Dave, I don't know what kind of bandsaw you have, but I have several bandsaws and all of them have a means of tilting one of the wheels (usually the non-driven idler wheel ). If your wheel bearings are good, then it is likely that your one wheel needs to be tilted to track the blade.
The other thing that can throw off blades is either an improperly welded blade, or the tire (the rubber strip) on the drive wheel and or idler wheel is shot and needs to be replaced. The wheels should appear to be crowned when looking at them. The crown tends to self center the blade onto the wheel. Finally if this is happening on a horizontal saw, the guides that twist the blade can throw the blade off also. Check their alignment. The saw should not throw off the blades with the guides removed (no twisting of the blade). Dave On 2/16/2012 2:22 PM, dave wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a cheapie horizontal bandsaw that has performed decently well > for 10 years or so and just recently started sheddinga the blade after a > few turns. > > As far as I can tell the blade works its way off the non-driven wheel. > I suspect the guides (ball bearings) are at fault but will entertain > other reasonable ideas. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks in advance. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
