bandsaw cutting at angle. How to adjust

[andrew whicker]

Long story short, I bought a bandsaw from a guy that told me it never cut at 90 degrees (or parallel to the miter slot), but some other angle. He told me I needed to adjust the fence every cut.

All he had to do was to loosen the table and rotate it a few degrees. Poor guy was probably spending untold hours messing with the fence and miter to get some odd angle between 0 and 5 degrees.

Anyway, if someone out there is having the same problem quietly do the above and pretend it never happened. Just don't tell any of your friends :)

[lowell holmes]

I don't understand, are you having the same problem?

[Paul K. Johnson]

He has the same saw so he fixed it.

[Jim Finn]

Every single time I have had this problem it was just a dull blade. Replace the blade and it should cut straight. When it starts to drift ...replace the blade again.

[Mike Chalmers]

Got it now.

[Joe Jensen]

My experience is the same as Jim's. Every time I've had a blade drift, a new blade fixes the problem. In my experience no amount of tuning or tightening blade guides will fix drift. If you are committed to the saw, step one would be to get a new blade and check for drift...joe

[Bruce Wrenn]

On band saws with crowned tires ( Delta 14" and clones) the position of the blade on the upper tire determines the direction of cut. If drift is to right (facing saw) shift blade forward on upper wheel. To the left, shift it back. Ideally, gullets of teeth should ride exactly on center of upper wheel. Search for Alex Snodgrass's video on BS tune up.

[lowell holmes]

Anybody that has not seen the Snodgrass videos should.

[Frederick Skelly]

Anybody that has not seen the Snodgrass videos should.

Why's that Lowell? What's he specialize in - tuning?