BS bottom wheel tracking?

[Phil Thien]

On crowned wheels, a band running center of the top wheel will always ride front of center on the bottom.

That is because the length of the band is less than the distance around the two wheels (otherwise we wouldn't be able to apply tension).

So we play with the camber of the top wheel until the blade is centered. But at this point, being of finite length, the blade can only ride so far back on the bottom wheel.

You can adjust the camber of the bottom wheel, which will influence where the blade rides down there. But I'd only make adjustments there if multiple blades of different sizes all were running way forward on the bottom wheel, and if the result was the blade wasn't cutting square to the table front to back.

Edit to add: I do think the camber of the bottom wheel has been an issue on some Rikon saws. I'm pretty sure I've seen threads where Rikon sent instructions to owners on making adjustments.