Hi,
I had similar issues with my saw before some adjustments were made. As other
people have said, the blade is everything. A 1/2" blade with 3 TPI seems to
work the best, and it should be of good quality. The motor which came with
my saw was a little weak for resawing to I made a new mounting bracket and
installed a full 1 hp motor, boy what a difference. Finally, all adjustments
and settings were checked and minor tuning was done. Things like the blade
guide adjustment, wheels being coplanar, etc. The saw will now resaw
anything that fits between the upper guide and table. Incidentally, adding
the riser block will only make your problem worse if things are not adjusted
correctly and the motor is weak.

Bob


"Toller" wrote in message
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I just bought a 1hp Delta 14" band saw. I got a 1/2" 4tpi blade for it and
have been playing with it.
It resaws 6" of mahogany easily enough, but bogs down on 6" of oak. I
made lumber out of black locust firewood, but it struggled.
It would be great to install a riser and be able to deal with larger
pieces, but since it doesn't do 6" all that well, I can't see doing bigger
pieces.

I would appreciate some advice on this from someone experienced.
Will installing a riser block change it's performance on smaller pieces,
or will that be pretty much the same as it is now?

The black locust lumber is pretty neat; any reason it is not used?