Hi, I picked up a new to me italian Laguna LT18 and it came with 3 different blades. The blade installed currently looks to be a serious blade with carbide teeth and 1" from back to gullet. I can't tell what brand of blade it is. The other blades are normal steel 1" blades that I haven't tried yet.
I was trying to resaw an 8/4 piece of cherry that is about 9" tall and I was getting some serious drift. I setup the euro-style guides per all of the instructions I found online but I am having a couple of challenges. There is a hump on the back of the blade that won't allow me to set the rear guides as close as possible to the blade without that small hump hitting the guides everytime it comes around. I am also not sure where I should put the teeth of the blade on the top wheel, if I try to get it closer to the center of the wheel the back will hang off quite a bit. The tires are flat rubber that look to be in good shape. Lastly, the blade looks like it was run with the guides touching by the previous owner because it looks pretty beat up to my untrained eye.
I am trying to figure out if I should keep trying at setting up the blade to get rid of the drift, send the blade off to be sharpened, or just buy a new blade. Preferably, I'd like to get some pointers and hopefully the drift is from my lack of experience in setup. Any pointers are greatly appreciated. I have posted some pics of the setup.
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