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nomoman wrote:I tried to upload the pictures of the bandsaw. How do I change the size? They are 1260 x 960. I need them 800x600 to fit. I know I have to reduce them, but how?

This freebe has the ability to 'resize'(and a whole lot more!!!).


http://www.irfanview.com/main_download_engl.htm

I did some sleuthing on the bandsaw today. I removed both upper and lower guide bearing and guide blocks. This allowed the blade to 'go where it wanted'. The only thing controllong its position was the guide bearings in the back. I determined the blade positioned itself about 1/8" in further th...

dusty wrote:I AGREE but have one question. Why does changing bearings "almost always" eliminate the squeal for some period of time after the exchange???

The surface conditions causing the squeal are altered until they can be 'rebuilt'.

In another thread relating to bandsaw bearing noise, the subject of parallax came up. I submit the following so as to enable anyone who does not know or understand what parallax is to hopefully understand it and recognize when it occurs. Parallax occurs when the vantage point of the observer(or came...

Of course there are the wheel bearings which I have not changed. This sorta worries me] Thank You for the multiple answers the multiple questions! I have come around to believe the squealing is caused by the back of the blade 'sliding' on the face of the lower bearing. It occurs when the blade is '...

The blade barely contacts the bearing so sometimes it spins and sometimes it doesn’t, which must be the correct setting since there is no in-out adjustment of the guide bearings. Since the upper and lower bearing can be swapped with the noise source remaining on the bottom we know the problem is no...

Terrific end product. I like the 'styling' better than the original article!

RKH2 and EFMORAN Nailed it!

I understand why you believe that. It can certainly be read that way and if this is working for you - that is good. Reading the entire pdf as a whole, I have chosen to adjust mine slightly different than apparently you do. In addition to that, I am using different bearings than originally came with...

One downside(shared by any grinder wheel used on the SS). The grinding operation creates gritty objects and throws them towards the way tubes. If they take up residence between the way tube and the headstock bearing surface, . . . . . .

Oh yes I can! As a geeky test lab engineer I'm pretty well versed in things like accuracy and precision. They are NOT the same thing. Lets do some target shooting with a gun to clarify what I mean. We take gun #1 and shoot 10 rounds through it. It groups a nice tight pattern. But it's way off to th...