On 5/21/2020 10:01 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
When I built my sawmill I used the ball bearing blade guide design of my
Delta 4" x 6" metal cutting bandsaw, which has proven less than ideal on
the sawmill, so I'm looking for alternatives. These appear to be popular:
http://cookssaw.com/standard-roller-guide-assembly/

As I understand it, they should be positioned to lower the blade 1/8" to
1/4" below its free position to help it resist twisting in the cut. It
concerns me that the blade back rests on and rubs the flange rather than
a separate ball bearing. Does anyone have experience with operating and
maintaining a bandsaw lumber mill?


I don't , but from what I've seen you post about it would seem
trivial for you to design a guide with the features you want ... Use
that basic design you posted the link to , but replace the flange with a
ball bearing . I'm thinking something like a scaled up 4x6 guide with 2
bearings per side in a sleeve roller and a back bearing , single but
also sleeved . Maybe use 4140 for the rollers .
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