Help! Band saw won't tilt to exactly 90 degrees

redsawing 6” boards on a 12” bandsaw is really pushing it – doable, but as you notice it WILL cut slow, a newer/better blade will speed it up, but you’ll always be running at the limits of the saw.

you can’t really shim a bandsaw blade. do you have the manual for the saw? there is usually a set screw to help bring the table back to 90 (a stop) – maybe that one is not set properly?

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Yeah, fortunately it came with a yellowed manual. :) I was following that to the letter, but I have it adjusted as far as it will go and it’s not quite right.

Good to know about the blades. Thanks, PurpLev!

-- Will, Tampa, FL

can you replace that stop screw with a different one? take it off ? see if the table will tilt any more?

PS- what model is your bandsaw? do you have a pic of the problematic screw?

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

I knew I’d have to figure out how to post pictures eventually. :) I’m heading out for the day with my bride but will document the problem more thoroughly ASAP.

-- Will, Tampa, FL

I would find out where the table is bottoming out when you try to set it at 90 degrees. There is usually a stop and adjustment screw to set this. If the stop or adjustment screw is bottomed out and you are still not at 90, I would file off a small amount of metal on the stop or bottom of the table until I could get to 90.

If it is the same band saw as mine, I had to remove the screw and grind a little off it. It was too long and bottomed out before in went in far enough to get to 90 deg.

Took about 5 min and is set perfect now.

Also, As long as you have a SHARP blade and a good one (3/4 3tpi) You can resaw to 6 inch as long as you let the saw do the work. DO NOT RUSH! Make sure your guides are also alliagned properly.

You can go to sears.com and service/part and find a manual for your saw by part#

Hope this helps.

Scrappy

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It seems that youve been given some great information. There is a stop that is sued to stop the table top when you want to reset it to 90 deg. It sounds like it is set in the wring place.

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