Barry said:

Blade is 1/2 inch and am only trying to cut 1/2 inch plywood. Cuts fine in
one direction but not the other.

I'll check the adjustment again

The thickness of the material is irrelevant as to the blade width.

The band width and tooth set determines the minimum cutting radius,
which for a 1/2" blade, is generally about 5" in Diameter. If your
circles/curves are larger than 2.5" in Radius, then the set of your
teeth is probably fubar. If your curves are less than 2.5" in Radius,
then you're just going to twist the blade and remove the tooth set.
In that case, you need to go to a smaller blade width.

FWIW,

Greg G.