I've got one of those $179 Harbor Freight (or Jet or Enco) metal
bandsaws. Since I've gotten it I've had a problem with the band
jumping off the wheels. There's an adjustment for setting the
angle of the top (non-driven) wheel. I've played with it and sometimes
gotten it to stay on for a while. I thought I'd finally figured it out
recently when I managed to cut some PVC and then cut through a
tractor PTO driveshaft without the band jumping off the wheel.
But today I went to whack up some 1x1 square tubing for a stand, and it's
jumping off every 30 seconds. $^#&%#!!!
I've got the guide rollers as close to the work as I can get them.
I thought that helped, but I guess I was wrong.
Does anyone know how to adjust these infernal pieces of #&%#&% so
they work right?
Thanks!
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Eric Murray http://www.lne.com/ericm ericm at lne.com PGP keyid:E03F65E5
Consulting Security Architect
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