I have bought in to the notion of releasing the blade tension from my bandsaw blade during down time. Question is how much to release. Anyone have an opinion or definitive answer on how much tension released will do the job??? All of it, most of it, just enough to keep the blade from falling off the wheels?
FWIW, I have an 18" Laguna and mainly leave a 3/8" blade on it. A quick release lever is not an option on this saw as far as I am aware.
Follow up question is about drift/fence align after retensioning. Do I really need to re-check??? I'm under the impression that the drift is set to the blade - period. Is that right, or does a different tension, tracking ect... alter the drift on the same blade??