Last month I picked up my Steel City 14" Granite Deluxe Bandsaw and, today, went about the business of working on my very first bandsaw jewelry box. I followed the this tutorial (
), and was using the same width blade (1/4") as he. I had three 12"x9"x 4-3/4" laminated blocks of wood, which came from a old pine water frame base. Neither of the three attempts came out anywhere near right. In fact, the blocks were totally wrecked. First, it was a battle trying to cut the respective drawers out. And, when I did happen to get a drawer cut out (though not as evenly as I'd hoped) they wouldn't go back in right. I could push them in from the back side, but removing and replacing them from the front was nearly impossible. Cutting the back off of the jewelry box, before turning to the drawer cutouts, also proved to be quite a challenge. On two of the boxes, I got blade drift like crazy (I had used the fence for all three cutoffs, and it was the last two where the blade drifted in a rightward direction from the cut line. The first was spot on).
I had also made certain that the blade was square to the table, before starting out on these projects. Something is most definitely wrong, and I don't know if it is my bandsaw - or me.
Any ideas on what might be the possible causative factor, from what I have described?
Nathan
I had also made certain that the blade was square to the table, before starting out on these projects. Something is most definitely wrong, and I don't know if it is my bandsaw - or me.
Any ideas on what might be the possible causative factor, from what I have described?
Nathan