MEATCUTTING BANDSAW WITH SLIDING TABLE - Grizzly

1 COPYRIGHT NOVEMBER, 2001 BY Grizzly INDUSTRIAL, INC. WARNING: NO PORTION OF THIS MANUAL MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY SHAPEOR FORM WITHOUT THE WRITTEN APPROVAL OF Grizzly INDUSTRIAL, IN TAIWANMEATCUTTING BANDSAWWITH SLIDING TABLEMODEL G5787 INSTRUCTION MANUALT able Of RULES FOR ALL TOOLS ..2-3 ADDITIONAL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION ..5 FUSING ..5 EXTENSION CORDS ..5 GROUNDING .. INVENTORY ..7-8 CLEAN UP ..9 SITE CONSIDERATIONS .. ASSEMBLY .. & UNIT ..14 SLIDING RAILS ..14V-BELT ..16 STAND COVER ..16 MEAT GRINDER .. GUARD ..18 BLADE GUIDES ..19 BLADE TENSION ..19 BLADE TRACKING ..20 CHANGING BLADES ..20 SUPPORT BEARING ..21 TEST RUN .. MEAT ..22 cutting MEAT.

2 AND BLADE ..26 LUBRICATION ..26V-BELT .. BREAKDOWN AND PARTS LISTS ..29-33 WARRANTY AND RETURNS ..34-2-G5787 MEATCUTTING BandsawSafety Instructions For Power ToolsSECTION 1: CHILDREN AND VISITORSAWAY. All children and visitors should bekept a safe distance from work MAKE WORKSHOP CHILD PROOF withpadlocks, master switches, or by removingstarter NEVER FORCE TOOL. It will do the jobbetter and safer at the rate for which it USE RIGHT not force tool orattachment to do a job for which it was KEEP GUARDS IN PLACEand in REMOVE ADJUSTING KEYS ANDWRENCHES. Form habit of checking tosee that keys and adjusting wrenches areremoved from tool before turning KEEP WORK AREA CLEAN.

3 Clutteredareas and benches invite NEVER USE IN DANGEROUS ENVI-RONMENT. Do not use power tools indamp or wet locations, or where any flam-mable or noxious fumes may exist. Keepwork area well Your Own Safety Read InstructionManual Before Operating This EquipmentIndicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if notavoided, WILL result in death or serious a potentially hazardous situation which, if notavoided, COULD result in death or serious a potentially hazardous situation which, if notavoided, MAYresult in minor or moderate injury. It may alsobe used to alert against unsafe symbol is used to alert the user to useful informationabout proper operation of the purpose of safety symbols is to attract your attention to possible hazardous manual uses a series of symbols and signal words which are intended to convey the levelof importance of the safety messages.

4 The progression of symbols is described that safety messages by themselves do not eliminate danger and are not a substi-tute for proper accident prevention MEATCUTTING BANDSAW -3-9. USE PROPER EXTENSION CORD. Makesure your extension cord is in good condi-tion. Conductor size should be in accor-dance with the chart below. The amperagerating should be listed on the motor or toolnameplate. An undersized cord will cause adrop in line voltage resulting in loss ofpower and overheating. Your extensioncord must also contain a ground wire andplug pin. Always repair or replace exten-sion cords if they become damaged. Minimum Gauge for Extension Cords10.

5 WEAR PROPER not wearloose clothing, gloves, neckties, rings,bracelets, or other jewelry which may getcaught in moving parts. Non-slip footwearis recommended. Wear protective hair cov-ering to contain long ALWAYS USE SAFETY face or dust mask if cutting operation isdusty. Everyday eyeglasses only haveimpact resistant lenses, they are NOT safe-ty SECURE clamps or a vise tohold work when practical. It s safer thanusing your hand and frees both hands tooperate NEVER proper foot-ing and balance at all RATING 25ft50ft100ft0-61816167-1018161411-12161 61413-1614121217-2012121021-301010 NoSafety Instructions For Power Tools14.

