carolina hd10 bandsaw instruction 26 parts manual

Carolina hd10 bandsaw instruction 26 parts manual how to#

Looking closely for how things fit is a big part of the process of getting it right. There are plenty of ways for band saws to cut poorly, these are just a few.

When properly tight, again check the wheel tracking for parallelism. It needs to be quite tight, with a musical pitch. Also make sure the blade is properly tightened. If there is an adjustment for the knee, adjust it square. First, is there play in the knee? If so, that must be dealt with. If the 'knee' does not lift the frame up squarely, that is definitely a problem. Check closely for problems along those lines. It is even possible for the blade guide bearings to damage the blade teeth. The tires can also protect the teeth from bending flat, losing their set on one side. If only one has a tire, the other one probably should as well. Does the saw have rubber tires for the blade on the wheels? Some saws are made to use them, some not. Make sure the wheels are not tipped too much to the back at the farthest apart points to help keep the blade on. If they do, the teeth will flatten on that side only, and the saw will never cut straight, even with a new blade after a couple minutes. Make sure that the teeth of the blade are not touching the wheel surfaces. <-this is the angled support leg on the other side <- this is the bend support leg attached to the pivot shaft

Carolina hd10 bandsaw instruction 26 parts manual how to#

So sorry the photos all came out horizontal, I don't know how to make the upload stop that. So my question is, do you think it's worth it replacing these parts? Would that solve my crooked cuts or be wasted time? Is this something that's worth fixing? I haven't lost hope, I know I can fab up some new parts but I'm not sure if it's a goose chase, you know? Is this a usual problem fabricators come across with horizontal band saws? The 'elbow' is simply constructed by a pivot shaft, a longer support leg (which looks bent, no need to even measure it to make sure) and a smaller angled leg. Like, if the saw is an arm, it's messed up in the elbow. It's the entire saw not descending straight. And still! Crooked cuts.Īnd now after all that, I see it, that it's not the blade that's crooked or sliding.

Maybe the bearings are worn out and not holding the blade tight enough? Also at this point, I noticed the blade guide, the first one where I have attached my coolant nozzle, seems to be moving and shifting while cutting, so I pushed it back into the back panel and locked it as tight as possible so it couldn't shift, even though it's pretty far away from the site of cutting now. I'm beginning to think here, the blade is sliding while cutting, it doesn't matter how I adjust the blade guide.

I tried adjusting the blade guides, which should have been straight foward- yet still! Crooked cuts. I tried adding an insert to the saw bed, didn't work. Next I proceeded to spend hours trying to square up the blade, but I couldn't seem to get the vertical axis square at all. I got a new fence on there, set up the hydraulic descent cylinder, and set up the coolant. I decided instead of trying to convince my boss to spend the money on a shiny new bandsaw, I'd fix up this old one- however now I'm thinking maybe it is a piece of junk after all? I'd be really appreciative to know what you think. I know some might say the machine is junk, but I've also heard a lot of people refer to this saw lasting them decades. I've been working on upgrading our old Carolina HD10 band saw.