Hello all,
Picked up a new (to me) bandsaw today. Drove ~3 hrs there, loaded it up on a trailer and strapped it down and wrapped it in a tarp (also strapped down with ratchet straps, drove home and unloaded it into my shop.
Saw seemed to work fine when I picked it up (asked to see it run), and the cut looked nice and smooth. When I got it in my shop, I cleaned it up, checked the guides (and tweaked their set up a little) and powered it up. Ran nice and smooth... until I put some wood to it.
There was a definite audible pulsing, though I'd hesitate to call it a 'ticking' noise. The cut surface is anything but smooth - very visible lines, and the spacing varies with how fast the wood is fed through the blade.
With the power off, and turning the wheels by hand I can't see anything (visibly) jumping out at me as far as the teeth.
Is there anything else I should be checking, or should I just assume the blade got damaged somehow during transit and order a new one?
Thanks!