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nuhobby
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BS blade bearings & Noise

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I'm away from the home computer so I can't locate my part-numbers right now, but lately I've been running fairly quiet BS bearings for several weeks :) . What I'm using are:

* For the double-bearing set near the tension-adjuster, I've got 2 Fafnir bearings, OEM style. It takes a good deal of patience to get these adjusted so they are exactly parallel with the blade path.

* For the upper & lower bearings near the "cutting action" I finally found aftermarket (VXB I think) bearings via a link from a knowledgable poster on this forum. They are the "fat" bearings like the OEM size, but they're rubber-shielded rather than metal-shielded.
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Post by foxtrapper »

Don't have nearly enough bandsaw experience to pretend I'm some sort of expert on them. That said, I have noticed my blade doesn't deflect until I start feeding the wood (or whatever) too fast. The faster I push, the more the blade deflects.
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Post by beeg »

foxtrapper wrote:That said, I have noticed my blade doesn't deflect until I start feeding the wood (or whatever) too fast. The faster I push, the more the blade deflects.
Don't push, feed it in. Let the blade do the work.
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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