Resaw blades

**Austin_Turner** · 23rd June 2019, 03:44 PM

Ok cool, that matches my experience, but I get some deflection at feedrates it should handle, how do you judge correct blade tension for your woodmaster 1” (I’m using the bi-metal B), I suspect I’m being a bit ginger in my tensioning (I read that the tension guides are not that accurate and you might need to pish past what the gauge says).

**derekcohen** · 23rd June 2019, 07:27 PM

Basically, I tension until just over the 1" mark. That's a lot of tension. I also listen to the sigh sound of the blade, and watch if there is too much sideways movement.

Regards from Perth

Derek

**Chris Parks** · 23rd June 2019, 09:11 PM

Have a look at this, it uses a vernier caliper & two clamps to measure the tension which a lot of people already have

https://woodgears.ca/bandsaw/tension.html

**Austin_Turner** · 24th June 2019, 10:00 AM

Thanks guys, it sounds like under-tensioning is actually a pretty common problem.

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