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as this will cause damage. If the blade has a bad weld, dress the blade or return it to your
supplier.
5. Loosen the rear guide clamp screw and push the guide forward so that it just touches the
back of the blade. Tighten the guide in position.
6. Rotate the blade by hand and check that the back of the blade does not hit the blade
guide with a bad weld. If the back of the blade hits the rear blade guide at the weld, then
dress the blade or, in excessive cases, return the blade to the supplier.
Note : Rotate the back guide by approximately 15 degrees after every 8 hours of use. This
will greatly extend the life of the back blade guide, as it will even out the wear.
Before you cut any wood, read the safety rules at the front of this manual.
Using the bandsaw
Although the bandsaw is usually associated with cutting curves, a variety of straight cuts
are easily made with the saw. In fact, it is often used to rip wood because it is much safer
than a radial arm saw and also has a smaller saw cut, so wastes less wood. This becomes
very important when using expensive wood where wastage must be kept to a minimum.
The cut is safer because the force of the cut is straight down on the table, so the work
cannot be pulled back or kicked back, which sometimes happens with table or radial arm
saws.
The bandsaw can also cut very thick stock, which the radial arm or table saw cannot do.
The disadvantage of cutting with the bandsaw is that the surface finish of the cut is not as
good as with the table or radial arm saw. This can be overcome to a great degree by using
the Resaw King blade from Laguna Tools. The blade has a lot of advantages such as
superior surface finish to the cut, thin kerf (low wood wastage), ability to be re-sharpened,
will cut hard woods and a long life.
Ripping
Ripping is a cut made with the grain of the wood. The four most common cuts made with
the grain of the wood are rip, bevel, taper and resaw cuts. There are two frequently used
techniques for making straight bandsaw cuts. One technique is to use a single point to
guide the work. The rationale for using a single point is that the saw may tend to cut at a
slight angle. This is called drift or lead. The single point allows the operator to compensate
for the drift and cut the wood straight. With a little practice, you will obtain satisfactory
results using this method. However, you own a real bandsaw, so this method is not
recommended. Another method is to use the rip fence as a guide. Once set up, this takes
the guesswork out of cutting, reduces the stress on the operator and is a must for volume
work. Once you have mastered the setup procedure, you will tend to use the single-point
method less and less.
Fence positions
The aluminum fence can be used in two height positions (high and low). The low position is
handy for cutting thin wood and is used where the fence in the high position would make it
awkward to complete cuts. The fence in the high position is used for supporting tall work.