Bottom bandsaw wheel JWBS - 18

The first photo is just fine. I wouldn’t mess with that at all. I know all about the Snodgrass recommendation, but where that’s riding on the tire is not a problem at all.

-- Half of what we read or hear about finishing is right. We just don’t know which half! — Bob Flexner

I haven’t watched the Snodgrass video in a long time, but co-planer is not nearly as important as having the gullets centered on the top wheel. Slightly out actually helps IME.

-- Darrel

Leave it be as other suggested. It was working as it is, and will continue to work well. :)

-- Live to tell the stories, they sound better that way.

My recent riser mod has the 3/4” Timberwolf resaw blade riding at two different ‘locations’ on their wheels too. Well within the tire space available, I’m not worried but it did seem disconcerting at first. I let it work a good while to see that it would perform properly and it does. Not all in these middle class machines is perfect. Just keeping an eye out for potential mishaps with proper blade tightening and well made guide adjustments – which I agonize over for the sake of malfunction prevention – will serve you well.

-- Bstrom

Ok. So then the bottom wheel from what I’ve gathered is ok to have the blade slightly forward I’m guessing shimming it with washers is not recommended despite the bottom seems about 1/8” closer to the mount then the top wheel.

I guess this is where drift comes into play since the blade, as it passes from the top to the bottom wheel, doesn’t match. Snodgrass mentioned that “a bandsaw should have zero drift when adjusting it properly.

Blade tension is tricky for me. I have a 1” blade on. When I tension the saw, the blade with indicator is well past the 1.5” blade setting but snodgrass also said that those indicators don’t mean much. As long as there’s an 1/8” side to side movement of the blade when tapped with my finger.

I’d like to upgrade the motor’s horsepower but I guess I’m going to have to do some digging to find one that’ll match the stock motor. I’ve been told grizzly has very good aftermarket bandsaw motors.

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