Comments on: 13- Bandsaw Setup/Tuneup http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/ Education and entertainment for the modern woodworker. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:19:02 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Thomas Hansen http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-47631 Thomas Hansen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:14:16 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-47631 Hi Marc, first of all thanks for your great videos. I´m in Woodworking for just about one year and stick with handtools mostly, simply for the lack of money. But nethertheless ist dream a lot about having a BS to cut my own veneer which is thick enough to prevent me from living in fear due to the use through my family. I just dont feel confident with wood that ist as thin as paper. Beside the lack of funds it was mainly the tuneup that scared me with BS. If you only read about this process it sounds not at all easy, so again: Thanks Thomas PS: After picking singe videos from you I decided to look them all and thats how i came to looking this. I hope my english is at least understandable :) Hi Marc,

first of all thanks for your great videos. I´m in Woodworking for just about one year and stick with handtools mostly, simply for the lack of money. But nethertheless ist dream a lot about having a BS to cut my own veneer which is thick enough to prevent me from living in fear due to the use through my family. I just dont feel confident with wood that ist as thin as paper. Beside the lack of funds it was mainly the tuneup that scared me with BS. If you only read about this process it sounds not at all easy, so again: Thanks

Thomas

PS: After picking singe videos from you I decided to look them all and thats how i came to looking this. I hope my english is at least understandable :)

]]> By: karin corbin http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-45159 karin corbin Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:01:29 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-45159 Would you please post this video on youtube.com I would like to be able to include it in my blog. Would you please post this video on youtube.com

I would like to be able to include it in my blog.

]]> By: colin http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-43937 colin Sat, 30 May 2009 10:30:55 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-43937 When will the USA catch up with the rest of the World and go METRIC !! When will the USA catch up with the rest of the World and go METRIC !!

]]> By: Kevin http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-42666 Kevin Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:30:50 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-42666 Thanks for another view on blade tensioning. All I've had to go by is the manual and it's nice to see some more info. I use an alternate method of folding a blade. Hold the blade in front of you with your hand at the top of the loop. Palm up and out. Rest the bottom of the loop on the floor and step on it with your foot. Twist your hand around the verticle axis (as best you can) while lowering it toward your foot. If you're using your right hand you will twist it counter clockwise as you lower it. Thanks for another view on blade tensioning. All I’ve had to go by is the manual and it’s nice to see some more info.

I use an alternate method of folding a blade. Hold the blade in front of you with your hand at the top of the loop. Palm up and out. Rest the bottom of the loop on the floor and step on it with your foot. Twist your hand around the verticle axis (as best you can) while lowering it toward your foot. If you’re using your right hand you will twist it counter clockwise as you lower it.

]]> By: John Range http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-39226 John Range Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:55:12 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-39226 Great work Mark - the videos are very helpful. This sort of content is amongst the best the web has to offer - expert people sharing their skills! Kind regards JR Great work Mark – the videos are very helpful. This sort of content is amongst the best the web has to offer – expert people sharing their skills!
Kind regards
JR

]]> By: Robert Berendsen http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-35673 Robert Berendsen Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:09:42 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-35673 Nothing more to add to what I've already read - I've had my Jet for a number of years and haven't used it in about 5. My kids helped me move (downsize) into a retirem't community, so nothing was taken particular care in the move - just get it in the truck and get him out of here. Can't find anything, like the manual, so your video will really come in handy to keep me from cutting off a limb or whatever, but I was wondering how I could find other videos on the band saw on your site. I see there's one on table saws and I would guess there probably is on a radial as well. I shot a ripped piece through the garage wall (glad no one was in front of it) because I'd forgotten how to prevent such mishaps. Got a lot of re-studying to do. Thanks to you, one has already been helped. Hadn't de-tensioned the blade on the BS: have I created a problem? It's probably been the same tension for 2 or 3 years! Thanks Marc! BB Nothing more to add to what I’ve already read – I’ve had my Jet for a number of years and haven’t used it in about 5. My kids helped me move (downsize) into a retirem’t community, so nothing was taken particular care in the move – just get it in the truck and get him out of here. Can’t find anything, like the manual, so your video will really come in handy to keep me from cutting off a limb or whatever, but I was wondering how I could find other videos on the band saw on your site. I see there’s one on table saws and I would guess there probably is on a radial as well. I shot a ripped piece through the garage wall (glad no one was in front of it) because I’d forgotten how to prevent such mishaps. Got a lot of re-studying to do. Thanks to you, one has already been helped. Hadn’t de-tensioned the blade on the BS: have I created a problem? It’s probably been the same tension for 2 or 3 years!

