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Yeah bud, yer gonna have a lot of fun with your big new toy! I finished installing my riser block tonight and practiced on a bunch of scraps, i had an old pine plank that was 11" wide by 3" long by 1/2" thick and resawed it in half, then i started squaring a log of i dunno whut that i might use for neck and end blocks, pretty dense stuff but still easy to cut! Loves ma bandsaw!

Here's the improvised fence i used tonight, i'm gonna buy me a decent one tomorrow.



in the next pics, you can see the pine plates leaning against the purple desk that's under the go bar deck









Serge

Next you'll be digging through your neighbor's firewood looking for figured logs. Don't ask me how I know.

Al

I already started a year ago Al!

Hi Serge, Good job!

Can you tell us more about what you needed to do to iinstall the riser block and how well the saw cuts with it? I have the exact same saw and have been debating whether or not to get the riser block.

Cheers!

John

Hi John, it's really simple but you still have to follow the instructions that RIDGID provides in the riser block package and also go back to the original instruction booklet of the saw for resetting everything afterwards.

To install the riser block, you first have to loosen your blade, take the table pin out and the plastic round piece and out the blade goes. You then have to shim the upper arm of the saw and unscrew that big bolt that's behind your on/off switch, the upper arm being heavy , it could easily fall to the side with the weight of the wheel. With the riser block package comes a bunch of adjusted new parts that you'll have to install, one word of advice, read the whole paragraph instead of reading a sentence and try to to it a bit at a time, when installing that blade guide assembly especially. The 105" blade provided with the riser block is not the best quality but good enough for practicing and yes, get yourself a decent fence!

Serge

Hi Serge,

Looks like you're having loads of fun.    Can you tell me know what size blade you're using (width, I guess; ie, 1/4" or 1/2", etc)?


Also, do find that the blade gets "gummy" from certain woods, and if so, how do you clean it?

Thanks buddy, keep (re)sawing!!!!

Pete

Awesome - cant wait Serge!
Cheers
Charlie
PS - some people got the idea in the madomaniac blanket thread that those were photos of my build pictured - not so! They are pictures Tom used to demonstrate the system in another forum. I am getting very close to snapping pics tho.
C

I use a 1/2" 4tpi for resawing on mine. After a bit of practice I can get 4 slices from a 1" board up to 10" deep.

Al

Hi Pete, i just bought myself both! 1/2" 4 tpi for resawing like my bud Al uses and 1/4" 3tpi for scroll work.

For your second question, i honestly wouldn't know what to use to clean the blades, i cleaned the oil that was on the black blade that RIDGID provides with paper towel but if i come across gummy wood like you mentionned, i would ask someone here like Al Peebels or Shane Neifer who both have more experience than me.

Hey Charlie, i hope you did not process your kitchen table through the bandsaw eh?

Al, what do you use to clean them blades when they get gummy?

Serge

Good luck on the new saw Serge.

I think that's ash isn't it? I'm no expert, by far, but it looks like it to moi!

Hey! Where's the beer drink'in alien?

Billy Dean ThomasBilly T38850.8021296296

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

The "Beer Drinkin' Alien" .... sounds like a name for a band!

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Anderson Guitars
Clearwater,Fl. 33755

Thanks Billy and Dave for worrying about my beer drinking buddy, he`s still on the shop wall but he`s alone tonight cuz i`m away from home, i will post a pic soon or should i ask for a ransom?

I think most woodworking and large hardware stores sell pitch remover for tools and blades. I don't know what's in it, and so far I haven't had to use it.

AlA Peebels38850.8624305556

Thank you very much Al!

Serge

No, no kitchen table Serge although I did run some maple I salvaged from a body of a wurlitzer organ through it - destined to be klemsia cam clamps soon!
Cheers
Charliewood

Good on ya mate, did you buy a fence with it? Busy bee caries them at a good price and they also got some caster wheeled base that adjusts to the size you need for your bandsaw! Also get good blades!

Have fun!

Serge