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inthesticks:
Thank you for the download Andrew, very informative. My 4.5 X 6 Busy Bee import likes to jump the wheels on a fresh blade maybe reversing might help.

Cheers
CB

mattinker:
Well,
I've just finished putting back together my bandsaw motor, in order to reverse the direction I had to delve inside the windings and bring out the ends of the starter circuit. I can now simply swap two wires to change directions. Unfortunately, I broke my spare blade just before starting this experiment. My blade supplier is closed for their summer holidays so I haven't got a new blade to try. The blade that I have has already seen service. So far, the results are not very good, but I'll need to do more tests before I can really say whether it"s a success or not! If anyone is interested in reversing one of these single phase motors, please let me know.

All the best, Matthew

mattinker:
Andrew et al,

I hadn't forgotten the bandsaw cut direction experiment, I received the blades I ordered in the middle of last month from Germany to day. So far I've got the blade mounted and running fairly accurately, I've got a lot of testing to do, but the initial impression is that it doesn't seem to be very different!

A few years ago I trued up the wheels on my lathe in a effort to get over this blade derailing problem, the wheels have a flange on one side and I cut them straight, without a crown, I presume that thy don't need a crown, does anyone have any experience of this?. I have seen the Jet version of this saw running without the derailment problem, but I couldn't get inside it to find out.

Your thoughts on this please, regard, Matthew.

mattinker:
Andrew,

I have been using my 6x4 bandsaw backwards, so far there is a marked improvement, I can cut at feeds that were previously impossible. So far the blade is staying on although I will have to reverse the clamping set up. I am very glad you asked the question and very pleased that John Stevenson answered it! As Phil says, I can no longer use the vertical set up, but I do a lot of horizontal work, and practically no vertical, this won't be a loss.

Thanks again, all the best, Matthew

awemawson:
Nice to hear of collateral benefits  :lol:

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