Thanks Marc!

BB

]]> By: Marty Weis http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-25533 Marty Weis Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:55:26 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-25533 Thanks for the link to the wheel tires. The price is right, beware all you that are hunting wheel tires that not all of them are sold in pairs. The link provided previously is a good price for a pair, plus if you sign up for a year of Woodworkers Journal you get the second year free. No clue if it is a good rag or not but will have to check it out. Just a heads up you soak the rubber in soapy hot water before you put em on, then run a dowel around the wheel inside the tire to even out the tension of the rubber. (Or so I've heard). Please correct me if I'm wrong. You might have covered this in the vid, I have not gotten it to run yet. Thanks for the link to the wheel tires. The price is right, beware all you that are hunting wheel tires that not all of them are sold in pairs. The link provided previously is a good price for a pair, plus if you sign up for a year of Woodworkers Journal you get the second year free. No clue if it is a good rag or not but will have to check it out. Just a heads up you soak the rubber in soapy hot water before you put em on, then run a dowel around the wheel inside the tire to even out the tension of the rubber. (Or so I’ve heard). Please correct me if I’m wrong. You might have covered this in the vid, I have not gotten it to run yet.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-12433 thewoodwhisperer Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:06:18 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-12433 Wow. That is scary Mike. Replacing the tires sounds like a great idea to me. Now i have never needed to use adhesive with my tires, but I have heard of people doing that. Truthfully, I would only do it if you notice the new tire slipping. And I would not try to salvage the old tire. Rubber is rubber and as you no, time and weather are not rubber's friends. I have never used them, but if I were replacing my tires I would buy these: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=5838&sid=AFN86 And if they fit nice and tight, then skip the adhesive for now. Of course there may be some logical reason to apply the glue anyway that I'm not aware of...... And with those new tires, I bet that thing will perform like a champ! Good luck. Wow. That is scary Mike. Replacing the tires sounds like a great idea to me. Now i have never needed to use adhesive with my tires, but I have heard of people doing that. Truthfully, I would only do it if you notice the new tire slipping. And I would not try to salvage the old tire. Rubber is rubber and as you no, time and weather are not rubber’s friends.
I have never used them, but if I were replacing my tires I would buy these:
http://www.rockler.com/product.....;sid=AFN86

And if they fit nice and tight, then skip the adhesive for now. Of course there may be some logical reason to apply the glue anyway that I’m not aware of…… And with those new tires, I bet that thing will perform like a champ!

Good luck.

]]> By: Mike Kapotsy http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-12430 Mike Kapotsy Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:32:06 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-12430 Marc, Thank you so much for the reply and so quickly! Well unfortunately I did mean the tire is coming off. As I mentioned, it was in storage for a year or so and I think the tire is getting old. It has a few spider cracks when you look at it really close. I was reading on some websites after I posted my question where the tires are typically glued on with a type of adhesive. I was hoping your answer would be I need to reapply some adhesive. Can I just order a replacement urethane tire or rubber one and throw the old one away? Which type would you recommend? Thanks for the info on the table also. I will have to use some sandpaper for sure because it's got quite a bit of surface rust. The bandsaw was my father's and he purchased it in 1999. Up till now it has worked great for me. I appreciate your help! Mike Marc,

Thank you so much for the reply and so quickly! Well unfortunately I did mean the tire is coming off. As I mentioned, it was in storage for a year or so and I think the tire is getting old. It has a few spider cracks when you look at it really close. I was reading on some websites after I posted my question where the tires are typically glued on with a type of adhesive. I was hoping your answer would be I need to reapply some adhesive. Can I just order a replacement urethane tire or rubber one and throw the old one away? Which type would you recommend?

Thanks for the info on the table also. I will have to use some sandpaper for sure because it’s got quite a bit of surface rust. The bandsaw was my father’s and he purchased it in 1999. Up till now it has worked great for me.

I appreciate your help! Mike

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/bandsaw-setup-tuneup/#comment-12420 thewoodwhisperer Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:31:14 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=160#comment-12420 Oh and for the rust, I like to use the same treatment as I described in this video. Only start by using some sand paper and WD-40 to remove the heavy rust. I might go as low as 180 or 220 grit if the rust is really bad. Then wipe it down with mineral spirits and proceed through the rest of the process from the video. Hope that helps. Oh and for the rust, I like to use the same treatment as I described in this video. Only start by using some sand paper and WD-40 to remove the heavy rust. I might go as low as 180 or 220 grit if the rust is really bad. Then wipe it down with mineral spirits and proceed through the rest of the process from the video.

Hope that helps.

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