Co-planer on a band saw?

[Eric Einsmann]

Ok, I just picked up my new Powermaric PWBS-14CS from Woodcraft today. I got 10% off, plus a free riser block and $250 credit from my other Jet bandsaw (which never worked right..) Anyway, I am still putting it together... I quit at about 6:30pm local time and it was STILL 96 degree in the shop...

My question is.... I did an initial check for the wheels being co-planer... the top/bottom of the lower wheel is perfectly in line with the bottom of the upper wheel, but the top was about 1/8" off.... I have done any settings or tensioning or anything like that...

Should I try to adjust that? or is that something that I have to wait till after the blade is tensioned? Or is that close enough??

I plan on finishing putting it together in the AM before it gets too hot!

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[David Kumm]

If the blade tracks well it is fine. 1/8 when not under tension is pretty small. Dave

[Tom Britton]

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[Myk Rian]

When the blade is tensioned properly, the wheels will probably not be co-planar anyway.
If it works OK, leave well enough alone.

[Eric Einsmann]

Weel , I finally got everything all set up, leveled, adjusted... and I fired that baby up! It works great!! I made a few cuts and no problem at all. As you can see in the picture here, I had to get a bit creative with the dust collection.. but everything has worked well so far!


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[Neil Brooks]

Congrats on your very nice, new saw :)