I spoke to Grizzly tech support again this morning and they are sending me a
new saw. For anyone worried about Grizzly support let me tell you this
incident takes any doubt from my mind. They are going to assemble the
replacement and check it to make sure everything is proper. The only thing
that could make this better is them having a B&M close by to cut down on the
transfer times. Anyone know what the going rates on real estate are in Muncy
PA?


"joeD" wrote in message
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My Grizzly G0555 came last week and after the initial setup everything
seemed pretty good, blade was square to the table, fence seemed to be
pretty nice and the wheels were coplanar. Even after adding a riser. The
blade that came with it sucked right off the bat so I didn't put much time
into setting up the guides knowing I would be ordering new blades. Made
some quick adjustments and started playing around doing some test cuts but
the blade seemed to burn most anything I put near it. So I pretty much
left it alone. It did seem to burn (cut) straight though.

Well today my Timberwolfs arrived. I put a 1/2" 3 tpi on and adjusted the
guides fairly low to the table then went to find a sacrificial piece of
wood to try it out on. When I raised the guide I realized the thrust
bearing (is that right?) was hitting the back of the blade. So went to
readjust it and had to bring it out almost a 1/4". Seems the guide post is
not lined up properly. Grizzly suggested shimming under the riser which
worked, but then the wheels were not coplanar. The top wheel needed to
come out almost 1/4". This didn't seem like a problem since I never throw
away a piece of hardware but putting 2 washers on the back of the wheel
leaves me only enough thread for half the bolt.

I did take the riser off and the stock 6" guide was off about half so I
don't think the riser is the problem.

Grizzly offered to first send a new upper portion of the bandsaw and if
that doesn't work they will replace the whole saw. But I want to make sure
I am not missing something or doing something wrong before I do this. Also
I am afraid what I get could be worse. Being new a total bandsaw noob I
need to know if these problems are normal or am I expecting to much? And
mostly what would you do?

BTW the saw seems to cut nice, plenty of power. I cut some slices from a
six inch piece of cherry and the thickness was pretty even according to my
dial indicator.