Question about the Milwaukee bandsaw & table

[rbahr]

Hi All,

I have a Milwaukee bandsaw mounted on the Milwaukee table and I can't seem to get it to cut in a straight line. I have adjusted the arm - the 2 Allen head bolts that allow you to rotate the head. I am cutting 1" square tubing - thick wall stuff, and the blade seems to always kick out to the right as you face the blade.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Ray

 

[mc4life27]

What Milwaukee table are you using and what bandsaw are
You using? I had an old Milwaukee bandsaw that I couldn’t get it to cut straight for **** but mainly I think the thing was just worn out. But my m12 and my fuel deep cut cut just fine.


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[matt_i]

Part of it is the condition of the blade. Part of it is the relatively wobbly guides. Always cut as slow (meaning slowly feeding) as you can in this saw, even in a heavy duty horizontal too much down pressure always results in a banana shaped cut.

 

[rbahr]

Thanks guys.

The table is the Milwaukee 48-08-0260 and the saw is an older 6227. Although the table does not list that saw, everything bolts up fine. The guides are relatively new.

Is the weight of the saw more than I should be applying?

Ray

 

[metlmunchr]

Is the weight of the saw more than I should be applying?

It probably is too much weight as I don't see any sort of counterbalance spring on the table. All the Milwaukee porta bands we had at the shop had a lever to release the idler wheel for blade changes, and the blade tension is set by a spring that loads the idler once the blade is in place. This setup doesn't put a lot of tension on the blade like a stationary horizontal saw would have, and that makes it more likely to let the blade deflect. This shows up more when cutting relatively small stock like your 1" square as the blade has a long unsupported span to allow deflection. The fix is to take some of the feed pressure off either by adding a counterbalance or by manually taking some of the weight of the saw off the cut.

 

[rbahr]

Thanks!