so waht ya doin today?

Ian

Ian

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Brad, is it the blade wheels or the drive/driven belt sheaves? The sheaves are held on by grub screws which should be simple to loosen via Allen wrenches and then you can wiggle the sheaves off or fret off by tapping alternate sides with a block of pine and hammer. The blade wheels should simply unbolt. The near wheel should come off if you remove the drawbar that pulls it to tension the blade. If tapping fails to remove the sheaves, look for threaded holes for puller bolts; you can easily make a puller bar out of three bolts, one nut, and a small piece of flat bar with three holes drilled in it. If no holes in the sheaves and stuck hard on the shafts you will need a bearing splitter and bar puller to match, but unless this thing has rusted together for a few years it shouldn't be anywhere near that badly stuck.
 
fiver

fiver

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how did they expect you to put them on in the first place?
if you have to use a puller you take the chance of bending or breaking the pulley's.
 
I

Intheshop

Banned
Just a cpl general useful add-ons for these saws.....

Drill/tap movable jaw on the end opposite the blade for a threaded rod adjuster.It gets used once in awhile when that end of jaw wants to "spring" in. About halfway up the jaw.

Need a small "machinist style" drillpress vise that will fit in your vise. It's for cutting very small pcs. Either use the tensioner above....or,I just keep a block of wood the same dimension as the little vise. It gets thrown on the offblade side to keep the jaws from springing.

Drill/tap the "table" on the out board side of blade.... inline with the "fixed" jaw of vise. Dosen't need to be huge... just a "stop". Dosen't get used all the time,and be careful of creating a pinch condition.

Get a pce of scrap to hold saw up at a "staging" or setup height instead of hyd cylinder. Saves wear n tear on the cylinder but saves more on your patience.... find some convenient place for it to "prop" from.

These saws generate a LOT of swarf. It can quickly become a mess. Anything you can do to mitigate will be worth your time. And this isn't just the mess that's on the floor. The sheet is gonna be all up the "works" of the saw..... piles of it. Well,unless you aren't using it? This is one slight advantage of "verts" (vertical BS)..... gravity plays a very important role in managing the mess. Whether it's a 4X6 BS,or a big honkin belt grinder. Try to use it (gravity) to it's full advantage.

The dual pitch blades are nice. Lennox makes some good, medium priced blade stock. Don't get too hung up on cutting fluids.... anything is better than none.
 
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I

Intheshop

Banned
Just a note on setscrews.... there are occasional "jam" screws. Meaning,there's TWO setscrews. The first is acting on the shaft..... the second screw is a jam screw backing up the first. Loosening the jam screw ain't doin squat to loosen the pulley/wheel/handle/whatever.

It "is" a Grizz,haha. No offense,so don't get the pantys in a wad but,there's a very good chance the machine was assembled by a previous "owner"..... who didn't read the Chingrish directions. Installed pulleys.... couldn't get guards on,returning the saw cause he couldn't pull the pulleys? All of this equipment, "irregardless" of it's birthplace can have some questionable engineering. The Chinese stuff is blatant "pattern" RIP offs of classic machines...... sometimes they even steal design mistakes. I'll stop there because it gets too funny.... completely dumb sheet.
 
I

Intheshop

Banned
Oh yeah,don't forget to "break in" your new blades Brad. Positively,nuthin will kill a new BS blade faster than tool steel or worse,stainless. Make a few cuts in some aluminum then mild steel before getting into the hard stuff.
 
Brad

Brad

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Ian was right, it was set screws. I hadn’t even looked for them.
Saw is now up and running. Pretty quiet actually, far quieter than the reciprocating saw I was using.
Cuts thru Al quite nicely.
Need a couple new blades. It came with a 14 TPI blade and that just goes too slow thru thicker stock. Will likely get an 8-10 TPI and another 14 TPI for starters.
 
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Brad

Brad

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I figure that when dealing with something mechanical that it pays to listen to the mechanic?
 
Brad

Brad

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Rick, I had worked all day and have a hell of a cold. I was tired and didn’t think about it.

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.
 
Rick

Rick

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Movies? Bah! :sigh: If ya had any idea how phony that sh*t is and what idiots a great many of the so called stars are you would understand why I'm no movie buff. And TV is far worse. After 34 years in that business I just don't watch it. None of it has any meaning or importance and it's a light year from any reality. For those that think that stuff is important that's probably a good thing for me cause it keeps my pension going.

Just for the record, I've never seen Butch Cassidy. Have never seen most of what Hollywood puts out and much of what I have seen was a chunk out of my life that I can never get back.
 
Hawk

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My wife hates watching TV show and movies, because I am the "plot hole police" and point out all the stuff that could never happen in real life.
 
fiver

fiver

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I mentioned the lovekisshappy pants Christmas movies being like romance novels the other day and my buddy sent me a list of all 4 plots they use.
I was like you too?
yeah, the wife's mom is visiting,, I seen more B-grade Christmas romance novel shows the last 2 weeks I couldn't help but notice.
 
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