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I am having a real problem with my jointer - it seems that no matter what I try when edge jointing I am cutting a bevel along the length of the board. I have recently replaced the knives and thought that might be the culprit so rechecked the installation. With a steel rule placed on the outfeed ...

Sorry I was using a 3/8" for the resawing and have since went up to a 5/8" and while the problem is better it still does it. But even using the smaller blades for cutting curves the bandsaw acts more like a scroll saw with the blade jumping all around.

I am having some problems with my bandsaw - it's not the newest one but not the oldest, I purchased it in 1997 with my model 510. The problem I am having is a wandering blade. I have the urethane tires and no matter how tight I get the blade the blade moves side to side with the cool blocks almost ...

This may have been addressed before but I could not find a thread. I put a thin kerf blade on the machine (510) and noticed the left hand clearence for the factory table insert is tight but doable (1/16") - until I put a floating table extension on the right side (Then it touches) unless I support ...

I am new to this board and wanted to pass on a trick I just figured out - it may be old hat to everyone else but it is new to me. If you have the shopsmith dado/moulding head arbor you can put a fine grit grinding stone on it (I am using a 8") and then slow the machine down so you can grind your ...