three HP 9 In. Benchtop Band Saw
As I continue to make much more projects out of wood, I find that I rely on my bandsaw for additional and much more of them. The bandsaw is wonderful for cutting curves, resawing wood and for cutting blanks for woodturning. The bandsaw is extremely versitile and comes in useful for quite a few projects but it does have one key drawback, SAWDUST!
The more your band saw blade wanders, the additional thickness you will need to have. The critical point is to reduce this wandering and there are 5 approaches to do this: (1) blade tension (maximum recommended to preserve the blade from flexing), (2) blade width (the wider, the superior for stiffness), (three) blade kind (developed specifically for resawing), (four) motor power (to drive the blade through the wood with no bogging down) and (five) blade guides (the far more blade control, the improved).
So how do you …
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