On 1/8/2020 3:31 PM, knuttle wrote:
I have an older table top bandsaw that I have used for some time.Â* I was
using a fine metal cutting blade on the saw, but changed it out for a
wood cutting blade for an upcoming project.

With the metal cutting blade every thing was fine, but when I switched
the wood cutting blade would not cut.Â*Â* It is almost like pushing the
wood into a wall.

I have check every thing I could think of ie teeth directions, tension,
etc.Â* I have checked the height of the blade guide to insure that there
is clearance for the wood to pass under it.Â*Â* I have purchased a new
blade but not installed it yet thinking the that may be the problem.

Is there any thing else I should be considering that would cause the saw
not to cut?

I assume that you can get the workpiece in contact with the wood.
What happens when the teeth contact the wood? Do they continue to "cut"
or do they stall out and stop.

Obviously, if they continue to move against the wood but do not cut,
you're mistaken and are trying to cut a piece of carbide steel rather
than wood.

OTOH, if the blade is stalling out, something in the drive train is
amiss: tension, drive belt slipping, tires on the saw slipping?

If you ARE at least scoring the workpiece with the bandsaw with the
existing wood blade, go ahead in install and tension the new blade. The
old blade may be ruined and you forgot about it or the previous owner
(if there was one) did it and you just don't know of the particular problem.

Keep us all posted. It's an interesting problem.