Dan Mosley
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I have been cutting logs into round blanks with the restored Davis-Wells bandsaw i have. Started cutting up some logs today and the first few cut very smoothly....then I ran into a problem when cutting on one of the blanks - it started to bog down bad, had to stop let the motore pick up speed again and try to cut more but it kept bogging down....Then it started to smoke some and i thought it was the wood but it was comming from below. When i noticed the smoke during the cutting i shut it down and stopped cutting. The motor was very hot but no damage done. I let it cool down and started it up later on and it runs fine.
Trying now to figure out what im doing wrong........
It seemed at first that the blade was dull and cutting these thick wet logs i just thought it was lack of HP on large wet blanks.
The thrust bearing as set fine with a paper thin space and the blocks are set fine same paper thin space.
The blade still feels very sharp and i have changed blades and still having the same problme. I noticed you can not make it cut to much in the way of a circle or the blade will bend and want to hit on the insert. I know you could take the insert out but i dont mind the extra cuts to get it round.
Tires are new and it runs true on the crown.
I included some pictures of the motor and saw.........Anybody have any ideas on what is going wrong ???
Maybe a differnet blade from Louis Ittura with larger rough saw teeth may help but i thought i would see what others with these kind of machines think....................Thanks Dan
Trying now to figure out what im doing wrong........
It seemed at first that the blade was dull and cutting these thick wet logs i just thought it was lack of HP on large wet blanks.
The thrust bearing as set fine with a paper thin space and the blocks are set fine same paper thin space.
The blade still feels very sharp and i have changed blades and still having the same problme. I noticed you can not make it cut to much in the way of a circle or the blade will bend and want to hit on the insert. I know you could take the insert out but i dont mind the extra cuts to get it round.
Tires are new and it runs true on the crown.
I included some pictures of the motor and saw.........Anybody have any ideas on what is going wrong ???
Maybe a differnet blade from Louis Ittura with larger rough saw teeth may help but i thought i would see what others with these kind of machines think....................Thanks Dan