Power problems with the new saw

Oh yes and there will be pics of it's arrival and set up. Guess i have to get the shop cleaned up now

Congrats, Drew. Great choice.

Looking forward to seeing it.

Drew Watson said:

Oh yes and there will be pics of it's arrival and set up. Guess i have to get the shop cleaned up now

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Nothing spawns a shop cleanup like an impending new machine arrival ;-)

Thats a dandy of a saw Drew look forward to it coming in and seeing it in its new home

Just checked the tracking number that was sent with the shipping confirmation. It is in Vancouver BC already with expected delivery to Victoria on monday. Wow now that is what I call great service. Oh darn guess what I am doing this weekend.

Well I spent last night cleaning and changing the shop around to try to figure out the best way to get the new tool to work. Moved the jointer around and made a big space near the lathe. I realised that I need to build a proper shop as the two car garage is just not the best set up for a shop. One wall is total door and the other is cluttered with pantry and fridge and hotwater tank and central vac and access door to the crawl space and 4 ft window and door to outside and one into the house. Geez It is amazing as to just how little working space I actually have. I have all the free wall space taken up with clamps and shelving and cabinets. My table saw looks more like a storage table than a table saw. I have no idea how Stu and Alex do it with the spacing they have as I feel cluttered and tripping over myself in a 20x20 gagarge. I have to move 20 things just to get access to the one tool that I need.

The grizzly has landed

Recieved the call today and when I got home this is what was in the driveway. Tomorrow I will get some wire and hook it up.

Sweet!!!

And nice job on duplicating your avatar pose!

Oh and an interesting story from the delivery guy (as he was telling the wife) They had some confusion as to which saw I was getting as there were two of the same saw from Grizzly that arrived at the same time. Different parties. Still pretty impressive 7 days from the time of the order to the date of delivery and through customs to boot.

Brent Dowell said:

Sweet!!!

And nice job on duplicating your avatar pose!

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Ahhhh notice the avitar has no beer in the other hand.

Your going to like that for sure, great saw I bet it will be a while before that smile leaves your face

Tom Niemi said:

Your going to like that for sure, great saw I bet it will be a while before that smile leaves your face

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You know it Tom

Very nice Drew. Good luck with it. I dont think you will be sorry, I bought a Grizzley table saw and I could not believe how great their customer service is.

She is a beauty Drew.

Good for you Drew. Now you can do more flatwork resawing.

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Great delivery service from Grizzly. I was contacted by Fed X to see if I wanted mine delivered in 3 days. I had to put them off until Tuesday. Grizzly seems to be on the stick.

I know Glenn has been very happy with his Grizzly machines. I purchased some Forstner bits from Griz. They cut so fast and smooth compared to all of my previous Forstner's. The first time I used the 3 inch, I thought it was going to suck bit, drill and me right on through the hole.

Enjoy,

Jim

Here is an update on the saw. I picked up a plug ( that didn't fit) and I swaped out the one on my jointer ( just to use it to check out the machine). I did all the wiring and plugged it in and nothing happened. So I pulled out the manuals that came with it and started to do some reading. Still could not find a reason that it wouldn't work. I pondered and checked out this and that and opened up the wiring scratched my head a bit and brought out the multi-tester and checked out the wiring to assure that the 220 was there and there was no short in the wire. I looked at the color pics of the wiring (like that would help) and scratrched my head some more. Almost at the end of my scratching I opened up the switch cover and there it was, two wires not connected. Of course the wire colors don't match the pics in the manuals, but the kind folks from Grizzly did provide the schematics and though it has been years since i did an electronics tech course ( 1980) I still remembered a few things. After tracing the wires, I figured out where they belonged ( seemed they used different colored wires) and with a flick of the switch it roared to life. Now I just have to do all the adjustments and I will get to play with it. Oh and for the inqiry about it's use. I bought this saw for my turning more than I bought it for flat work. Though I do have some 20 ft lenghts of clear 1x6 cedar that has been waiting 3 yrs for this beast so that I can get started on that kayak.

Drew Watson said:

I bought this saw for my turning more than I bought it for flat work. Though I do have some 20 ft lenghts of clear 1x6 cedar that has been waiting 3 yrs for this beast so that I can get started on that kayak.

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Ah heck, who cares why, Band Saws are just a lot of fun to use...

Congrats on getting it up and running!