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I have gone step by step with “the guide to bandsawing” and 2 different videos....the last one was Snodgrass bandsaw clinic

I still get drift when resawing. I’ve been told don’t mess with coplaner and my saw should be good to go from the factory.

I see grizzly has a resaw bar. Does it help?

Anybody been through this?

I have the Grizzly Anniversary bandsaw.


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If you have a consistent drift then you will just have to adjust for it. The way to do that is get a scrap piece and plane it nice and square and straight. Proceed to make a cut on the piece and go into it at least a foot, preferably more and cover the whole table. Then very carefully stop the saw with the piece in place and with a pencil or something strike a line on the table. That is your base line. That is the line that marks the drift and you adjust your fence to that.

I also adjust for drift exactly as jfmekenna.

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With m y 50 year old Delta 14" I have very good luck by making sure the blade is riding in the center of the upper tire. If it goes slightly off center the whole blade is pointed just a little one way or another. I put new tires on 10 (?) years ago and that made all the difference. I used to do the above shift and that works too.

Ed

My experience is the same as ED. If I set the blade tracking on the upper wheel so that the gullets are centered on the tire, I get no drift. If the blade tracks forward or backward from that position, the blade is will turn outward or inward, causing the wood to pull away from the fence (Kreg) or pushing it in and binding. That's with my old Delta 14" with a riser block.
There is a u tube video on 'The Myth of Blade Drift', but as always YMMV.

Mr. Michael Fortune's video on general band saw setup is very good for those running steel or bi-metal blades. For the smaller 14" and 15" cast iron saws, his approach is very effective

https://www.finewoodworking.com/2011/04 ... -a-bandsaw

Most of our resaw work is with carbide tipped blades, so drift is strictly an issue with the alignment of the band with the cutting axis. We use a flat shopmade fence - if the blade is tracking correctly, much easier to use than a bar-type fence.

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I have this with the tall fence too. Dial it in and drift is a fading memory

https://www.rockler.com/laguna-drift-ma ... gJHJvD_BwE

I have a 16" Jet. I correct for drift the same way as Ed and bftobin.

As in adjust the upper wheel so the blade is centered and I have also replaced the guides with a better set and make sure they are set properly.

For resaw I use a feather board to hold the bottom of the wood firmly against the fence and I watch the top of the board I am resawing. I make sure the top thickness of the cut is staying true to the bottom. It is easy to see it get to thin or thick and a little pressure corrects just fine. I also use a 1" carbide tipped blade, that helps a lot also.

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I have the resaw fence and it is handy. Take the time to set up your band saw. Don't assume it was set up at the factory. There are instructions in the manual , if you lost that you can get it at the Grizzly site or watch the you tube vids. I swapped out to European guides and got rid of the roller bearings best thing you can do.
also not all blades are equal. I use a 1 2/3 tooth per inch lennox wood master blade.

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I think I need to switch my guides to bearings


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You don’t like the bearings?


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I think it was Michaeldc on here that recommended I look at the space age ceramics blocks. I’ve been using them for a couple years now. I use the same resaw blade each time and don’t really have to even touch the blocks when swapping blades. They seem to work great.

Might be worth a look - https://spaceageceramics.com

Brad


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the european and ceramic guitars are a lot better than the roller bearing. A lot more control especially on resaw

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Well you hit the nail on the head. I checked everything this AM and I have the ceramic guides on the upper...back and sides....on the lower I have ceramic side guides and a bearing back guide. The bearing has failed. It spins free then grabs. This is what caused my blade to turn.

I’m gonna see if Grizzly has a ceramic replacement for it.


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Anyone use these? They are pretty cheap on Amazon. I ordered 2 to see if they are decent.



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