Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Bandsaw Tune Up

The current HiFi project requires some 50mm timber resawed and machined to 18mm. Assuming the bandsaw was still in top condition after more than a year since serious use... was a mistake. The first resaw job looked like I was making shingles with a beautiful cut at the top and a wedge at the bottom. The culprits were a combination low blade tension and the lower blade guide having come loose. It was a good excuse to take it all about and give a clean. Immediate rewards from a little maintenance with the remainder of the cuts working well. 






A couple of useful links:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/tool-guide/video/how-to-set-up-a-bandsaw.aspx
http://www.finewoodworking.com/how-to/video/how-to-resaw-on-the-bandsaw-video.aspx

1 comment:

  1. Hello,

    this video is very famous in the UK Workshop forums:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbZqWac0jU



    Kind regards

    Petra

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