I bought my used, 4"x6", made-in-Taiwan bandsaw last year, but I've just started to use it this week (all sorts of excuses for the delay). I adjusted the...
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Michael Schetterer
mikeschetterer
Oct 1, 2009 6:03 pm
Hi Cliff, I've spent a fair amount of time fussing with my 4x6, and have worked out several sources of non-square (top-to-bottom that is, left-to-right is just...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 1, 2009 6:13 pm
Mike, Thanks, I'll give #4 a try and check everything just to be sure. The blade and saw while somewhat grubby looking have had very little use, so I'm going...
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Glenn N
sleykin
Oct 1, 2009 6:37 pm
Loose guide rollers letting the blade twist a bit under load? User a clip or small magnet to attach a 6" rule to the blade so you can judge the alignment...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 1, 2009 6:57 pm
Glenn, Thanks! Cliff. "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ... From: Glenn N To:...
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larwyn
Oct 1, 2009 9:41 pm
On my red Harbor Freight saw the upper casting was contacting the guard ears of the switch on the lower casting. This was actually twisting the saw head...
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onebike2ride
Oct 2, 2009 12:09 am
... - - - - Buy a quality bimetal blade - do not look to see if the original blade looks ok or is worn or whatnot, it simply does not matter. The original...
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gfedcba12345
Oct 2, 2009 11:51 pm
... Hey, since we're talking about bandsaw blades, I have a question. Is the blade that comes with the saw any good? Fred...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 3, 2009 12:03 am
Fred, I have it on good authority that prisoners like them to make shivs... Cliff. "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots...
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onebike2ride
Oct 3, 2009 1:58 am
... -- That depends on what your definition of "is" is. A few minutes before the church services started, the congregation was sitting in their pews and...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 6, 2009 3:52 am
John, The bicycle maker replaced the original blade with a bimetal 22 tpi blade. If anything I'll need to buy a 12 or 14 tpi blade to round out the cutting...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 6, 2009 3:55 am
Holy Smoke...I tightened up the blade and the thing cut just right...now I've got a buzz somewhere...never a dull moment... Cliff. "May the best you've ever...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 6, 2009 3:55 am
John, Talking about Satanic - I decided to change the oil in my bandsaw while I was at it as it was probably the original. It was very clean; however, there...
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Bob Neidorff
makore01
Oct 6, 2009 2:56 pm
Cliff, Perhaps your previous owner wanted to make his saw last forever. Some advise that you should relax blade tension when the saw is not in use, to prevent...
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Cliff. Johnston
graybeard488
Oct 6, 2009 3:19 pm
Bob, Thanks for clearing this up for me. Another thing that I've noticed, and that I need to adjust, is that the left (or upper) guide brackets are in the...
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davesmith1800
Oct 7, 2009 5:31 am
Can you post photo of the saw As some of older saw need help Dave...
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baha959
Oct 11, 2009 4:13 am
I installed a new blade (a Ridgid I picked up at Home Depot), and as I took the original blade off, I noticed there were grooves cut into both backing...
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larwyn
Oct 11, 2009 5:26 pm
Yep, I had the same problem with the guard ears on the factory switch kicking the blade out of square on at the bottom of the cut. I cut them off, but...
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catboat15@...
olewilly2000
Oct 11, 2009 6:29 pm
The blade has to twist from the angle of the plane of the wheels to the cutting plane. Less than 90 degrees but close. About the wearing a groove in the guide...
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Glenn N
sleykin
Oct 11, 2009 6:34 pm
The grooves are not normal IME. You might want to clean the bearing surface to be sure they aren't just a valley in the crud that builds up? The bearings...
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WILLIAM HEIL
schwmh
Oct 12, 2009 3:17 am
I had to really cut down on the switch guard in order to get the saw to cut off. This part of the saw is not designed very well, but it works tolerably well...
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WILLIAM HEIL
schwmh
Oct 12, 2009 7:43 pm
My post may have been a little confusing. I had to cut the switch ears off because they were limiting the downward travel of the saw and the automatic...
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marka789
Oct 19, 2009 1:19 am
Howdy, I'm Mark, and I just joined the group. I'm looking to buy a saw, and am considering either the 4x6 or 7x12. I'm leaning toward the 7x12, just because I...
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david@fignoggle - IMAP
fignoggle
Oct 19, 2009 1:23 am
hi mark- they come from different manufacturers (both versions). having tried the 4x6 harbor freight model from china, the 4x6 from enco/taiwan, and the 7x12...
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Michael Schetterer
mikeschetterer
Oct 19, 2009 1:28 am
7x12 is clearly an upgrade from 4x6, and 3-4x the price. FWIW, yesterday I sawed a gear blank off of a piece of 6-1/8" ductile iron bar stock on my 4x6,...
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marka789
Oct 19, 2009 2:47 am
Howdy, ... Thanks, that does help! Like I mentioned, I'm leaning toward the 7x12 already. How are the Grizzly and HF 7x12's different? I can get either...
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my44two
Oct 19, 2009 2:31 pm
Mark, I have owned a Grizzly 4030 ($800) for about 2 years and have had no problems. It takes an 85 in blade that sometimes can be hard to find on-line other...
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progun3400
Oct 21, 2009 4:08 pm
Bravo on the stand. Some fine looking work there!...
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Randy Smith
randyrlshome
Oct 21, 2009 6:18 pm
Welcome; This is a fairly on-topic group. The stand modification is one of the most necessary mods to most of the band saws. Later.... Randy S Practice...
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johnhalldinan
Oct 23, 2009 10:18 pm
I changed the blade on my HF 4 x 6. In the process, I removed the blade tensioning assembly and the two blade guide assemblies to make some adjustments on...
