Re: $^%&@% bandsaw piece of $#&^%@&@!!

[dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)]

-> What IS proper tension?  Cranked down really fscking tight, or
-> just sort of tight?

 "Really fscking tight" will do.  There are blade-tension guages, but
they don't tell you what tension to run anyway.  Most of my troubles
went away once I cranked the tension up.

 Make sure you open the gearbox and dump all the swarf, lubricate the
idler pulley shaft, etc.  Those Chinese band saws are really bandsaw
kits, not functional tools, at least as delivered.