Wow, I'm surprised by Kris's answer regarding supporting Tom's passion for his craft and her struggles with the personal demands along with the financial challenges. Her love for Tom must be greater than her sacrifices. God Bless and keep the faith.
Tom- curious as to your thoughts on the concept "bandsaw drift is caused by incorrect bandsaw setup, if drift occurs the bandsaw is not setup/tuned correctly", versus adjusting for drift with the bandsaw fence etc? As always, thanks to you and Kris for all you do!
Tough to answer that one. I suppose in a perfect world it would be possible to follow predictable steps to insuring a perfectly tracking bandsaw blade. But there are so many variables at play which can affect blade tracking, it’s difficult to control them all. In my experience, the blade is more than likely going to have at least a slight drift one way or the other. That’s why there are accessory resaw fences available that are adjustable to allow for setting the fence to whatever the drift direction happens to be. I find using a drift fence type adjustment is the most controllable and efficient way to set up your saw for dead on tracking. I’m sure there are some saws out there that track true, and gurus who practice and assure a certain procedure and set up will eliminate drift, but that has not been my experience. Hope that makes sense and helps! 👍
Wow, I'm surprised by Kris's answer regarding supporting Tom's passion for his craft
and her struggles with the personal demands along with the financial challenges.
Her love for Tom must be greater than her sacrifices. God Bless and keep the faith.
Great Q&A. Thanks
Tom- curious as to your thoughts on the concept "bandsaw drift is caused by incorrect bandsaw setup, if drift occurs the bandsaw is not setup/tuned correctly", versus adjusting for drift with the bandsaw fence etc? As always, thanks to you and Kris for all you do!
Tough to answer that one. I suppose in a perfect world it would be possible to follow predictable steps to insuring a perfectly tracking bandsaw blade. But there are so many variables at play which can affect blade tracking, it’s difficult to control them all. In my experience, the blade is more than likely going to have at least a slight drift one way or the other. That’s why there are accessory resaw fences available that are adjustable to allow for setting the fence to whatever the drift direction happens to be. I find using a drift fence type adjustment is the most controllable and efficient way to set up your saw for dead on tracking. I’m sure there are some saws out there that track true, and gurus who practice and assure a certain procedure and set up will eliminate drift, but that has not been my experience. Hope that makes sense and helps! 👍
@ absolutely, thanks! I’ve got a fence on order (Laguna)- part of me was thinking “am I doing something wrong if I need a ‘drift’ fence?”
Happy Halloween to you kris and Tom
i'd love to see some content on milk paint finishes. I'm a big fan but I dont paint wood much so i never really get much experience using it.
Miss this!!, wanted to ask tom, if he entire a piece for the NH guild competition!? And can't wait for this weekend!
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I missed the live chat, but, as always, this was a great video!!! What laptop stand are you using??
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