4x6 Harbor Freight Cutting Crooked

[markba633csi]

Rich you sure you don't have a 3/8" blade on there? Otherwise it does sound like the factory didn't machine the wheels correctly and
you'll have to correct that

 

[dlane]

1/2” blade ?, don’t think I would take anything off the wheels .

 

[Silverbullet]

Do they use tires on those saws? My old craftsmen one did when I rebuilt it they helped out alot. The tires help space the teeth away from the wheels.

 

[royesses]

Do they use tires on those saws? My old craftsmen one did when I rebuilt it they helped out alot. The tires help space the teeth away from the wheels.

No tires on the HF saws unfortunately.

Roy

 

[owl]

You will probably need to replace the blade too. Once the set is damaged it seems the blade will never cut straight again.

 

[brav65]

Reach out to John Hermanson, HMAN here, he rebuilt a saw similar the the HF saw and I bought it from him, the thing works like butter...

 

[Silverbullet]

I'd look at where the blade rides on the wheels if the teeth ride on the metal edge I'd take the wheels and chamfer the edge at about thirty degrees . Just a small edge cut to allow teeth set room.

 

[richz]

Making some progress. Pic 1 is the wheel as it came off the saw. look at the flange toward the edge. Pic 2 I machined in a chamfer and took a surface cur. It was running out about 0.008.