I'm having a bit of difficulty with a 3/4" 3 tpi PS Wood Timberwolf blade. The one that I have has a crooked weld. If I lay the blade on a flat surface with the teeth up, the weld hits the surface before the back of the blade on either side of the weld. Pressing down on either side of the weld pivots the other side up. I can measure about 1/16" rise 8-10" from the weld. The blade seems to skip off of the rear guide rollers about this much, so I do see an issue.
Is this within some sort of allowable tolerance, or did I just buy an out and out defective blade? My inclination is to believe that it should be absolutely straight. Can someone out there please try this with a 3/4" PS Wood TW blade (Woodcraft), and let me know if your's is also like this?
I bought it at the same time that I bought my new BS. The BS ran fine with the stock 5/8" blade and also with a 1/4" PS Wood blade that I bought at the same time as the 3/4". I thought the skipping blade was a BS problem that showed up due to the increased tension so I didn't take it back. Too late now, I've used it a good bit. I just discovered the crooked weld Tuesday.
Thank you,
Michael