Reply To: Band Saw
Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Tools and Tool Maintenance/Restoration / Band Saw / Reply To: Band Saw
Assuming you have the blade adjusted so the tooth gullets are centered on the top wheel, First, set the fence parallel to the slot. Then rotate the whole table until the saw cuts without drift. This can be done without a trysquare other than as a starting place, and on some bandsaws it is counterproductive to trust the square against the blade. ( don’t think I’ve seen Snodgrass use a square)
You should be able to slightly loosen the bolts that attach the table to the tilt trunions ( four bolts on most saws) and rotate the whole table so fence and groove allow a straight and square cut.
I’ve found it’s a trial and error process. You have to test cut and make further adjustments until the blade cuts without drift, then lock the table down . You might have to repeat the process each time you replace the blade. Each blade will cut a little differently.
- This reply was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by Larry Geib.