Contradictory bandsaw advice

[studders]

How does tilting the table help? (homer)

It helps the rust slide off.

 

[LocalOak]

Fred

Thanks for the tip, but I can't find the download. Do I need a subscription or am I just being thick. My money's on the latter.


Thanks

Toby

ps. I think I'm just down the road from you, I live between Pontrilas and Peterchurch in the golden valley.

 

[Tom K]

http://videos.americanwoodworker.com/vi ... aw-tension

Think this is it

 

[LocalOak]

Thanks Tom

thick it is then

 

[Tom K]

How does tilting the table help? (homer)

It helps the rust slide off.

As long as it doesn't get on your keyhole :lol:

 

[Tom K]

Thanks Tom

thick it is then

Not really I can't find a pdf or other file to download

 

[jimi43]

I have never adjusted the tension on the blade on my DeWalt since having it over 5 years ago except obviously when changing blades.

I think the most important thing about blades is the quality of the ones you buy. The DW ones used to be good...but is it me or do they seem to have gone down hill like their drills?

I switched to HAKANSSON SILCO blades from eBay one day and they are really good...well the one I have had on the past 6 months definitely is. It seems to keep its edge much longer.

Jim

 

[Benchwayze]

The band-saw is the safest power-saw in the shop and I use mine a lot.

I never take off the tension. In 20 years I have had maybe three breakages in running. When that occurs, it takes 'all afternoon' for the unloaded wheel to stop, but otherwise it does no more than startle me with the bang!

If I released the tension after working, then knowing me, I'd forget and start up next day with a loose blade. Which would entail a set-up again. So I leave it until I have to change blades.

Regards

John

 

[Ironballs]

Agree, always leave the tension on and I've never had a breakage

 

[big soft moose]

The band-saw is the safest power-saw in the shop

not wanting to hijack but really ???? - i'd have said it was one of the most hazardous (apart from the saw table and router table)

safest has got to be the scroll saw ( followed by the plunge saw and rail, then the cms)

back on topic i agree with everyone else, i leave mine tensioned all the time and the work one likewise - like bw said there would be far to much risk of starting it without retensioning otherwise

 

[FatFreddysCat]

I'll take mine off when I exit the workshop, thanks. When I bought an ex-college Startrite it was soon apparent that there was a problem with grooves on the tyres. Yup, it had been left tensioned all the time with a very narrow blade. New tyres partly cured the problem, but cost half as much as the saw. The other part of the "cure" was a new tension spring from ALT Saws as the old one was a bit short.