Got an excuse to buy a Riser Block..

Have fun with that walnut! Nice looking stuff you have there, and what better reason to upgrade your saw.

-- Julian, Park Forest, IL

Really great find. Do you go to Canton often. I went a lot as a teenager, but not for wookworking stuff. Do they have a selection of old tools, lumber, etc?

-- david roberts, houston area, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but that has never been a problem for me."

That’s a fine BS that you have and a great score on the walnut. Congratulations on both purchases! Your BS looks like it’s brand spanking new!

I have two of those saws. One is is a G0555X that I bought new with a riser block and the other one is like yours, the G0555. And, like you, I bought my G0555 from CL.

I’ve had very good service out of both saws. The X version I use for resawing only. The one from CL is set up for curved work.

Have you decided which blade(s) to buy for your saw after you get the riser block installed? I’ve been very pleased with the Timber Wolf blades that I ordered directly from Suffolk Machinery. They usually have a deal going where you buy 3 and get one free.

For resawing I recommend the 1/2” and 3/4” 3TPI with Positive Claw. I started out with the 3/4” blade. More recently, on a tip from a fellow woodworker, I switched to the 1/2” blade. It seems to work a little more to my liking. But, they’re both great resaw blades.

You probably already know this but just in case you don’t, you’ll want a good taller resaw fence for the tall stock. The one that Grizzly sells is an excellent fence, in my opinion. Many folks make very fine shop built fences for resawing.

If your saw is properly set up with a good blade, properly tensioned, you should have no drift at all. When I first received the one that I bought new from Grizzly I had to make a minor adjustment to eliminate the drift. It’s a simple fix. In the event that you may be experiencing drift with your BS, here’s the simple fix that I learned:

Remove the table from the saw. Then, using a shim of a known thickness (I used 1/8”), make SURE that the lower blade guide assembly is perfectly parallel to the the trunion support that’s mounted on the top of the lower arm of the saw. There’s some play in that lower blade guide assembly which allows you to align it perfectly. Mine arrived slightly out of parallel from the factory, causing drift. When I solved that minor problem, no more drift.

One more suggestion for resawing the taller stock. Be sure to use a stacked featherboard or some similar device to keep the stock tight against the full height of the fence. I also prefer to cut my boards into manageable lengths for the particular project before resawing.

Enjoy your saw and your great score on the walnut!

Best Regards,

-- Build for the joy of it!

@SEE

Thanks for the advice. I was planning on making a taller fence that would fit over the Grizzly supplied one. Thanks for the blade advice too.

Would you believe that I got that BS for $200? Not on that, but the fella was only using it to trim pen blanks. The only thing I had to do was clean up the table and protect it with some boeshield.

@davidroberts

The wife drags me to Canton every other month or so. There are always a few guys selling shorts, turning blanks, or cedar, but this was the first time I found anyone selling such large sizes of lumber. It didn’t take much to get him to come down to $2 bd ft. I also bought several turning blanks from him.

Look like a great score on the wood and the bandsaw. I would also mention to make sure your blade is really well centered on the top wheel, also to prevent blade drift. It can look centered from the angle you are forced to view it from, but can still be quite a bit off center.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Nice deal happy resawing

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Timberwolf and Woodslicer both make good resawing blades. I have Timberwolves, and they make my little HF bandsaw really cut like a champ!

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

Great score on the wood and saw. Have fun.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †