On 6/1/2014 12:39 PM, John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Hate to say this, but I had 3 Starrett blades that would NOT stay on my > cutoff bandsaw. Real frustrating having a bandsaw that took longer to keep > putting blades back on than it did to cut material. > > Changed blade for a "top of the line" blade from importer busybeetools.com, > and it's been perfect since. > > The Starrett blades are now in a landfill somewhere, or wherever old bits > of metal go to get recycled.
On the saw I had prior to the one I have now, the problem was worn bearings and bushings. I replaced the ball bearings on the shaft for the drive wheel and bored out the driven wheel to press in a bronze bushing I'd bored to fit the non-rotating shaft. First I did the bushing, originally it just had the iron bore. When that didn't stop the blades coming off I replaced the bearings on the drive wheel. It only had a very slight amount of wobble but that was enough once the blade was tensioned. No more problems with blades popping off once the wheels were held parallel to each other. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
