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Like most of you I have spent a lot of time thinking about installing better dust collection. I found Bill Pentz’s website a bit overwhelming at first, but by about my tenth reading I finally started to get what he was talking about. I had three big take aways from reading his work: first, you need ...

Hi Stew & JPG, Thank you so much for the advice! I think I was too timid when I did my initial push-pull of the upper wheel: after reading your suggestions I measured the cant at about 1/8". I just gave the upper wheel a more forceful push-pull and now the offset is appproaching a 1/4"...

I'm hoping someone on the Forum can help me with a bandsaw tracking problem. I have had my bandsaw for more than 10 years and have never had a minutes trouble with the tracking (purchased new in 1996). In that 14 years I have always used 1/4" and 1/8" blades. Recently I needed to do some r...