BAND SAW QUESTION

Have you got the manual? Is there a Rikon forum?

-- Bstrom

Track the blade when it’s under tension. Which Rikon band saw do you have.

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

I’ve got a 1/8” blade that does the same thing. No matter what I do, I cannot get it to stay on the wheel. As soon as I tighten the quick release and turn it by hand it moves forward no matter how I adjust the tracking or tension. It used to work just fine and I have not used it very much. Visually, I cannot see any problems with the blade. Only thing I can think of is that keeping such a narrow blade under tension must have done something to the blade that I cannot see.

-- Nathan, TX -- Hire the lazy man. He may not do as much work but that's because he will find a better way.

FIRST, no matter what blade I put on, I turn by hand to determine how it will track.

If a blade wanders off, no matter what I do, the money is on a bend in the course of my or someone else’s manhandling.

In the end, I am coming to conclude bandsaws are as much art as they are science, regarding their operation.

What is a locking lever? Never mind it’s the tension release lever if found out.

How to track a 14 inch Rikon Band saw.

https://youtu.be/3Gzihcgvf_w

https://youtu.be/H-kM2piyZsA?t=965

-- Alaskan's for Global warming!

Have you got the manual? Is there a Rikon forum?

- Bstrom

I have looked both online at that manual and the one that has come with my bandsaw (I found out they are the same thing), but it didn’t really help

Track the blade when it s under tension. Which Rikon band saw do you have.

- Rich

Rich – I have a RIKON 10-326. I tried it under tension and not under tension. Under tension, it tracks to the front and snaps off no matter what else I do. Not under tension it tracks pretty well, but the second I put on the tension lever on the middle back, engaged again it goes off the front again.

What is a locking lever? Never mind it s the tension release lever if found out.

How to track a 14 inch Rikon Band saw.

https://youtu.be/3Gzihcgvf_w

https://youtu.be/H-kM2piyZsA?t=965

- AlaskaGuy

I had already watched the first link and it didn’t explain much more than I am already doing. The second link, though, shows promise as it seems to be a better description. Thanks. I’ll let you know how it goes…

What is a locking lever? Never mind it s the tension release lever if found out.

How to track a 14 inch Rikon Band saw.

https://youtu.be/3Gzihcgvf_w

https://youtu.be/H-kM2piyZsA?t=965

- AlaskaGuy

I had already watched the first link and it didn t explain much more than I am already doing. The second link, though, shows promise as it seems to be a better description. Thanks. I ll let you know how it goes…

- McNamar

I just finished doing some resawino of cedar wood and making bowl blanks. The info in the video worked like a charm. In the end, it was hitting the upper wheel with a rubber mallet that freed up whatever was frozen and then it worked like a champ. Thanks a million for the link. I looked at tons of you tube, but never saw that one.

McNamar, glad you found the problem. I guess it’s true. If all else fails “whack it.”

-- Alaskan's for Global warming!

I think I posted this recommendation once upon a time – the tensioner doesn’t always wander back up where it should be, so whacking the bottom of the wheel with my palm changes it’s position when I backing off tension.

As I, often, say, sometimes “old technology is the best technology.”

I just finished doing some resawino of cedar wood and making bowl blanks. The info in the video worked like a charm. In the end, it was hitting the upper wheel with a rubber mallet that freed up whatever was frozen and then it worked like a champ. Thanks a million for the link. I looked at tons of you tube, but never saw that one.

- McNamar

I have the 10-326 as well, and that did happen to mine once. I had to wrestle the wheel by hand to free it. It hasn’t happened since.

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

I have the 10-325 and have had no issues in the ten years I have owned it.