You're absolutely right greg. Got in contact with Grizzly and they said no riser block available for the 16". No problem though as I found a way around the issue. All this is toward being able to cut bowl blanks out of logs and after finding robo hippy's chain saw cutting setup I don't think I'm gonna need the cutting height I thought I would. And on the table size, once I found the tapped screw holes in the sides of the table I just mounted some angle iron extensions and laid some melamine on top and the problem was solved.
Yep Steve that's exactly what I did, just like you described. The only addition mine has is a section of T track embeded in the melamine to the right of the blade with about a 1 inch screw mounted to stick up as a pivot point. Further to the right is a tensioning knob mounted under the table that secures the sliding t track to cut whatever radius you need. REAL handy setup and a big step up from what I started with. Nice pieces by the way. I hope to work up to being able to make something like those someday. Would you care to make a general estimate of what these pieces retail value would be? My end goal is to do production runs for income. Thanks.
Sorry Jersey I'm so green I'm still learning the correct terms for tool parts. Yes the table is what I was trying to refer to. Far as year the saw was manufactured it's anybody's guess. Far enough back they weren't giving them a model number...only calling it a 16" band saw.