I have a delta 14" bandsaw with riser blocks. For the last couple of months I couldnt cut a straight line to save my life. Read all the post and couldnt come up with an answer. But I am proud to say I am cutting straight and true now. I did three things. the first was to check the coplane on the wheels. I got these line up like they show. I set the tension on the blade to 11000 lbs its a 1/4 inch. I used the inturra design gage which works very well. I also replaced the runner on the wheels. after that I cut a board and guess what it was as crocked as a dogs hind leg. what was needed to make this work right. I pulled out an old bandsaw book I had and started reading. Bam at one oclock in the morning I saw what I was doing wrong. Even though I did the coplaning as directed I had never been told to check it after you put the tension on the blade. I went down to the workshop and check it under tension and sure enough it was out aout 1/4 inch after the tension was put on the blade. I did the adjustment to bring the wheel back to coplane and it now cuts straight as an arrow. Hope this helps someone else.
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18 years ago