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This is the first time I've used a bandsaw for production work. Within the past couple of days the one I bought a couple of weeks ago isn't cutting true on larger stock. For example, on 2" thick wall pipe it will be off by about 1/8". Vise is true to blade and I've double check stock is level. Blade is tight. Can the problem be the blade is getting dull? Have a 10 teeth to the inch blade on it as I usually cut larger stock and stay with the saw while it is cutting (in case the blade catches on thinner stock). Blade seems to cut fine. Just not straight.
Shop tip: When I replaced a universal joint in my haybine I couldn't get the caps in far enough for the lock spring to go into the groove. Was up at the repair shop at the time. Even using ratchet sockets in a vise didn't help. Asked old timer there about the problem. He walked over, put a rod against the inside of the yoke, tapped and it separated enough. Hadn't occurred to me the yoke forks were compressed.
Ken S. in WC TN
Shop tip: When I replaced a universal joint in my haybine I couldn't get the caps in far enough for the lock spring to go into the groove. Was up at the repair shop at the time. Even using ratchet sockets in a vise didn't help. Asked old timer there about the problem. He walked over, put a rod against the inside of the yoke, tapped and it separated enough. Hadn't occurred to me the yoke forks were compressed.
Ken S. in WC TN