On 10/15/2014 10:25 AM, HerHusband wrote:
I have owned a Grizzly G0555 bandsaw for about seven years. It has a riser
block and uses 105" blades.

I have not been able to get the saw blades to track properly since I bought
the saw. The only way I can get the blade centered on the upper wheel is if
I tighten the tracking adjustment as far in as it will go. However, the
blade seems to ride right on the front edge of the lower wheel no matter
what I do.

I spent time last week trying to make sure the two wheels were coplaner. I
had to shim the lower wheel out about 1/4 inch. But I was concerned about
the lower wheel hanging off the shaft that far, so I removed one of the
spacers so it's only shimmed out 1/8" now.

It seemed like it was tracking better till I put a new blade on this week.
Now it wants to track on the front edge of BOTH wheels? I have the upper
support bearing behind the blade adjusted as far forward as it will go and
it's still 1/4" behind the blade.

I even tried to loosen the bolt going through the riser block to see if I
could shift things, but it has pins that keep it from moving.

What am I doing wrong?

Anthony Watson
www.mountainsoftware.com
www.watsondiy.com


Does the blade eventually move to the wrong position of right away? If
the blade gets warm it stretches. When it stretches it tracks differently.


I had this problem with my previous band saws and eventually bit the
bullet and bought a HD Laguna and tracking problems are a thing of the past.