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Badly behaved bandsaw - won't cut straight!
- Thread starter MrJoshua
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Penpal
Grand Master
Jim good fortune mate great satisfaction using smooth operating bandsaws and I agree 100% that the kerf width creates economic cutting. Working within the capacity of what you have is a great way to succeed our Wood Guild went beserk and bought a Hammer brand big band saw result of toffy nose twits decision without seeing its been a mongrel so cost also is no indicator sometimes. We have a saying flash as a Rat with a Gold Tooth well it sometimes happens when you least expect it. Richard Raffan has owned so many simple saws so many given him by manufacturers to demo etc he convinces me the old adage its not what you have but what you do with it counts.Brian watched Die Hard some number American film recently from cover to cover more excitement in there than a lot of Bond films.Not so many lay days.
Peter.
Peter.
MrJoshua
Full Member
Heh heh - thanks guys.
No it's certainly not always true that paying more gets you better goods, you only need a glance on ebay to see that where you see the same cheap generic things relabelled with enormous differences in price sometimes for the same kit.
Like I say, I"m very fortunately to have a good inventory of decent quality tools but the woodwork interest is relatively recent so I'm only learning, and therefore not rushing to wast money on tools that could be costly but not right for me.
I'm happy enough for now, and grateful for what I have.
Anyway, the new blades came today, and after some tweaking with the setup I am getting what initially appears to be nice straight cuts, so I'm naturally very pleased.
Have ordered more wood too for further variety of stuff to experiment with.
I can't yet fit my modifiied rollers guides until the smaller bore bearings come but they should help too once they're here.
Big improvement already though so thanks for all the advice guys - maybe it was just the blade, who knows?
No it's certainly not always true that paying more gets you better goods, you only need a glance on ebay to see that where you see the same cheap generic things relabelled with enormous differences in price sometimes for the same kit.
Like I say, I"m very fortunately to have a good inventory of decent quality tools but the woodwork interest is relatively recent so I'm only learning, and therefore not rushing to wast money on tools that could be costly but not right for me.
I'm happy enough for now, and grateful for what I have.
Anyway, the new blades came today, and after some tweaking with the setup I am getting what initially appears to be nice straight cuts, so I'm naturally very pleased.
Have ordered more wood too for further variety of stuff to experiment with.
I can't yet fit my modifiied rollers guides until the smaller bore bearings come but they should help too once they're here.
Big improvement already though so thanks for all the advice guys - maybe it was just the blade, who knows?
Penpal
Grand Master
All is well and all that bandsaws can do that to you mate but they become best friends. Another thought I find fitting efficient dust extraction especially near the lower guides prevents the build up that can create if a thinnish sliver pops down amongst that stuff it can cause mayhem. We have dogs so the sawdust is ideal to spread and use for us I believe it is this dust we have to seriously watch out for in the shop. To assist using the saw I make narrow entry slots where the blade passes through the table as well.
Glad the problems are easing.
Peter.
Glad the problems are easing.
Peter.
