What a dolt am I!

[DIYGUY]

Changed the blade on my bandsaw y'day to do a little curve work. Found it hard to use and that it was burning a lot. Strange, methought, is the blade dull? Checked it and it wasn't dull. Threw another board at it and same result. What is going on here?

You guessed it - put it on upside down. It sure works a whole lot easier when it is mounted correctly. Small miracle that it cut anything when it was installed backwards. Oh wait - it gets better! Never thought to check the bearings, but especially the thrust bearing. Why is this blade (now installed correctly) vibrating so strangely? Oh wait - you mean I have to adjust for it?

Makes me think I don't do enough bandsaw work - wouldn't you say? BION, the dang blade survived my stupidity ... :BangHead:

 

[Bas]

I deliberately install the blade on my band saw backwards in lieu of doing a panel glue up. Just take the two boards, unrip them across the backward blade, and boom - fused into a single panel. Works every time. If you use a featherboard, it eliminates the need for biscuits for alignment.

:gar-La;

Yeah, I wish that were true. Then I wouldn't have felt so stupid when I put the blade on backward either...

 

[CarvedTones]

It also removes the burrs from the back corners so the blade won't be as prone to widening the kerf on tight curves. Yeah, that's it - that's wy I do it...

 

[Mt. Gomer]

Yeap... been there, done that.... Welcome to the club!!

 

[merrill77]

I've only had a bandsaw for a little while...and only changed blades a few times. Now that I'm done laughing at you guys, there's a pretty good chance I'll put the next one on backwards...

 

[FredP]

so you bought a left handed blade huh?:rotflm: guess you have to return it now:roll:.

 

[Canuck]

[GLOW="BTDT"]BTDT[/GLOW]
Just this week I reversed two chippers in my stacked dado set and was wondering what had happened to my nice flat bottomed dado!:BangHead::BangHead:

But. I have an excuse......I'm over 60!!!:gar-Bi

Hope you didn't get bitten while reversing the blade. Bandsaw blades and my hands are not the best of friends!

Wayne

 

[RayH]

Equal enjoyment and success is possible if you let the blade "unfold" inside-out -- that way the teeth face the correct way, but point upward:eusa_doh: Maybe if I reverse the leads on the motor it will run backward.:slap: DAMHIKT

 

[LeftyTom]

so you bought a left handed blade huh?:rotflm: guess you have to return it now:roll:.

:eusa_naug Now now, Fred, all he needed to do was turn the wood over, and the blade would've cut just fine.

 

[Vetteman9956]

Glad to see I'm not the only one on here that is sometimes challenged in the shop. But I'm old too !!!!! Yep that sounds like a good reason.

 

[MichaelCurtis]

I'll go you one better. I called Grizzly to complain that the teeth on my band saw blade were made backwards and could I get a replacement blade drop shipped ASAP.

To their credit, they didn't laugh their asses off while I could hear them. That's the second most embarrassing phone call I've ever made. No amount of money could get me to tell the story of the MOST embarrassing.

:rotflm: