Rick Potter
04-29-2019, 1:36 AM
Never seen this question.
Picked up an Agazzani 24" band saw used a year or so ago. Used it with a 5/8" blade for a while, and a few months ago mounted the 1" carbide blade for resawing. Didn't do too much till recently, when I had several 6" thick oak and fir boards to resaw.
Works fantastic, but maybe two inches into the resaws the motor and blade speed increase noticeably. I have no idea why, but it is quite obvious that it is happening, and it is definitely blade speed, not just the motor speed that goes faster. It just speeds up one level, and stays there until you take the load off, then goes back down to the slower speed.
Is this normal with this saw, or could the belt be loose (that would seem backward to me)? The saw is a 2000 model, 24" Agazzani with about a 23A current draw (240V), on a 30A circuit. Maybe it has some sort of soft start motor?
It sure cuts good with that blade on it, pretty smooth too, thanks to AJ Hughes who helped me set it up.
Picked up an Agazzani 24" band saw used a year or so ago. Used it with a 5/8" blade for a while, and a few months ago mounted the 1" carbide blade for resawing. Didn't do too much till recently, when I had several 6" thick oak and fir boards to resaw.
Works fantastic, but maybe two inches into the resaws the motor and blade speed increase noticeably. I have no idea why, but it is quite obvious that it is happening, and it is definitely blade speed, not just the motor speed that goes faster. It just speeds up one level, and stays there until you take the load off, then goes back down to the slower speed.
Is this normal with this saw, or could the belt be loose (that would seem backward to me)? The saw is a 2000 model, 24" Agazzani with about a 23A current draw (240V), on a 30A circuit. Maybe it has some sort of soft start motor?
It sure cuts good with that blade on it, pretty smooth too, thanks to AJ Hughes who helped me set it up.