Brendan Stewart
06-09-2015, 11:43 PM
Hello,
I want to give some background about my experiences and have a few questions for owners of this bandsaw.
I just recently recieved a grizzly GO555LX bandsaw and after setting it up specifically to the specifications as directed to the manual, I noticed it was having vibration issues, as well as a severe wobble during its shut down period. At best I was able to balance a nickel on the table for about 30 seconds, but generally only around 10-15 seconds, never would it be able to start, run at speed, and stop with a nickel balanced. Of course I inquired with technical supported and tried to figure it out. I tried so many things, I was at it for days, level secure base, new blade, tracking, belt, pulley allignment, coplanar, allignment you name it, but just could not alleviate these issues by much at all and figured the wheel to be out of balance. However, Just a few days later I noticed the motor clicking and sparking and tracked that issue to the centrifugal switch and accompanying components. Mind you, I hadent even used the saw to cut any wood yet. So now I had these vibration and wobble issues as well as an electrical issue and waiting on back ordered parts. At that point it would have been one full month of ownership with no sawdust on the floor whatsoever. By this time I went ahead and just inquired with CS about just exchanging my machine for a new one, they agreed and I am going through that process now. I did not want to return the saw, because I've heard great things about them and figured mine is just having issues, and really it just fits my budget so well.
So my question is for any owners of this saw, what should I expect to be normal for this saw when I recieve and set up my new one?
should I expect to be able to balance a nickel on it while running? And throughout the process of starting, stopping and shut down?
has anyone else experienced any of these vibration wobble issues? Is a certain degree of this vibration and shut down wobble to be expected? How much?
Of course I don't expect a flawless saw, at this price point, how could I? I'm really not a picky person, but based on so many great reviews of this saw, I was expecting better, and hope/assume better will arrive.
Anyway, this in no way is a bash on grizzly, in fact, should everything go as planned, I will be even more impressed by them for working with me. despite these early issues, the way CS has had my back on this process, I really appreciate them for that. I believe I may have had a defective machine, and can only assume most people's grizzly tools run better than this, or else I wouldn't assume this company to be as big, well known and accepted as it is for some people.
Anyway, thanks for reading, any input would be greatly appreciated.
I want to give some background about my experiences and have a few questions for owners of this bandsaw.
I just recently recieved a grizzly GO555LX bandsaw and after setting it up specifically to the specifications as directed to the manual, I noticed it was having vibration issues, as well as a severe wobble during its shut down period. At best I was able to balance a nickel on the table for about 30 seconds, but generally only around 10-15 seconds, never would it be able to start, run at speed, and stop with a nickel balanced. Of course I inquired with technical supported and tried to figure it out. I tried so many things, I was at it for days, level secure base, new blade, tracking, belt, pulley allignment, coplanar, allignment you name it, but just could not alleviate these issues by much at all and figured the wheel to be out of balance. However, Just a few days later I noticed the motor clicking and sparking and tracked that issue to the centrifugal switch and accompanying components. Mind you, I hadent even used the saw to cut any wood yet. So now I had these vibration and wobble issues as well as an electrical issue and waiting on back ordered parts. At that point it would have been one full month of ownership with no sawdust on the floor whatsoever. By this time I went ahead and just inquired with CS about just exchanging my machine for a new one, they agreed and I am going through that process now. I did not want to return the saw, because I've heard great things about them and figured mine is just having issues, and really it just fits my budget so well.
So my question is for any owners of this saw, what should I expect to be normal for this saw when I recieve and set up my new one?
should I expect to be able to balance a nickel on it while running? And throughout the process of starting, stopping and shut down?
has anyone else experienced any of these vibration wobble issues? Is a certain degree of this vibration and shut down wobble to be expected? How much?
Of course I don't expect a flawless saw, at this price point, how could I? I'm really not a picky person, but based on so many great reviews of this saw, I was expecting better, and hope/assume better will arrive.
Anyway, this in no way is a bash on grizzly, in fact, should everything go as planned, I will be even more impressed by them for working with me. despite these early issues, the way CS has had my back on this process, I really appreciate them for that. I believe I may have had a defective machine, and can only assume most people's grizzly tools run better than this, or else I wouldn't assume this company to be as big, well known and accepted as it is for some people.
Anyway, thanks for reading, any input would be greatly appreciated.