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kd6vpe wrote:Sweet,
Now I see what these three set screws can do. Thank you so much. Miraculusly my bandsaw seems to be pretty close to being set up right. The blade guard at the top position is alittle farther away from the back of the blade than when it is at to bottom position. One more question please. When I have the blade guard unlocked I there is alot of play front to back meaning the bearing can be moved by 1/4" until it is locked down then it is about a 65th away from the back of the blade is this normal movement?

It is quite 'sloppy' when unclamped.

Thank you for the confirmation guys. I was going to start adjusting the heck out of it but now I understand mine is fine. Shweeeeew!! I love this forum but sometime it make me start to wonder if I have my stuff adjusted properly. Thank you again for the training class. I do have to make a small adjustment but it is not a show stopper, I have solid rollers instead of bearings and they don't squeel much and when they do alittile bit of grease quiets them down just fine. Happy Thanksgiving. Oh I will post some new pics of the shop this weekend on the old thread. I hope you like what I have done.

I think I learned more about the saw reading this thread than I ever knew before! What happens for me on these threads is that I get to see a more" Whole" view of the machines. It is a much more interrelated picture, and hence more helpful to a less experienced wood worker. THANKS

dlbristol wrote:I think I learned more about the saw reading this thread than I ever knew before! What happens for me on these threads is that I get to see a more" Whole" view of the machines. It is a much more interrelated picture, and hence more helpful to a less experienced wood worker. THANKS

Most of what has been presented by posts to this thread is straight out of the manual! The exceptions being the bearing alterations some have made and some descriptions(hopefully accurate) of why what is there is there. Add to that a bit of been there done that information. The descriptions and experience is what makes this forum so beneficial.

Just overlook the occasional differences of 'opinion'(they also provide invaluable insight and self examination by the holder of an opposing opinion). So even the self anointed 'gurus' learn from these discussions.

It has been a while since I read this thread. I started playing around with band saw boxes and got a squeal from the saw. I re -read this, got out the manual , did maintenance and re- aligned the saw to the 1/4 in blade. I was not able to remove the squeal totally, but it is better. Interestingly ( to me anyway) the noise now happens only when there is no cutting pressure on the blade, and is a lower tone. I fought with the upper blade guide and bearing for several hours before I got things right, but again I learned a lot. Getting the thing aligned all the way up and down the blade and being able to move the guard up and down was my issue. I missed the " mark the starting position" instructions. That caused a lot of my issues. I think I will be able to do it more quickly if I need to do it again. The manual is great, but I was able to " see" much more after reading this thread. Thanks