Originally Posted by
John Ziebron
Ben, I absolutely agree with you. If I bought my sander new from Grizzly they would be taking care of the problem. I posted my story for several reasons. This problem is starting to appear like a common one with this sander. Other folks with this model that haven't checked it for square, should. Folks considering purchase of this sander now know that this squareness issue may be a problem they will have to deal with.
And I was merely pointing out a possible solution for those in my situation (used and/or past the warranty period) who have this sander with a squareness issue. Another possible solution is to have the platen surface ground. But that would likely require purchasing a new graphite strip since the original would have to be removed for grinding.
Lastly, if Grizzly monitors this forum and sees a probable systemic problem in the manufacturing of this machine they may look into and change their process in making the platen.
Oh I'm with ya, believe me. That is the other reason I created the thread, so others will know in the future that these problems can and do exist and they process by which they either do or do not get taken care of. Ill continue posting as I go through the process.
Latest update:
Grizzly contacted me yesterday (Friday) and wanted more images. They are trying to determine if its the platen or table that is out of whack. I thought the "measurements" I had already taken were enough to show that its the platen, but the tech I was working with and I came with a few more shots and "measurements" I could take to confirm that. It is definitely the platen. It is bowed in the middle as well as slightly bent in the lower right corner where Im seeing the deflection from the right side of the table. Im going to send the latest images off to them and we'll see what they come back with.
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