Originally Posted by
Leo Van Der Loo
Maybe you should look at this page from Grizzly, just scroll down and you will see there are 5 saw models, and two saws have alluminium wheels the others have cast iron wheels.
Remove this part/
http://www.grizzly.com/products/14-1...campaign=zPage /and this as well
You can see all dimensions are exactly alike, and as I said before the only difference here is again just the guide post are different because some use the rack and pinion adjustment and other do not.
As for Rich having a problem, who says it was the riser block that caused this, the block could have been off, or his height adjustment bracket could have been right, as these are just cheap cast pieces, I do not believe it was because of the riser block sets ###
Here are the riser sets all alike but for color and the guide post.
Leo,
I agree it could have been the original frame of the saw having the dimensional discrepancy. I never put a blade on 93" blade on it. I immediately installed the riser block and put the 105" blade on it. It is amazing how well the saw cuts now - just like the bandsaw at the paper mill where I previously worked.
Now you want to talk about bandsaws, we have two bandsaws at work made by Filer and Stowel back in the 60s. They have 8 foot diameter top and bottom wheels with a blade that is 13" wide. The shaft for the top wheel is about 10 ft above the operating floor and the bottom wheel is in the basement.They are capable of cutting up to a 54" diameter logs. We cut all local hardwood - up to 82,000 board feet per day. Working there, I am like a kid in a candy store at work. I get burls for turning, lumber and even a birdseye log now and then if it has a large heart.
Rich Aldrich
Last edited by Rich Aldrich; 05-25-2016 at 8:43 PM.
Thank you,
Rich Aldrich
65 miles SE of Steve Schlumpf.
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