Just the other day, I purchased my Steel City 14" Granite Deluxe Bandsaw, and I have been quite enamored with it. *Today, however, I ran into a problem - with it - that I just can't seem to counter. *I had desired to try my hand at a bandsaw puzzle box, and set in to cutting out the perimeter of the design in some pine that I had laminated into a nice sized rectangular shape. *About a quarter of the way through my first rip, there was a binding of the blade. *It took better than a half hour to get the blade released, and that also entailed, first, having to remove the blade entirely from the bandsaw. *After freeing the blade from the stock I found that I could not reinstall it on the saw. *I made a call to a tech, at Steel City, who did try to walk me through some things I could try, but it was all to no avail. *Nothing I attempted proved to me enabling, in my quest to lower the upper wheel enough to allow for reinstallation of the blade. *
Of course, my saw is under warranty, but I don't know how they might try to work things out for me. *The unit is much too heavy for me to try and take to a service center, and I am hoping that they would authorize a local tool repair company to come out to my home. *But, has any one else ever experienced such as what I am presently dealing with? *If so, how did you correct the condition?
Of course, my saw is under warranty, but I don't know how they might try to work things out for me. *The unit is much too heavy for me to try and take to a service center, and I am hoping that they would authorize a local tool repair company to come out to my home. *But, has any one else ever experienced such as what I am presently dealing with? *If so, how did you correct the condition?