Blade Lead - Grizzly G0948 Owner's Manual

Blade Lead

Bandsaw blades may wander off the cut line when
sawing, as shown in Figure 75. This is called
blade lead.
Figure 75. Example of blade lead.
Blade lead is usually caused by too fast of a
feed rate, a dull or abused blade, or improper
blade tension. If your blade is sharp/undamaged,
properly tensioned, and you still have blade lead,
perform the following procedures.
Correcting Blade Lead
1. Make sure blade is properly tensioned, and
blade guides are adjusted correctly.
2. Use less pressure when feeding workpiece
through cut.
3. Make sure miter slot and fence are parallel to
blade line (see Aligning Table and Aligning
Fence procedures for detailed information).
4.
Perform test cut with bandsaw.
— If there is still blade lead present, com-
pensate for this condition by skewing
the fence, as instructed in the following
procedures.
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Skewing Fence
Item(s) Needed
Hex Wrench 4mm. ............................................. 1
Scrap Wood ⁄ " x 3" x 17" ................................. 1
3
4
Clamp 4" ............................................................ 1
1. Cut a piece of scrap wood approximately
thick x 3" wide x 17" long. On wide face of
board, draw a straight line parallel to long
edge.
2.
Slide bandsaw fence out of way and cut
along the line halfway through the board.
Turn bandsaw OFF and wait for blade to
stop. Do not move board.
3.
Clamp board to bandsaw table, then slide
fence over to board so it barely touches one
end of board.
4.
Loosen fence adjustment cap screws, skew
fence so it is parallel with scrap piece, then
tighten cap screws.
5.
Make a few cuts using fence.
— If blade lead is still present, repeat
Steps 1–4 until blade and fence are paral-
lel with each other.
Model G0948 (Mfd. Since 08/21)
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