Well, I finally found some time to finish setting up my Jet 14" bandsaw this weekend (link belt, fence, resaw fence) and built a resaw sled to cut all the small "kentucky coffee bean firewood" I rescued from the waste simply being burnt. I put the 1/2" Woodslicer Resaw blade on it tensioned
it as called for, and it tracked great.
It worked awesom, at first, I squared up two sides no issues, then starting slicing off 5/4" boards cutting like butter. The chunk was about 11" diameter to start and 16"+/- long. But after about 3 boards, the blade starting getting harder to push and then began wandering. Thickness started to vary down to 1". I rechecked tension, all seemed right. I wasn't feeding fast at all, but tried super slow and still poor results.
My conclusion is that the blade has already dulled and thus causing it to drift. The wood has been cut for over a year into chunks, but still fairly 'green' inside. I brushed the wood off before sawing, and didn't see and dirt or anything underneath the bark. But it may be possible there was some worm/grub/bug debris under the bark I did not see.
So after all that, my question is:
Is this simply the blade going dull quickly causing the drift? Do these Woodslicer blades tend to dull this quickly or could it be a bad blade?
It's my first attempt at resawing but somewhat disappointing. I do also have an Olson 1/2" blade to try out tonight.
Any and all input would be helpful at this point, I seem to learn quite a bit from you guys and ladies.....