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Grizzly H3051 Riser Block Kit for G0555
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Price:
$69.95*
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| Part No: | B0000DD4HM |
| Manufacturer: | Grizzly |
| MFG Part: | H3051 |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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Increase your G0555 14" bandsaw's cutting capacity to 12" high with this bolt-on 6" extension block kit. Includes all necessary hardware plus extended blade guard and 3/8" x 105" x 6 TPI blade.
| Works as described. Setup was pretty easy. Overall, excellent product | 2010-05-21 | 5 / 5 |
| What more can I say? It installed in about 1 hour. The only difficult part was balancing the top wheel assembly on the riser with one hand while I tried to guide the main bolt through the hole and get the thread started with the other hand. Kind of a balancing act. While I'd highly recommend having a second person balance the top section while I threaded the bolt (or the other way around) it's actually doable with one person.
Don't forget to buy the bigger blades when you buy this. Look for the "wood slicer" by Highland Woodworking, they're excellent at resawing without leaving much tool marking.
Realigning the saw with the new blade was a snap, since I'd just gone though it a week or two earlier. I started cutting some 2" x 12" x 28" spalted maple into 3/8" thick sections for door panel inlays. The cuts look beautiful.
It's hard to really evaluate a hunk of metal that makes your bandsaw capacity a little better, but in this case, the fact that it went so smoothly to install and I was cutting wood with the new blade in just about an hour, suggests they did everything right. |
| 14" Rigid Bandsaw | 2010-02-08 | 5 / 5 |
| After reading some of the reviews on this Extension Block Kit, I bought one for my Rigid bandsaw. I followed the directions and had the kit installed in about an hour. Every thing went well and the fit was good. After installation everything lined up well and I installed my 105" Wood Slicer blade. Made a few cuts length wise through a 4x4, some hard rock maple will be next. Rich
Grizzly H3051 6" Extension Block Kit |
| Great up grade | 2009-07-08 | 5 / 5 |
| My friendly UPS man delivered this item about 2:00pm, and by 3:30pm my saw was back together. I have a Ridgid saw, and everything fit to a tee. I rigged a strap over a garage door track to hold up the upper half of the saw after it was loose from the bottom. I got the riser block in and the top half aligned and needed two more steadying hands which the LOML provided. Like another reviewer, I repainted the block gray so it matches.
The bolt head and the nut are an odd size. I used a large adjustable wrench on the head end and a 15/16 wrench on the nut. That was definitely the largest challenge.
I lowered the upper wheel as low as it would go to install the new blade (6TPI +/-). I carefully tensioned the blade and set the tilt so that the blade tracked correctly. Turned it on, and cut a test piece. Everything works well, with low noise and vibration, same as before. A+ to Grizzly. |
| Works, but it not a smooth ride, nor complete instructions. | 2009-06-29 | 3 / 5 |
| Grizzly H3051 6" Extension Block Kit It installs, with some adjustment and "persuasion". Like my father-in-law used to say, "if it doesn't fit, don't force it, just get a larger hammer."
The tabs were oversized for the tab holes on the block. A little reaming, a little block and mallet and it went on. Then when tightening the nut it all compressed and straightened nicely. The nut, by the way is an odd, and largish, 21 mm nut, the riser settled in nicely. But better have small wrenches of proper sized box end wrench because the bottom nut clearance is quite tight.
The installations instructions are approximate one learns. The instruction sheet is not complete; not all steps are included. Intuition guides, but I'd advise walking the process before diving right in. For instance if you follow what it says to do, after unbolting the original riser bolt and try to lift the head you are in for a surprise. the instructions do not say to remove the blade guide in the head which connects to the body below. Opps! I'd recommend getting very familiar with pages 18-19 and 33 of the saws users manual.
Watch out on adding the new blade. The new blade was too small even after loosening the tensions apparatus as much as possible. I had to go through gymnastics to finally loosen the wheel to get the new blade on. Then the fun began is readjusting all the tensioning options, and blade tracking. It was a multiple try iterative process. All other guides then needed, both top and the bottom, factory-set guide wheels. And after all this for some reason every time I'd start the saw, the blade would reposition itself even after the whole routing of re-tension, check tracking set back guide wheels and then the side guide wheels.
The biggest annoyance is that the whisper quiet saw I initially knew is no longer. The noise and vibration was unbelievable. I could not let it stand. I spent 1 1/2 hours readjusting and This was the fine tuning that took the most time. It is now better and tolerable, but even so there is more squeak and vibration than pre-riser block addition.
The good news if however that I have a full 12.25" of clearance for resawing and an old friend back on line. It is worth the hassle and $60. It is a great saw that will be made much better when I add composite guide block vs the guide wheels and upgraded blades. (Check Highland Hardware)
For this and for all other wood shop additions I HIGHLY RECOMMEND reading Bill Pentz's site on shop dust collection and all extant dust collection systems--the health hazards to the dust, the false security of shop dust collections systems (perpetuated by ALL the vendors of dust collection produces) and Bill's designs to make it safer to enjoy our work/hobby in the wood shop. Bill is an engineer, a very smart designer and an responsive and introspective fellow. [...]
Check it out soon. |
| Some adjustments required... | 2009-05-19 | 5 / 5 |
| | As other reviews note, the installation of the block is fairly simple, and I was able to do it by myself. I did have to go buy a wrench for the rather large bolt that attaches the block to the bandsaw. Also, a bit of fiddling with the tensioner was necessary to enable the 105" blade to fit. After installing the block the blade was initially too short to fit on the wheels. But overall the block works well, and is reasonably priced. |
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