Thread: bandsaw circa $800 advise required

Originally Posted by orraloon

The clicking may be the weld in the blade striking the roller guides. Move all rollers out of the way so blade runs free ans see if the noise is still there. Other test is without blade on spin wheels and listen. Noise may be rollers themselves as they do make some noise.
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John

Checked. The blade weld is quite good and barely seen and rollers make noise if I bring them to close, but very different. The wheels do not make any noise without blade under tension.

It may be the way I described is not illustrative enough. The “clicking noise” is not a light, high frequency click. It’s actually low frequency more like a bang noise. It’s like something quite big bashing against the saw steel body. When I turn the wheel by hand (with blade installed and tensioned) it makes this noise once per revolution. It like the stress is build up when the wheel is turning and after full revolution stress is released and the sound resonated by the saw body. Just once per revolution of the wheel.

Hope this describe it better.

Have a look that everything is right with the drive belt pullies and the motor pulley. There is a belt tensioner also so try different tensions to see what works.
Regards
John

Sorry for irregular responses. I'm completely flat out at work and have very little time at home after newborn arrived

Originally Posted by orraloon

Have a look that everything is right with the drive belt pullies and the motor pulley. There is a belt tensioner also so try different tensions to see what works.
Regards
John

I did check all pulleys and experimented with tension of the drive belt. All pulleys looks good and drive belt with increased tension force extra banging noise from the bottom wheel. I checked the alignment bolts of the bottom wheel (3 nuts on the back side, see the picture) as I remembered one on the left on the picture was loose and I tightened the nut on it.
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So I adjust it a bit and the noise from bottom wheel disappeared.

Now I need to figure out what causing similar noise on the top wheel

I am all out of ideas but those things usually are something simple. Let us know how it goes.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by orraloon

I am all out of ideas but those things usually are something simple. Let us know how it goes.
Regards
John

Sure will do. Thanks for your help and suggestions. Now I just need to find a little bit of time