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Hi all,
thought I'd check in to share with you that the bandsaw fix up was a success in the end!
I thought about what Jim Dawson here said, that if its crooked in the pivot you can really only adjust for the horizontal and vertical planes. Fixing the pivot is a lot of effort and probably wouldn't work well in the end either. Going back to the saw, I finally noticed that the small little platform at the cutting site on the saw bed was welded on just crooked enough to be completely fouling it all up! I can't believe this wasn't something I noticed and fixed at the beginning of this project! Now it was clear that this crooked platform was giving me two different readings depending on where I put the fence and messing up my attempts at adjusting for crooked pivot. So I carefully cut that thing off, and welded it back on flush with the saw bed. Now I could adjust the horizontal plane, and I spot welded a small cut of 3/16" flatbar (not shown in photo) to the now corrected platform. Now, adjusting the blade to cut straight was a easy, even if it is crooked and weird, it's at least cutting square to itself. In the end, it was such a simple solution. And, it's been awesome actually using this bandsaw for work! Not to mention the rest of the shop is pleased the metal shop is a little bit quieter than usual!
thought I'd check in to share with you that the bandsaw fix up was a success in the end!
I thought about what Jim Dawson here said, that if its crooked in the pivot you can really only adjust for the horizontal and vertical planes. Fixing the pivot is a lot of effort and probably wouldn't work well in the end either. Going back to the saw, I finally noticed that the small little platform at the cutting site on the saw bed was welded on just crooked enough to be completely fouling it all up! I can't believe this wasn't something I noticed and fixed at the beginning of this project! Now it was clear that this crooked platform was giving me two different readings depending on where I put the fence and messing up my attempts at adjusting for crooked pivot. So I carefully cut that thing off, and welded it back on flush with the saw bed. Now I could adjust the horizontal plane, and I spot welded a small cut of 3/16" flatbar (not shown in photo) to the now corrected platform. Now, adjusting the blade to cut straight was a easy, even if it is crooked and weird, it's at least cutting square to itself. In the end, it was such a simple solution. And, it's been awesome actually using this bandsaw for work! Not to mention the rest of the shop is pleased the metal shop is a little bit quieter than usual!
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