Eric Meier
12-18-2009, 9:52 PM
Today was going great, until I was resawing a little 1 1/2" tall piece of bloodwood with my 1/2" Tri-Master bandsaw blade, and it broke. What gives? :confused:
It broke right on the weld too, which is the kicker.
It was acting a bit strange on the bloodwood, because if I fed the wood in too fast, the piece would almost start to "dance" up and down the fence, and get sort of jittery. I don't exactly know how to describe it, but it seems odd given all of the downward pressure that the blade must be exerting on the wood for it to start to ride/shake upward on the fence.
Anyhow, do I have any sort of recourse on the blade, given it is still sharp, and only about 2 1/2 months old? I bought it online from Kaufman Co. I thought I was getting a good deal, but since it broke right on the weld, I'm not so sure about the quality of the distributor...
Could I have it rewelded locally? It got a little bit bent up when it broke too, so I'm not sure if I'd be able to get it back to normal. What are my options?
It broke right on the weld too, which is the kicker.
It was acting a bit strange on the bloodwood, because if I fed the wood in too fast, the piece would almost start to "dance" up and down the fence, and get sort of jittery. I don't exactly know how to describe it, but it seems odd given all of the downward pressure that the blade must be exerting on the wood for it to start to ride/shake upward on the fence.
Anyhow, do I have any sort of recourse on the blade, given it is still sharp, and only about 2 1/2 months old? I bought it online from Kaufman Co. I thought I was getting a good deal, but since it broke right on the weld, I'm not so sure about the quality of the distributor...
Could I have it rewelded locally? It got a little bit bent up when it broke too, so I'm not sure if I'd be able to get it back to normal. What are my options?