[TheForge] bandsaw alignment

[Andy Vida]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> 
> Howdy:
> I just bought my first nearly adult bandsaw ...

> ... Having done major reworking
> on my 2 smaller bandsaws, i have a vague idea of what needs to be done
> but i've never seen it done right. Can anyone refer me to a website or a
> company that gives out booklets detailing the specifics? My google
> searches weren't all that helpful......Thanks all....Pete F

	A woodworking textbook may provide the information, though
	setting the guides isn't a big deal.  I've always set the
	bearings such that they just make contact with the blade and
	the guide blocks with perhaps 0.0015 on each side and clear 
	enough of the set so the teeth don't strike them under load.
	As far as I've ever known, that's pretty much the long and
	the short of setting guides on a bandsaw.  It gets a little
	trickier when you're running a 1/4" wood blade, where as I 
	recall you may tighten up a bit, buyt it's more of a take
	slower cutting than setting the guides.

	Have you checked out cool blocks?  I think you can find them
	advertized in Fine Woodworking.