I have two bandsaws, an old Delta 10" with a 1/4" blade that I rebuilt and an older MiniMax S45 18" (green) with a 1/2" Lenox Diemaster II. Tried doing some resaw the other day on the 18" and got the barrel results on the last 1/3 of the board. Thought I had it tensioned somewhat correctly using the flutter method. I'm forever guessing at tension based on results and other methods. I don't do much resawing but it would be nice to be able to do it now and then. I've probably read most of the articles on bandsaws floating around on this forum and OWWM forum over the past 5 years.
How many out there find it worth the cost to buy and use a blade tension gauge? Looking at Itura Design for about $225.
Randy