MARTA TORRES-QUINONES
02-15-2021, 2:31 AM
Hi all. Newbie here. I have learned a lot in the forum.
I have decided to post this because I have failed miserable in my attempt to install the 3/4 inch resaw king blade on my bandsaw. I have spent 3 hours popping the blade out of the bandsaw. I have many questions so a little background. I am a 5 foot tall woman. So, not particularly strong. The saw is relatively new (1 year) and it had a 1/2 inch blade installed which was working fine but I remember having a hard time installing it (took me about 45 minutes).
I watched the very good series of video son Youtube of the Laguna man assembling and installing a 3/4 inch blade on my same saw. He puts the tensioning lever in the up position with a lot of ease. I have to get on a chair, literally lift the lever from a squat position and put all my weight into lifting the lever in place. I managed to get the tension step correct with difficulty. The next step is the tracking part. Once again, I cannot move the tracking knob without loosening the tension level. The Laguna man uses his hands to turn the tracking knob. I cannot move the tracking knob even with a wrench (and, yes, the lock has been released). So I have to release then tension lever, turn the tracking knob, then reengage the tension lever (squats, body weight and all). The problem is that once the blade is centered with the tension lever down and I lift the tension lever back in place, the blade explodes out of the saw. Most of the time off the front of the top wheel. But sometimes the front of the lower wheel.
When I turn the wheel by hand really slowly, the blade groans (in the last few seconds of the video his blade groans like mine) but on my saw, the wheel starts turning on its own. And when that happens..POP! Three hours I have spent on this and no cigar for me. I got so frustrated, I installed a 3/8 inch blade to see if the bandsaw is terribly out of alignment. One minute, the thing was tensioned and tracked!
Am I doing something wrong or am I just too weak to install this blade? Or is it the blade?
I am quite frustrated. If any one of you Gods of sawdust could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Stay safe and healthy.
Marta
I have decided to post this because I have failed miserable in my attempt to install the 3/4 inch resaw king blade on my bandsaw. I have spent 3 hours popping the blade out of the bandsaw. I have many questions so a little background. I am a 5 foot tall woman. So, not particularly strong. The saw is relatively new (1 year) and it had a 1/2 inch blade installed which was working fine but I remember having a hard time installing it (took me about 45 minutes).
I watched the very good series of video son Youtube of the Laguna man assembling and installing a 3/4 inch blade on my same saw. He puts the tensioning lever in the up position with a lot of ease. I have to get on a chair, literally lift the lever from a squat position and put all my weight into lifting the lever in place. I managed to get the tension step correct with difficulty. The next step is the tracking part. Once again, I cannot move the tracking knob without loosening the tension level. The Laguna man uses his hands to turn the tracking knob. I cannot move the tracking knob even with a wrench (and, yes, the lock has been released). So I have to release then tension lever, turn the tracking knob, then reengage the tension lever (squats, body weight and all). The problem is that once the blade is centered with the tension lever down and I lift the tension lever back in place, the blade explodes out of the saw. Most of the time off the front of the top wheel. But sometimes the front of the lower wheel.
When I turn the wheel by hand really slowly, the blade groans (in the last few seconds of the video his blade groans like mine) but on my saw, the wheel starts turning on its own. And when that happens..POP! Three hours I have spent on this and no cigar for me. I got so frustrated, I installed a 3/8 inch blade to see if the bandsaw is terribly out of alignment. One minute, the thing was tensioned and tracked!
Am I doing something wrong or am I just too weak to install this blade? Or is it the blade?
I am quite frustrated. If any one of you Gods of sawdust could help me, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance.
Stay safe and healthy.
Marta