I bought an old craftsman metal cutting band at a auction. Sears calls it
a continuous hacksaw. It has no ability to adjust the top wheel, just
tension. but the blade doesn't run off. I used it for a while until the
blade got dull. I replaced it with one from Enco and for some reason it
won't stay on for more than 2 seconds. I remounted the top wheel with
something that allows a little adjustment of the top wheel , didn't make a
differnece. Is it possible that some blade just don't run very true. I'm
sort of stuck, fresh out of ideas.

Jerry in Souderton Pa.

Did you re-mount the dull blade to see if it stays on again?

I don't know about old craftaman power tools, but the new stuff is
absolutely dreadful.
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"Derstine" derstine57ATcomcast.net wrote in message
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I bought an old craftsman metal cutting band at a auction. Sears calls it
a continuous hacksaw. It has no ability to adjust the top wheel, just
tension. but the blade doesn't run off. I used it for a while until the
blade got dull. I replaced it with one from Enco and for some reason it
won't stay on for more than 2 seconds. I remounted the top wheel with
something that allows a little adjustment of the top wheel , didn't make a
differnece. Is it possible that some blade just don't run very true. I'm
sort of stuck, fresh out of ideas.

Jerry in Souderton Pa.

If its a 4x6 bandsaw, then there is a Yahoo group, which can provide
just about all the info you are ever going to need. If its an older
saw, then the quality is likely to be better than those around today,
and its probably just a matter of simple adjusment.

k

Did you use the exact size, width, and thickness of blade specified?

Derstine wrote:
I bought an old craftsman metal cutting band at a auction. Sears calls it
a continuous hacksaw. It has no ability to adjust the top wheel, just
tension. but the blade doesn't run off. I used it for a while until the
blade got dull. I replaced it with one from Enco and for some reason it
won't stay on for more than 2 seconds. I remounted the top wheel with
something that allows a little adjustment of the top wheel , didn't make a
differnece. Is it possible that some blade just don't run very true. I'm
sort of stuck, fresh out of ideas.

Jerry in Souderton Pa.