I had to recently change my blade so I went with a 1/2 inch since I am mostly using this saw for resawing smaller pieces …. now im getting a rhythmic banging noise …plus yesterday I was using it cutting 1/4 inch off 3inch by 3inch red oak and it caught and through the rear of the piece up into the air …..now my question is if I get carter upgrade kit am I gonna have the same problem adjusting the lower bearings as I did when I changed the blade oh I do not need to watch Snodgrass as I am dealing with the real world machine I never seen a setup like this in my whole life https://c.shld.net/assets/docs/spin_prod_916288312.pdf
thanks for any help you guys can offer. Tony
Just for the heck of it, did you reinstall the old blade and check for the banging noise? Sounds like there may be a problem with the new blade- kink, teist or bad weld.
Hi Tony, my band saw looks remarkably similar to yours except I have a double row of bearings for each side of the blade.
Firstly check your blade clearance on each side of the blade then check to see if the new blade has a thickening where it is joined. It sounds like your blade clearance to the bearings might be a little tight and this is causing the rhythmic banging sound.
I found with my saw the bearing mounting block were badly machined so I pulled them out and cleaned up the rough bits to make everything work in proper alignment. Make sure your bearings are working correctly as well I got mine replaced under warranty.
It works much better than when I first bought it home but still not really easy to adjust.
Hope this helps.
Peter
UPDATE THER WAS A PEICE OF WOOD GOT JAMMED IN THE GUIDE BEARING BLOCK DUE TO NOT HAVING A ZERO CLEARENCE INSERT THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT BROKE THE OTHER BLADE :<))))
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