Thread: Bandsaw ‘ripples’

Hello again
The photo of the Tas oak suggests that there could be some improvements made to your setup,
you shouldn't get that speclhing on the underside of the cut,
Whether that's due to you're fence not being parallel with the blade, or other things like machine setup
which is worth checking, that is...
if the blade is actually tensioned adequately, and the tracking where it should be, then something is at fault.

Might get a better impression if we Knew if the speclhing was on both sides of the cut, and if the scallops are too.
Scallops on both sides would indicate that you're pushing too hard, and the blade is getting deflected.
One solution is slowing down, which you seem to be gravitating towards,
Could see if spelching was present on the cut from the other side of the blade.

If so, then change for a different manufacturer to see if the saw cuts better.
If it still happens, then that might suggest tension is not adequate.

The spelching/blowout is what you should be looking into removing out of the equation first.
It could suggest something else like your alignment/yaw being out.
For the sake of your motor bearings, be careful to make sure your pulley lines up with any adjustment you make,
should you need to go near bottom wheel.

How does it run with your widest suitable blade, can you run it without any guides making contact,
is there wobbling in either orientation, like flutter or mimicking what a bad blade weld would do?

I'd guess the former for that spelching, but only if I knew the blade was actually tensioned correctly, and there was that result on both sides of the cut.
That the tires were true with an even dust track on the camber at the very least.

Might be worth seeing for any viberation without a blade installed, so you could see if you're lower wheel is not wobbling from being misaligned with motor, possibly more noticeable when stopping the machine.
Might not be an issue with a smaller machine, but I'd want to know, should the belt was too tight for any possible misalignments, so another thing to check should you want the best results.

Tom