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Default 1/8 " bandsaw blade problem

On 2/16/2014 10:35 PM, Vic Baron wrote:
I have a Grizzly G0555 with a 12" riser. Added an Iturra spring.

I have had no problems with except one.

I've been trying to use a 1/8" blade for some scroll work and I'm having
a helluva time keeping the blade tracking.

I get it set and it runs fine for a little while and then it will start
to move either forward or back. I've tried TimberWolf and Olsen and
HIghland Hardware 105" blades and it makes no difference.

I've tried putting it on the crest of the wheel, just in front or just
behind the crest. It just seems so touchy I figure there must be a
better way.

Any ideas?

Thanx,

Vic


12" riser? not 6"

anyway, a 1/8 blade is a touchy blade. I use a carter guide for
scrolling. This is not a blade that you use for long straight cuts, it
needs support and it needs the guides setup perfectly if you are using
guides. I don't use guides with the 1/8, just the single thrust bearing
behind the blade which has a groove in it...

If you are talking tracking on the wheel itself, well that's a result of
a tuned saw. you must have a coplanar set of wheels, you must have a
crowned wheel, and you must set the guides correctly as above. Coplanar
is the most important 1st step.

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Jeff