[TheForge] 4x6 saw adjustment

[dan tull]

He IS good for something!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] 4x6 saw adjustment


> AHA!!!!  That's the pithy answer I was looking for.  I had counterintuited 
> the set screw in the wrong direction.  Today I backed it out a little more 
> and VOILA, no more walking away blade.  thanks, Jerry for the consice and 
> precise answer.
>
> Peter Hirst
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Frost" <akfrosty at mtaonline.net>
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 3:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] 4x6 saw adjustment
>
>
>> It's a little counter intuitive but a wheel, belt or band will turn 
>> uphill, not downhill. Tilting the wheel will cause the band to go the 
>> OTHER direction. Roll a wheel straight across a slope to see what I mean, 
>> it'll turn uphill every time unless it's really steep, even then it'll 
>> try to go up first.
>>
>> Don't overtighten it though, it can cause excessive wear and tracking 
>> problems. Sprung sound is good, tink is too tight.
>>
>> Frosty
>> -------------------------------
>> If it ain't forged
>> it ain't real.
>> Wrought iron is.
>> The FrostWorks
>>
>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>
>>
>>
>>
>> Picked up a Chicago Power Tool 4x6 horizontal/vertical bandsaw really 
>> cheap, but of course without instructions. Replaced a couple of missing 
>> things, adjusted carriage alignment, got everything going except keeping 
>> the blade on the wheels. I understand that gravity and the torque on the 
>> blade are working to tend to pop the thing off, but there must be some 
>> opposite force keeping it on. All I could find is a set screw adjustment 
>> on the non-driving wheel, but when I set that the way it would seem to 
>> work (angling the far edge of the wheel slightly upwards, it made matters 
>> worse:the blade still wants to walk off the wheel. By sheer guess and by 
>> golly, I got it where it stayed put for a couple of cuts, but I have no 
>> idea how or why. What keeps the blade up on the wheels, and how do I 
>> adjust to keep it there?
>>
>>
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