Bandsaw Shake

[Jim Ebert]

There is something very satisfying about getting an old band saw working right again I recently restored my old Taiwanese saw from 1980 which is a clone of the 14" delta. It never was a very good saw but it did the job. Well after I decided I would be better off spending money on a nice thickness sander instead of a nice 17" Grizzly... for now, I went ahead and bought some new urethane tires and Acura roller guides. I really liked the Carter guides but I figured this saw wasn't really worth the extra money. The Acura guides turned out to be really nice for the price. Luckily my old saw runs really smooth, but unfortunately the upper and lower guides were way out of alignment. I never noticed it with the old steel guide blocks, but with the roller guides it became quite obvious. The saw has a hex guide post and where it attaches to the upper frame there was just a poorly made casting for the post to ride in. Luckily I was able to adjust the alignment by taking a file and then after a while my hand grinder to it. 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

[Jim Ball]

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 to replace it with a 17" or 19" Grizzly down the road. :D

[Dave Bagwill]

I cut right to the swearing, and get it out of the way before I start the sweat work. I like to swear when I'm fresh and before the senility kicks in, which is usually later in the afternoon.

[Jim Ebert]

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 that I am some how superior to the saw? Which by the way at times I question especially when metallic bits of the saw are bouncing off of things burning holes in my hair and threatening to burn down my shop. Of coarse in the middle of all this for just a moment I am thinking that maybe that wouldn't such a bad thing cause I would have a reason to get all new tools that actually work. Oh well what the #&*!

[Jim Ball]

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 that I am some how superior to the saw? Which by the way at times I question especially when metallic bits of the saw are bouncing off of things burning holes in my hair and threatening to burn down my shop. Of coarse in the middle of all this for just a moment I am thinking that maybe that wouldn't such a bad thing cause I would have a reason to get all new tools that actually work. Oh well what the #&*!

AS I tell my wife when she asks me if my cursing at something helped, I reply "not a bit, but it makes me feel better!"

[Jim Ball]

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

[Dave Bagwill]

Sounds real smooth and quiet, Jim! Good for you :-)