I finally got the new band saw put together. There really wasn't much to put together, the table had to be mounted and the stop at 90 degrees to the blade adjusted. The tracking and alignment adjustments were right on out of the box. They didn't give much guidance on where to set the blade tension. They spent a lot of ink telling how to turn the knob but didn't say where to set it. One of the methods they talked about was to pluck the blade like a guitar string. Trouble is they didn't even say what pitch to set it to. That I could have coped with. The table came with a miter gauge which is pretty useless due to blade drift. Does anyone have any hits on minimizing it? I started making a triangular block to use as a single point ripping guide and while making it I think I learned how to make a cut without it. While looking through my modified monocular I cut a little then back up to see where the kerf is relative to the line and make a correction if necessary. It leaves a lot of saw marks but everything I have read says that happens anyway even to fully sighted band saw users.
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