Common Problem with older JET 14" Bandsaws

I had one with the same problem

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Here are some photos to more clearly demonstrate the issue at hand.

This first image clearly shows the degree to which this part had deformed in my machine. The piece that has the gentle curve is supposed to be completely flat.

This second image shows the points of interference with the upper wheel.

This last image was emailed to me by a woodworker who has had the same problem although his bandsaw is significantly newer than mine. In fact, his is JET ivory, not the older green-blue like mine, demonstrating that this had been an ongoing problem with these JET bandsaws. The part on the left is the newer, more robust version of the part on the right, and presumably will not allow such deformation.

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You would think a reputable company would stand behind their products rather than lie about it!!

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I’m not by any means “dogging” JET Tools. I have previously owned 2 of their table saws and currently own 2 of their bandsaws, a jointer and a drill press. I have been very pleased with them all, and will consider their products in the future. I have not called them regarding this issue as my bandsaw is now 10 years old, and as such, I don’t really expect any allowances to be made by the manufacturer. However, I thought it might be of interest to others here.

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This problem happens with all of this line of saws, Delta, Jet, Powermatic, etc. It’s a good argument for not over tensioning the blade and letting off the tension when not in use.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

I guess now we know where the weak link is in the saws.

A friend of mines dad used to work for a hardware store an appliance repair man. They sent him to a seminar about repairig their line of applicances. The factory guy told him based on their sales data, they should need this many of this part and that many of those over the next x number of years. He asked how they knew that. The factroy trainer said those parts were the ones engineered to fail on each of those appliances. Perry was from the WWII generation, as honest as the day is long and absolutely livid for months. Everyday when Mark came home from work, the first thinng he did was scrape his dad off the ceiling!!

Of course on the flip side of the coin is putting in a shear pin designed to prevent more serious damage. I’m not familiar enough with bandsaw design and use to know which to consider this failure point.

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i think we have all had various orriental tools over the years .
i started noticing years ago that many appeared similar.
came to find out that to be true. they just had different logos and minor variations.
i always go to grizzly tools to get parts and manuals for lobo , sunhill , reliant and various other knok off brands ,
as they have complete parts for their own tools , it can save the time it takes the other guys to get parts from taiwan / china . grizzly is prety good about helping with this and even though their newer catalogs don’t have some previous stuff , you can maybe go online and access older tools they had .
i don’t know much about jet , but it’s worth a try.

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart