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BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:53 pm
by beeg
How can I tell if my part#12 502690 Tension Indicator Scale is set correctly? I think I'm getting too little tension on that scale.
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:52 pm
by wa2crk
Beeg
The procedure is on page 12 and 13 of the bandsaw manual. If you don't have the manual there is one posted on the SS website. Procedure is quite simple.
Bill V
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:02 pm
by JPG
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 11:32 pm
by ERLover
I go by the rule no matter the band saw, and dont trust the scale, and it depends on the size as far as a 1/4 or 3/8 1/2 ect, flick it with your finger like a qetuar string, if it hums it is right.
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:43 pm
by beeg
Thanks for the info people.
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:36 am
by Gene Howe
I just tighten a bit, turn it on and continue to tighten 'til the blade quits fluttering.
PS...Since the cover needs to be on while the BS is running, I drilled a hole in the case for access for the hex wrench.
Re: BS blade tensioning.
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:59 am
by dusty
ERLover wrote:I go by the rule no matter the band saw, and dont trust the scale, and it depends on the size as far as a 1/4 or 3/8 1/2 ect, flick it with your finger like a qetuar string, if it hums it is right.
I can't get a single one of my band saw blades to hum. When I pick mine like a guitar, they all twang. But that is NOT how I adjust tension. I do it like Gene Howe suggests. Adjust it til it quits fluttering but then I add about a quarter turn.