Another HF 4x6 Bandsaw thread - crooked blade adjustment

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:35:55 GMT

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The red HF bandsaw I ordered is finally setup. The only thing I don't like are the blade guides. They have 3 sealed ball bearing guides. On the left when standing in front of the saw, the guide was made so that the 3 bearings touch the blade. The right side guide has a 1/8" gap between the two ball bearings so that the blade sits in their loose and crooked. The two bearings are bolted & c-clipped on the shafts so there is no adjustment. I can tilt the entire guide to make the blade sit straight (with the bearings at a angle), but then the blade will not cut straight across.What is the deal? Make another guide with the right clearance or try to get a proper built one from HF?
Reply:The guide rollers are on an eccentric shaft, loosen them and use a wrench to adjust....Synchowave 180SD  Bernard 3500SS water coolerMillermatic 200Parker Plasma Tec 40dvOperating Engineers Local 12
Reply:Thanks. If they are then I will feel like an idiot. I only loosened one of them and it was not offset. I will try the other in a little bit.
Reply:They were both offset. I didn't turn one enough the first time to notice. I adjusted it to get it square and then tried it out on some wood. It cut great. Then I put some 2x2 square stock steel with 1/8" wall on it. It cut that nice too. I think I will use it a lot instead of shooting sparks every where with the cut off saw.