band saw blade install question

[Jim Becker]

Band saws and band mills are not the only tools at risk...I was recently jointing and thicknessing a piece of natural edge material for a client and noticed a gleaming, sparkly silver spot on the surface of the board after the final pass. It was an embedded bullet...and fortunately, made of actual lead which didn't damage the knives. This time...

[Mike Kees]

Well... Just glad that this is finally figured out.After posting ,I was following this thread seeing all the advice and thinking "what have we missed here ?" It was not making any sense. Can just here Paul Harvey saying, "and now we know the rest of the story".

[Bob Riefer]

:-) Glad I wasn't voted off the island for my stupidity!!

[Myk Rian]

We haven't held the vote yet.

[Tom Trees]

For me a metal detector is a must have tool for the bandsaw, as I work with reclaimed stuff only.
All good timbers get denailed, deglazed, decementized, deputtied, before being rough planed up and gets left aside.
I still keep the small bits, and where do I keep'em you might ask?
In two big boxes next to the bandsaw
There's nowhere else I would need them, and I keep those boxes next to other boxes of long strips.
Happened to me more than once, but never again....ya right.
I keep the metal detector in the house to keep the battery from going dead in the cold temperatures, (so I'm going to use this thread as a warning to bring it out next time)

Anyways, my point is that a metal detector is a necessary tool for use with the bandsaw...
Are you going to waste good timber fettling your saw?

If you were buying timber from the yard then those test cuts are gonna add up to the price of a cheap metal detector wand pretty soon.

[Bob Riefer]

We haven't held the vote yet.

Ha ha, excellent post


GOOD NEWS. My new blade arrived in the mail today. Timberwolf 3/8" blade. I installed, followed all the steps I now know by heart... AND, all test cuts (in boards without shrapnel) went AWESOME. Cutting tight radius, gentle curves, hard woods, soft woods, thin boards, thick boards. NICE.

(now I'm on to table saw repairs...)

[Karl Loeblein]

Bob,

Watch this video from Carter Products around the halfway mark. Alex Snodgrass discusses a specific guide for 1/4" or smaller blades which allows you to spring load small blades so they stay put better.

[Doug Garson]

We haven't held the vote yet.

Just got my ballot in the mail, I think I'll vote to keep Bob on probation.

[Mark Daily]

:-) Glad I wasn't voted off the island for my stupidity!!

That’s not stupidity- it’s called life and everybody experiences it.