6 MAINTAIN TOOLS WITH sharp and clean for best and safestperformance. Follow instructions for lubri-cating and changing DISCONNECT TOOLS before servicingand changing accessories, such as blades,bits, cutters, and the REDUCE THE RISK OF UNINTENTION-AL sure switch is in offposition before plugging USE RECOMMENDED the owner s manual for recom-mended accessories. The use of improperaccessories may cause risk of CHECK DAMAGED fur-ther use of the tool, a guard or other partthat is damaged should be carefullychecked to determine that it will operateproperly and perform its intended for alignment of moving parts, bind-ing of moving parts, breakage of parts,mounting, and any other conditions thatmay affect its operation.

7 A guard or otherpart that is damaged should be properlyrepaired or NEVER LEAVE TOOL RUNNING UNAT-TENDED. TURN POWER notleave tool until it comes to a complete NEVER USE UNDER THE INFLUENCE ofalcohol or drugs, or when ALLOW UNSUPERVISED ORUNTRAINED PERSONNEL TO OPER-ATE THE sure anyinstructions you give in regards to theoperation of the machine are approved,correct, safe, and clearly MEATCUTTING BandsawBacteria from raw meat has been frequentlylinked to illness and even death! Describingproper meat handling techniques outside ofcleaning the BANDSAW is beyond the scope ofthis manual. If you are unclear about sanitarymeat handling practices, contact your localBoard of Health or the USDA to research theproper methods of meat handling.

8 No list of safety guidelines can be shop environment is different. Alwaysconsider safety first, as it applies to yourindividual working conditions. Use this andother machinery with caution and to do so could result in serious per-sonal injury, damage to equipment or poorwork Safety Instructions For Meat FEED MATERIAL EVENLYAND SMOOTHLY. Do not force or twistblade while cutting , especially when saw-ing through NOT MANUALLY STOP OR SLOWBLADE after turning off the saw. Allow it tocome to a complete stop before you leaveit INSPECTIONS, ADJUSTMENTS,AND MAINTENANCE ARE TO BE DONEWITH THE POWER OFF and the plugpulled from the outlet.

9 Wait for all movingparts to come to a complete stop. GOOD AND BAD AREHARD TO good habitsin your shop and safety will become sec-ond-nature to IF AT ANY TIME YOU ARE EXPERIENC-ING DIFFICULTIES PERFORMING THEINTENDED OPERATION, STOP USINGTHE MACHINE!Then contact our servicedepartment or ask a qualified expert howthe operation should be ALWAYS SANITIZE AND CLEAN ALLEXPOSED PARTS OF SAW THOR-OUGHLY AFTER cutting RAW MEAT. 14. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SAFEMEAT HANDLING TECHNIQUES, thencontact your local Board of Health orthe USDA for proper sanitary NOT OPERATE WITH DULL ORBADLY WORN bladesrequire more effort to use and are difficultto control.

10 Inspect blades before each POSITION FINGERS ORTHUMBS IN LINE WITH THE personal injury could NOT OPERATE THIS SAW WITH-OUT WHEEL, PULLEY, AND BLADEGUARDS IN REPLACING BLADES,make sureteeth face down toward the TABLE . Theforce of the cut is always down. Make surethe blade is properly tensioned. SHOULD ALWAYS BE FULLYSUPPORTEDby the TABLE or some type ofsupport NOT BACK MEAT AWAY from theblade while the saw is running. Plan yourcuts so you always cut out of the meat. Ifyou need to back the meat out, turn thebandsaw off and wait for the blade tocome to a complete stop. Do not twist orput excessive stress on the blade whilebacking meat SHOULD BE RUNNING ATFULL SPEED before beginning a MEATCUTTING BANDSAW -5-SECTION 2: CIRCUIT REQUIREMENTS110V OperationA 15-amp fuse or circuit breaker should be usedwhen fusing this BANDSAW .