Acoustic Guitar Construction

I do not think I can ask for much more than this:

Yeah, my daddy taught me to swear real good. But it makes me ponder the question, does swearing at an inanimate object effect the outcome, If so how? When I am swearing at the band saw is it somehow being intimidated into conforming to my will or am I reinforcing my belief whether it is true or not...

After about 3 hours and a lot of swearing I got the thing dialed in. Now it is a very nice saw and is a pleasure to use. But unfortunately it kinda makes me think about how nice that Grizzly will be. Jim LOL! Yeah, no matter how well I manage to get this Ridgid running, I'm not abandoning the plan ...

I do not think I need new wheels. I sanded the tire on the lower wheel until it was within .004-.005 thousands of being true. That eliminated almost all the remaining vibration. The bandsaw will now "almost" pass the nickel test. A nickel will stay on edge for a few seconds before toppling...

Jim what I am suggesting is that you email them with the issue and send the video as an attachment -- I deal with the tech supports for many companies and they are always helpful. I doubt that they will offer me free replacement wheels, considering I purchased the bandsaw in 2009. A new pair of Rid...

Have you contacted Rigid? There may be some sort of settlement if this is a known un-fixable problem. I haven't found anything anywhere that suggests Ridgid acknowledges the problem. I dug out my dial indicator and checked runout on the wheels under tension - measuring on the blade itself on the up...

It almost looks like one or both of the wheels are out of round. As the saw comes to a stop you can see where the blade and guides seem to move in and out a consistent rate in proportion to the speed of the wheels. Jim I saw that, and it appears to be poor castings. The outer machined rim seems to ...