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Grizzly G1019 bandsaw giving me fits. Bought this used some time ago, came with one 1/4" blade installed, and 2 new in box blades. When I got it, the blade was running on the extreme front of the wheels, though it stayed put. The guides were miles away from the blade. Adjusted the guides, and worked OK, although the blade wanted to run on the front of the wheels. Later on I installed one of the new blades, and had some difficulty getting it to track, and it ran on the extreme front of the wheels also.
Contacted Grizzly CS, and the only thing they could tell me was to check if the wheels were coplaner, which they were. Tried reversing the tires, same thing. On a subsequent use, I managed to catch the blade insert with the blade and cut it in half. I mention this because ....
Fast forward to today. Set up to cut some white birch logs. Made one pass, taking off about a 1" X 1-1/2" piece. On the next pass, about 2" into the cut, bang, blade broke. Hence why I mentioned the above cutting the insert, probably why the blade broke. Anyway, grabbed the original used blade and tried to install. After about 20 attempts I gave up. I could find no setting of tension and tracking where that danged belt would stay on the wheels.
Two more things:
1) Don't mention Alex's video - I watched it several times.
2) Note from the pictures that the blade guard will only go up about 1/2 way before it hits the upper wheel. Was there supposed to be a shorter guide to be used with the riser block when the guides are in the upper half of the travel?
Any help/comments appreciated.
Contacted Grizzly CS, and the only thing they could tell me was to check if the wheels were coplaner, which they were. Tried reversing the tires, same thing. On a subsequent use, I managed to catch the blade insert with the blade and cut it in half. I mention this because ....
Fast forward to today. Set up to cut some white birch logs. Made one pass, taking off about a 1" X 1-1/2" piece. On the next pass, about 2" into the cut, bang, blade broke. Hence why I mentioned the above cutting the insert, probably why the blade broke. Anyway, grabbed the original used blade and tried to install. After about 20 attempts I gave up. I could find no setting of tension and tracking where that danged belt would stay on the wheels.
Two more things:
1) Don't mention Alex's video - I watched it several times.
2) Note from the pictures that the blade guard will only go up about 1/2 way before it hits the upper wheel. Was there supposed to be a shorter guide to be used with the riser block when the guides are in the upper half of the travel?
Any help/comments appreciated.
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