I've had a Grizzly G0555 with riser block for a few years now. All in all I've had no problem with it. Being a weekend woodworker it doesn't get too much use. I'm having an awful time getting a 3/16 blade to stay on the crown of the tires. I use blades on up to 3/4 and have no problems but I can't seem to get it to stay.
I'm figuring it's my technique of install and tension but no matter what I try it fails. The wheels are coplanar and the tires are relatively new and have no pits nor sawdust clogs.
What happens is I get it installed on the crown upper & lower and then begin to tension. As I tension, the blade begins to move forward or back and I adjust the tilt accordingly. However, in the moving forward or back the blade gets off the crown of the lower tire. It takes quite a bit of manipulating to finally get the tension just right at the point the blade is crowned. After that, usually no problem, I can slice 1/4 slabs without drift, etc. I just think that changing a blade should be a 5 minute job not an hour.
Anyone have a solution short of selling the bandsaw :)
Thanx!