This morning I was happily re-sawing some 2X5 oak planks into ¾ inch boards. Eventually, after an hour or so, I realized my Grizzly 14” saw was making some peculiar noises. I stopped to investigate and discovered that the lower guide bearings had loosened, so I tightened them and re-tuned the saw. Afterwards, I was dismayed to discover that the saw blade would no longer cut straight (it seemed to push in in-feed end of the board off to the right of the blade and actually pulled the stock away from the fence). I re-tuned the saw a dozen times or so, adjusted the fence and still, no matter what I do, I encounter the same problem.
At this point, I suspect that what MAY have happened is that when the lower guide bearings worked loose they moved forward and pinched the set out of the blade. As luck would have it, this is my last blade so I really can’t compare the “feel” of the teeth to a known-good blade (and there is no place open today to buy another one).
My question is whether a blade with no set left in the teeth would cause this problem and if not, does anyone have ideas about what I might try next?
Thanks,
Rick