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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chuck,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">First I am probably not the person to answer this with any authority, given my bandsaw technique certainly needs work. But I will pass on something Scott Phillips said on one of his recent shows.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">First a disclaimer </span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="color:#1F497D"> Scott’s show has come and gone on our local PBS station over the years. It recently reappeared
so I watch it on Saturday mornings. I feel like Scott has become somewhat of a hack but I watch it anyway.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I will say that Scott uses his bandsaw allot and he certainly can move some wood through one with a fair amount of accuracy. I do not remember his exact reasoning but he over tensions the blades. Funny thing
is I have always wondered if blades should be tensioned tighter. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I think I found it with the help of Google. It is right around 2:15
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=american+woodshop+bandsaw+blade+tension+adjustment&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS900US900&ei=MB-MYKPYONHg9APL05vIAw&oq=american+woodshop+bandsaw+blade+ten&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCOgYIABAWEB46BwghEAoQoAFQrTVYqV1guXBoAXAAeACAAWuIAYoGkgEDOS4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#kpvalbx=_JCCMYMT7E9Pa9AOKwYbwBg38">https://www.google.com/search?q=american+woodshop+bandsaw+blade+tension+adjustment&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS900US900&ei=MB-MYKPYONHg9APL05vIAw&oq=american+woodshop+bandsaw+blade+ten&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIFCCEQoAEyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCOgYIABAWEB46BwghEAoQoAFQrTVYqV1guXBoAXAAeACAAWuIAYoGkgEDOS4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpesABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#kpvalbx=_JCCMYMT7E9Pa9AOKwYbwBg38</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">2Dave <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces@lists.sawdusters.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 30, 2021 7:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> woodworkers@sawdusters.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> chuck.steger@gmail.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Woodworkers] Resawing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I have a couple of band saws where I keep a ¼” blade on one and a ½” blade for resawing on the other (yeah, lazy!). In the past I would use a wider blade for resawing but really
liked the ½” 6 TPI blade so I kept it on. Yesterday I was resawing a 11” wide by 14” long piece of Bolivian Rosewood (real dense wood). I used the ½” blade and it was slow going but never drifted and cut beautifully. In fact, that’s why I use this blade –
no drift. However, when I was finished and looked at the blade, the gullets were full, the blade was caked with saw dust and I honestly was surprised it did so well. So, I changed to a ¾” 3 TPI hook tooth blade. It cut much faster and easier but drifted like
a son of a gun. In fact, it drifted so badly, it ruined the piece. The good news is I needed a thinner piece, so that became the thinner piece. But, when I was sanding both pieces on the drum sander it was obvious how badly it drifted. Because the previous
blade cut to the line with no drift, I could cut 1/16” over my finished thickness. However, with the ¾” blade, I couldn’t. So, I marked a ½” line to get a finished 3/8” thickness. As I monitored the cut, it was drifting so badly, I had to stop or it would
have cut into my 3/8” thickness. BTW, it drifted at the bottom and I was monitoring the top which is why I didn’t see it the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">So, all that to ask why the drift? Is the blade not sharp enough (I had used it before so maybe dull?), not tensioned enough, or ???? I think it was tensioned enough but I still
throw it out there as a question. Why would the ½” cut so beautifully and the ¾” cut so badly? I cleaned up the ½” and was tempted to put it back on but I don’t want to because it’s really not designed to do what I was doing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One thing I’m going to try today it to cut the 11” width down to a narrower piece (that I would need anyway) and try resawing a narrower piece.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I ordered new blades but, of course, they won’t be here for a few days and I want to resaw today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"">Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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