I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was cutting fine yesterday,
I was resawing some old pine with no problems. Then later I noticed the wood
being pulled away from the fence as I sawed. I tried adjusting the fence for
drift using a piece of wood a bit longer the table with a squared edge. I
draw a line parallel to the edge, saw it free hand about halfway , then
adjust the fence. I noticed while doing this I had to swing back & forth
just to get it to saw straight. Each time the fence is not adjusted
correctly. When I try & use it the wood is pulled away from the fence. When
I try to resaw with it, it nearly makes an "S" shape. Can't figure it out,
really feel like pulling my hair out as I'm in the middle of something &
need to resaw a few more boards. The blade is a 1/2" wood slicer. I've had
no problem with these, can a blade just get bad but still be sharp? Any
thoughts?

Chris

Chris wrote:
I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was cutting fine yesterday,
I was resawing some old pine with no problems. Then later I noticed the wood
being pulled away from the fence as I sawed. I tried adjusting the fence for
drift using a piece of wood a bit longer the table with a squared edge. I
draw a line parallel to the edge, saw it free hand about halfway , then
adjust the fence. I noticed while doing this I had to swing back & forth
just to get it to saw straight. Each time the fence is not adjusted
correctly. When I try & use it the wood is pulled away from the fence. When
I try to resaw with it, it nearly makes an "S" shape. Can't figure it out,
really feel like pulling my hair out as I'm in the middle of something &
need to resaw a few more boards. The blade is a 1/2" wood slicer. I've had
no problem with these, can a blade just get bad but still be sharp? Any
thoughts?

Chris


Possibilities that come to mind:
dull blade
loose guides
not enough tension

good luck,
Harvey

Pine has lots of pitch, which leads to high heat. Possible damage to blade
from excess heat.

Perhaps you can change blades to test . . . .

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Chris wrote:
I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was cutting fine
yesterday, I was resawing some old pine with no problems. Then later I
noticed the wood being pulled away from the fence as I sawed. I tried
adjusting the fence for drift using a piece of wood a bit longer the
table with a squared edge. I draw a line parallel to the edge, saw it
free hand about halfway , then adjust the fence. I noticed while doing
this I had to swing back & forth just to get it to saw straight. Each
time the fence is not adjusted correctly. When I try & use it the wood is
pulled away from the fence. When I try to resaw with it, it nearly makes
an "S" shape. Can't figure it out, really feel like pulling my hair out
as I'm in the middle of something & need to resaw a few more boards. The
blade is a 1/2" wood slicer. I've had no problem with these, can a blade
just get bad but still be sharp? Any thoughts?

Chris
Possibilities that come to mind:
dull blade
loose guides
not enough tension

good luck,
Harvey

"Chris" wrote in message
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I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was cutting fine
yesterday, I was resawing some old pine with no problems. Then later I
noticed the wood being pulled away from the fence as I sawed. I tried
adjusting the fence for drift using a piece of wood a bit longer the table
with a squared edge. I draw a line parallel to the edge, saw it free hand
about halfway , then adjust the fence. I noticed while doing this I had to
swing back & forth just to get it to saw straight. Each time the fence is
not adjusted correctly. When I try & use it the wood is pulled away from
the fence. When I try to resaw with it, it nearly makes an "S" shape.
Can't figure it out, really feel like pulling my hair out as I'm in the
middle of something & need to resaw a few more boards. The blade is a 1/2"
wood slicer. I've had no problem with these, can a blade just get bad but
still be sharp? Any thoughts?

Chris

Check to see if your blade still has the proper set. If one side has lost
all or part of its set (from hitting a nail or some other object) it will
act like you discribed. Cure for this is to reset the teeth on one side of
the blade or lose the set on one side of the blade until both sides match.
If it were me I would get a new blade.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:43:03 -0500, "Chris" wrote:

I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was cutting fine yesterday,
I was resawing some old pine with no problems. Then later I noticed the wood
being pulled away from the fence as I sawed. I tried adjusting the fence for
drift using a piece of wood a bit longer the table with a squared edge. I
draw a line parallel to the edge, saw it free hand about halfway , then
adjust the fence. I noticed while doing this I had to swing back & forth
just to get it to saw straight. Each time the fence is not adjusted
correctly. When I try & use it the wood is pulled away from the fence. When
I try to resaw with it, it nearly makes an "S" shape. Can't figure it out,
really feel like pulling my hair out as I'm in the middle of something &
need to resaw a few more boards. The blade is a 1/2" wood slicer. I've had
no problem with these, can a blade just get bad but still be sharp? Any
thoughts?

Chris

Are you SURE that the blade's still sharp, Chris?

The 1st sign I notice if I use a "less than sharp" blade is that it starts
wandering..

Personally, I'd change the blade before I messed with a saw that was well set
up/tuned..



mac

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Chris wrote:
I'm having trouble adjusting my bandsaw blade.It was
cutting fine yesterday, I was resawing some old pine
with
no problems. Then later I noticed the wood being
pulled
away from the fence as I sawed. I tried adjusting the
fence for drift using a piece of wood a bit longer
the
table with a squared edge. I draw a line parallel to
the
edge, saw it free hand about halfway , then adjust
the
fence. I noticed while doing this I had to swing back
&
forth just to get it to saw straight. Each time the
fence
is not adjusted correctly. When I try & use it the
wood
is pulled away from the fence. When I try to resaw
with
it, it nearly makes an "S" shape. Can't figure it
out,
really feel like pulling my hair out as I'm in the
middle
of something & need to resaw a few more boards. The
blade
is a 1/2" wood slicer. I've had no problem with
these,
can a blade just get bad but still be sharp? Any
thoughts?
Chris

Yes, it can. If there's been a consistant pressure, it
could be moving the set of the teeth on one side til it
finally starts to wander.
Or if you nicked a staple or something with one side
of the blade. When only some of the teeth are dull
and/or lose set, it'll still feel sharp but actually
isn't. Check it more closely.

Got a spare blade? Make sure a machine setting didn't
slip while you were futzing with it. Top wheel is
famous for misalignment on some. How about the guides?
Guides can strip a set in a hurry if maladjusted too
far forward.

HTH

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