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I had the same problem when trying to adjust the height. At first I made a stick that was just the right length from under the drive shaft of the bandsaw and setting on the SS base frame below. Then just lower it in place and tighten the shaft locks and remove the stick. Later, finding the exact dis...

I recently purchase the 5/8" bandsaw blade direct from SS. I needed to resew some Sapele that was 1" thick and just under 6" in width. After installing the blade and setting the tension to the 1/2" value and adjusting my fence so that is was exactly parallel with the blade I was ...

I also installed newly sharpened blades in my SS Planer using the exact same dial indicator. I never did check that the cutter head itself was level with the table, only that the blade tips were. I managed to adjust all three blades end to end within .002 of level with the table itself by using the ...

If you happen to have the Shopsmith Tenon Master Jig is there any reason why it could not be used to align the blade and the fence? It is precision made to be square with the blade and rides snuggly in the track slots.

Any metal spacer can be used to help along the face.

Max
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First post for me. I recently purchased a 5/8" blade from SS. After installing the blade and doing a complete aligning the blade runs so true that I have been able to re-saw .125 planks from a 3/4" x 6" piece of Sapele which is a very hard wood with almost no perceptible variation in ...