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Gameplayer wrote:

I just got the Ridgid 14" bandsaw and set it up a couple weeks ago.
It all went together nice, and then I wanted to test it out. I took a
couple scraps of wood (no thicker than 3/4"), put a spare miter gauge
into the slot, and tried running the wood through. I expected that
the cut would be more or less perpendicular to the back side of the
wood (where it rides on the miter gauge), but no dice. The cut "veers
off" or "drifts". If I drew a straight line across the wood in the
direction where I was making the cut, I could start out on the line at
the beginning of the cut, then I'd end up about 1/2" or more (on a 3"
wide piece of wood) above the line. Sorry if I'm over-explaining, but
does this make sense?

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All band saw blades are not created equally, a better quality blade
than the one that came with the saw will likely solve most of your
problem. If the teeth on the blade are not set the same on each side
the cut will wander. If you are ripping and only have that blade,
instead of using the guide that came with the saw clamp a straight
edge on the table at an angle to the blade equal to the run-off,
unfortunately this will not help with a cross cut.

For what its worth, I used to use a Stanley Mitre Box and when I had
the saw sharpened I would take the box to the sharpener as well as the
saw. He would check the saw for perpendicular cutting and adjust the
set to obtain a 90 degree cut.
FrankC

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