Woodstock W1770 Fine Tune Tracking, Correcting Blade Lead, To skew your fence, do these steps

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W1770 21" Bandsaw w/Foot Brake

Fine Tune Tracking

NOTICE

Adjusting the final blade tracking setting requires the machine to be turned ON.

To fine tune the tracking, do these steps:

1.Close the wheel covers and turn the bandsaw ON.

2.Observe the blade tracking path through the clear window on the right edge of the bandsaw, as shown in Figure 52.

3.Using the tracking controls (Page 17, Figure 18),

adjust the blade so it tracks on the center of the	Figure 52. Blade tracking window.
wheel.

4.Tighten the blade tracking lock lever so the tracking knob cannot move.

Blade Lead

OPERATIONS

Bandsaw blades commonly wander off the cut line when sawing, as shown in Figure 53. This is called blade lead. Blade lead is commonly caused by too fast of a feed rate, a dull or abused blade, or improper tension. If your blade is sharp/undamaged and you still have blade lead, per- form the following instructions.

Correcting Blade Lead

1.Use less pressure when feeding the workpiece through the cut.

2.Check that the miter slot or fence is parallel to the blade line, and correct if necessary (refer to

Aligning Table on Page 27 and Aligning Fence on Page 28).

3.Check for proper blade tension. If the blade tension is correct and it is not convenient to replace the blade, compensate for lead by skewing the fence or adjusting the table, as explained below.

To skew your fence, do these steps:

1.Cut a piece of scrap wood approximately 3⁄4" thick x 3" wide x 17" long. On a wide face of the board, draw a straight line parallel to the long edge.

Figure 53. Example of blade leading away

from line of cut.