disconnecting the saw from the power source, changing the connections on the voltage transformer, changing the overload relays for the cutting motor and scoring motor, and rewiring the cutting motor and scoring motor. 0 220 340 440 480 The necessary overload
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SECTION 4: FEATURES & CONTROLS 8 1 7 6 2 3 5 4 Figure 4. Main view of machine features and controls. 5. Control Panel & Digital Display—Features Main Features a combination of digital and push-button con- trols for operating the many features of the saw. 1. Flip Stops—Used for quick measurements 6. Sliding Table—Conveniently glides the for crosscutting. workpiece through the blade with effortless precision and ease. 2. Crosscut Fence—Used during crosscutting operations. Features a scale and mult
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9 10 13 11 14 Figure 5. Blade guard and dust ports. Figure 7. Blades. 13. Main Blade—Performs the cutting opera- 9. Blade Guard—Fully-adjustable blade guard tions. allows high visibility of the cutting operation while maintaining maximum protection 14. Scoring Blade—Small cutting blade that around the saw blade. rotates opposite the main saw blade. The blade scores the workpiece before the actu- 10. Upper Dust Collection Port—2" port open- al cutting operation is performed; thus, pre- ing allows
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Control Panel N S P O R T Q M A L K J I B C F D G H E Figure 8. Control panel close-up. A. EMERGENCY STOP Button—Disconnects power to all motors in the motor cabinet. L. “-” Key—Manually decreases the angle of the saw blades in increments of 0.1˚. B. MAIN BLADE OFF Button—Stops the main saw blade. M. Set Key—Used to set blade angles entered into the keypad. Also, used for calibration. C. SCORING BLADE OFF Button—Stops the scoring blade. N. Digital Display—Displays the current angle of the saw bl
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Rip Fence Controls Blade Guard Controls D A C A B B C Figure 9. Rip fence controls. A. Fence Assembly Lock Down Lever— Figure 10. Blade guard controls. Secures the fence assembly into position A. Height Adjustment Locking Lever— along the fence rail. Secures the blade guard in the desired verti- cal position by clamping the dovetail slide. B. Micro-Adjust Knob—Precisely adjusts the fence. B. Leveling Adjustment Locking Lever— Allows the blade guard to be adjusted hori- C. Forward/Backward Slide
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SECTION 5: SET UP About this Section Piece Inventory The purpose of this section is to guide you Main Crate: through the required steps to get your machine out of its crate and into operating condition. • Saw Base Unit • Blade Guard • Blade Guard Lower Support Arm • Blade Guard Upper Support Arm • Blade Guard Swing Arm This machine presents • Push Stick serious injury hazards • Large Extension Table to untrained users. Read • Large Extension Table Braces (2) through this entire man- • Small Ext
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In the event that any non-proprietary parts are missing (e.g. nuts or washers), we would be glad to replace them, or for the sake of expediency, replacements can be obtained at your local hard- ware store. Figure 13. Extension tables and braces. Figure 11. Saw unit. Figure 14. Rip fence components and push stick. Figure 12. Blade guard assembly. -18- G0501 Sliding Table Saw