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June 1, 2011 By

Laguna Tools has a terrific deal

Announcement

I received the following a couple of few hours ago from Tim Lory at Laguna Tools (SMC refers to the the Saw Mill Creek online woodworking forums):

$99 Shipping on all Laguna Tools machines in June! + SMC exclusive bonus!

Hi All, 

We are currently running a $99 shipping promotion on our machines for the month of June!

As an added bonus for SMC Members. When ordering any machine during the promotion you will also receive a free “forum offer” $95 1″ x .08mm Resaw King Blade, or a $95 credit towards any other accessory or machine of your choosing.

Please PM me thru the forum or call me direct with any questions at (800) 234-1976 ext. 9665

Thanks!
Tim Lory
Laguna Tools

The actual post at SMC can be found here.
Here is the deal:
  • You can either go directly to the Laguna Tools $99 Freight deal for June 2011, or
  • You can go to the Saw Mill Creek forum entry by Laguna, and get details of the bonus deal for a Resaw King band saw blade.

Either way, you cannot go wrong if you are in the market for a new machine and want to save a few bucks. Let me know what you bought!

$99 Freight Month - June 2011!

$99 Freight Month - June 2011!

Please let Tim know you saw the announcement here. He will appreciate knowing that. Thanks!

Disclosure: Laguna Tools is a sponsor of this blog. This means I may receive tools from them for evaluation. If you know  me, you know that my comments are my own, and not influenced by my relationship with my blog sponsors.

— Al Navas

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March 30, 2011 By

The band saw problem has been solved

The guide post alignment problem with no-name European band saw has been solved. You will remember that Joe was having very real issues with the guide post every time he moved it up or down; he was completely unable to reposition the post without having to re-adjust the position of the guide bearings. This was a total pain in the behind.

Joe found the problem. Totally frustrated, he removed the entire guide column bracket, and disassembled it. While doing this he noticed a large glob of fused powder coating in some areas, which he chiseled away. BINGO! Hidden behind these globs of paint were the set screws that allow proper alignment of the guide column. He adjusted the set screws, and noticed that the column not only moved up and down very smoothly, but now the guide bearings stayed in place relative to the back edge of the blade!

Thank you, Joe, for letting us know how you solved this bothersome issue! I am sure that some readers of the blog will also be thankful, as they find they can also adjust their band saws a little better.

For those who wonder what the guide column bracket looks like, here is a photo — if you are having similar issues with your band saw, remove the box from the band saw, and take a look inside:

Guide column bracket in the no-name band saw.

This entire episode showed me how well we can work together across long distances, connected with the common interest of woodworking and using the Internet. I look forward to helping others, no matter where in the world you might be located.

In addition to solving the guide post alignment problems, Joe also found that the band saw table was not flat. So he commissioned a local machine shop to grind it perfectly flat:

Grinding the band saw table.

Finally, he tricked out the band saw by getting a Laguna DriftMaster fence, which he will use with a power feeder:

DriftMaster fence on the no-name band saw.

Joe reports flawless resaw cuts of the premium rosewood using his band saw. Congratulations, Joe! I look forward to the results using the power feeder on this band saw and 20-inch slabs of your premium wood.

— Al Navas

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March 13, 2011 By

A reader needs our help with his band saw

I hope someone reading this will be able to help a fellow woodworker and reader of this blog. Here is the problem with his new band saw:

  1. He adjusts the guide post that holds the blade guides to resaw a 4-inch thick piece of wood, and is able to make perfect cuts.
  2. Then he changes the work piece to resaw an 8-inch tall piece. The blade guide is way off — it is so far off that he must re-adjust the blade guides, to provide proper support for the blade.
  3. He tests the guide post, and it is “sloppy” in the steel enclosure.
  4. He thinks that the guide post bracket is too short at about 5 inches, and requested I measure mine, including a photo. Here is mine — the one on my band saw is between 4″ and 4-1/2″ tall (for visual reference, the wooden gnomon is exactly 6 inches tall):

    Grizzly band saw guide column.

  5. I tried to move the upper guide column on my 17-inch Grizzly band saw with my hand; it is very tight in place, and cannot be moved except up and down using the crank located outside the wheel cover.
  6. In addition, when I move the guide column up and down, the entire blade guide assembly stays true, and does not require any adjustment.

With my limited troubleshooting, now I believe that our friend and reader has two problems:

a) First, the “slop”, or play in the guide column must be reduced to close to nil. Will this require some shims, or machining of a new part? And

b) The vertical alignment must be fixed using the bolts accessed from outside the upper wheel case

Request: Although I have good working knowledge of the band saw, I am not certain I am 100% correct in my assessment of this problem. Therefore, so we can better help our fellow woodworker, I request that YOU, the readers of the blog, provide additional feedback either in the Comments section below, or via e-mail to me at sandal_woods@bbwi.net. Thanks!

— Al Navas

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