Hi All,
I have a one month old LT14-SUV bandsaw from Laguna. I am trying to get the 1" wide Laguna Resaw King blade to track. When I first got the saw I had this blade installed and it worked perfectly. I took the blade off to put a 1/2 inch on, changed my mind, but for the life of me I cannot get the 1" back on the saw. IN fact, at first I thought I had it on correctly, adjusted the guides etc, turned it on, and I started getting all kinds of black bits of rubber falling out of the upper wheel. I stopped it and found the blade digging into the tire - not real bad, but not something I am really thrilled about. So I figured what the hell, I must have made a mistake, so I went about trying to get it tracking again, and for the life of me I cannot get it to track. It is almost immediately moving off the back of the tire and impacting the frame of the saw on the left side of the upper wheel. No matter what I do with tension or the tracking knob this condition persists. I am trying to get to Laguna Tech Support, but I keep missing the guy. Anyone have any ideas? I read one thread on line where this had happened to one other person and it took some surgery to rectify. I am not a bandsaw neophyte - I owned a Jet 14" for years. I at least somewhat grasp the principles and I have to believe I am doing things correctly. (I hate it when you start doubting yourself with machinery.)
Anyway - anyone experience anything similar? I am batting a goose egg here - I broke the Carter arm on my Jet earlier this week. I am out of bandsaws to screw up! Any help would be most appreciated.
Joe