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Good news on my follow up...

While I waited for parts to arrive, I ran a couple hundred feet of lumber through the planer w/out the tensioner with no problems at all.

After parts arrived, I...

Veery helpful feedback, guys. Thank you! I will give the left-handed drills a try when my parts come in - and will keep using it till then. This planer has been a workhorse for me for years, and...

Good video, Mark. Thanks. I'll give it a run...

Thanks for this Randy. I will give it a run, though the screw seems pretty small to drill and extract. I suspect I'm headed for retapping, but we shall see!

I've ordered the parts (thanks Randy) and will drill and re-tap it unless I can find a way to extract it.

Back to my original question: Am I ok to run it as is? I tested it on a few boards, and...

I saw that very good video, too, and used it to install the helix head on mins as well. But the tensioner snapped off, breaking its screw and leaving it embedded in the hole!

Jack, thanks - would be the same here except that the screw on the tensioner part snapped off and is imbedded, needing to be extracted from the hole.

Randy, thanks for the link and part #'s. I'd do it if I could extract the broken off screw, which is beyond my experience, and perhaps my ability. If I drilled it out, the hole would have to be...

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I burned out a belt on my Dewalt dw735 planer, and when I opened up the side to replace it, I found that the chain-tensioner (lying lower left w broken screw stub visible) had snapped off,...

Mark, thanks for your helpful reply. I'll give it a run. And thanks also for the link to your website – really interesting stuff.

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I am carving some panels with designs drawn from the Book of Kells and am looking to make a set of 38mm circles using a gouge to stab cut/draw the circle tracing a compass drawn circle. ...

I have been using loose tenon joinery in a set of Chippendale side chairs I am building. The great advantage has been my ability to do compound-angle joinery with them, using a home-made router...

What kind of blade are you using on your bandsaw?

Ordered my SUV 3/1, in their 'March Madness' sale with the 5 blades, shipping, mobility kit all added free. Laguna sales (Chris, I think) was a pleasure to deal with, no high pressure, and even...

The Laguna LT14SUV now comes with a plug installed. Mine was delivered last week with one.
Geoff

Here's some better info.

On the Laguna video, the guy says that drift is caused by how the blades are sharpened - and by the burr left from the sharpening process.

Geoff

Stephen,

I understand that drift is generated by the angle of the blade as it comes off a crowned wheel. Because of the crown on the tire, it is all too easy to have a slight angle on the blade,...

Van - thanks for your comment on the drift. Makes a lot of sense. I'm not a 'change the blade every time to the shop' worker, but I certainly do want to change it without too much effort. I'll see...

Laguna added free shipping + free mobility pkg + 5 free blades to selected bandsaws - including the LT14 SUV; got the whole set on order (and no tax for me in Pa) for about $1500 - great price;...