- 1. $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:09:14 -0700
- I've got one of those $179 Harbor Freight (or Jet or Enco) metal bandsaws. Since I've gotten it I've had a problem with the band jumping off the wheels. There's an adjustment for setting the angle of
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00108.html (8,034 bytes)
- 2. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:37:15 -0700
- Ok, here's more info: The bandsaw wheels both have rims on only one side. I assume that this is so you can easily install the blade. The bottom drive wheel is fixed. The upper wheel has both a tensio
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00109.html (9,583 bytes)
- 3. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: rgibbs@pacbell.net
- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 22:32:47 -0800
- snip Eric, You might find the FAQ at: http://www.halcyon.com/meretrix/4x6bsFAQ.html helpful. The is a large group of folks who have purchased this type of saw, and then "souped it up". -Roger
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00110.html (7,575 bytes)
- 4. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: George P Dausch IV <gpd4@juno.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:58:49 -0400
- Have just read the below FAQ, a lot of interesting stuff. Anyway, I fought the same problem for several years. Then I found my blades were about a 1/4" tall. Bought some replacements that were about
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00111.html (8,315 bytes)
- 5. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:06:00 -0500
- "Really fscking tight" will do. There are blade-tension guages, but they don't tell you what tension to run anyway. Most of my troubles went away once I cranked the tension up. Make sure you open th
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00112.html (7,780 bytes)
- 6. Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!! (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:15:32 -0700
- The blade I have (which came with the saw) is as tall as the wheels are deep. Is it ok to have a blade that's taller than the wheels? It seems to me that a shorter blade would be more likely to stay
- /html/shop-talk/2000-08/msg00114.html (8,754 bytes)
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