Hello!
I have a problem and I need some help aligning my TS. I have a Grizzly 1022 contractor type TS. I recently purchased a dial indicator to help me align the blade to the miter slot. Originally the front blade measurement to the back blade measurement was off by .012. Specs for the saw list anything above .004 as being out of spec. Using many of the methods I've read about on this forum I got the alignment to approximately .002 front to back and was pretty happy about that. I then proceeded to put it back together. I rechecked and the measurement was off again by about .040! WTH!
I retraced my steps and have found that when I hang the motor on the belt it pulls the assembly out of alignment. I can see the mechanism move when the weight is applied.
So I took everything apart to find out why there is slop in the trunions.
What I see is that the piece that mounts to the cast iron top and the trunion bracket seem to be the culprits. This is the piece where the saw would rotate on. How do I tighten this up? I doubt the pieces are wore out because the saw really hasn't done any work.
At the moment I've got the top flipped over and I'm attempting to align the parallel bars (see pics) and I can't get these parallel and maybe it doesn't need be. The manual for the saw doesn't say anything about this but I've found a post from a delta saw that says this needs to be done.
I put a flat plate on the bars and pull on the motor hanger to twist the bars until the flat plate doesn't rock but as soon as a tighten the nuts on the bars the plate will rock. I can't get away from this. Any suggestions?
The bottom line here is I need ideas to tighten up the slop, align the bars (if this is necessary) and align the miter to blade. Again I've attached pics that hopefully show what I'm trying to do.