Bandsaw table to blade alignment

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:43 pm

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redleg · Post by **redleg** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:16 pm

Here is a previous post that discusses using shims or washers to fix the problem. https://forum.shopsmith.com/viewtopic.php?t=11912&highlight=bandsaw+vertical

I have left the extra washers in mine from when I did some bandsaw boxes and haven't had any problem with it.

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:16 pm

What you see is by design intent by shopsmith. The idea is to improve resawing. However when attempting to make other cuts this is not so good a thing.

There have been several discussions on the subject and some have shimmed the table to fix this. If you have two bandsaws you could have one for resawing and leave the blade/table as is. A second table could be shimmed for general sawing.

My shopsmith bandsaw has this feature and I've left it that way at least for now. Here is a picture of mine:

http://shopsmith.net/forums/showpost.ht ... stcount=23

On thinner materials I don't think you see the issue but when sawing thicker stock you will. I was thinking that maybe getting some auto body shims that can be taken off or put on quickly would be worth trying but I've not got that far yet.

Ed

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:29 pm

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:09 pm

judaspre1982 wrote:Thanks guys.
I never saw the other posts on the subject before.
My first pic is the saw I use for resawing only (5/8-4tpi blade ). I will leave that table as is for my resawing. The other table will probably be shimmed.
Thanks again for the links.

Dave

This is all I needed!:mad: An excuse to keep both Band saws.

Next I will be thinking a bandsaw for each blade!:D

db5 · Post by **db5** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:29 pm

JPG40504 wrote:This is all I needed!:mad: An excuse to keep both Band saws. Next I will be thinking a bandsaw for each blade!:D

You have more than two blades? You really are a Shopsmith junkie.

reible · Post by **reible** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:35 pm

Gee I thought I was special having two bandsaws, now every one is getting on that bandwagon. Time to start shopping for number 3. Well maybe if I find one really cheap and I have most of the other tools on this years list... yea one for cutting wet wood, one for resawing, and one for general sawing.

See how habit forming this forum is?

Ed

bffulgham · Post by **bffulgham** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:03 pm

judaspre1982 wrote:I have 2 SS bandsaws both from the mid 90s. Both have aluminum tables.
I happened to notice that the tables are not square to the blade on the back side of the blade.

My questions are, is this normal? Are all the tables pitched like this? Does this have any negative affects on cuts in any way?
I have been looking to get better results when resawing and was looking at all the alignments.
I looked in the manual under alignment procedures and found no mention for that situation.Looks like I could shim the tables to get them square to the infeed side of the blade. But is this really needed?

Dave

Here's the info from the manual that came with my 1980s SS bandsaw with the cast iron table:
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The online version of the manual, "Troubleshooting Guide" Page 41:
[INDENT]Table “pitched” (Not square to the back of the blade).
If pitch interferes with work, use flat washers or shims under table to raise low side.[/INDENT]

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