Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:11 pm
OK! Problem solved! Incorrect cant was the problem.billmayo wrote:If the upper wheel needs to be canted more, I recommend removing the upper wheel and use a 18" to 24" snug pipe on the axle to bend the arm. Do not push or pull on the upper bandsaw wheel. I have a few examples of someone getting carried away doing this. I have been unable to take out all the twists from some wheels as these wheel twists do effect the blade tracking.
Following Bill's pipe advice and JPG40504 directions in a previous thread, I corrected the cant and 1/8" blade tracks fine now.
- With a straight edge laid against the upper wheel, the straight edge should clear the top of the lower wheel by about 1/4".
If there is no clearance: - removing the upper wheel
- use 18" to 24" snug pipe on the axle to bend the arm
- my finished clearance is about 3/8"
- does not take a lot of torque to bend the flat casting
go slow to avoid over correcting
does not matter how you bend the cast arm, just protect the axle
- does not take a lot of torque to bend the flat casting
Thanks so much,
Dan