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G0613/14 Swivel Mast Metal Cutting Bandsaw
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SYMPTOM POSSIBLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION
Machine is loud when
cutting or bogs down in
the cut.
1.
Excessive feed rate.
2. The blade TPI is too great, or the
material is too coarse.
1. Refer to Feed Rate on Page
25, or Blade Speed
on Page
23 and adjust as required.
2. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 23 and adjust as
required.
Blades break often. 1. Blade is not tensioned correctly.
2. The workpiece is loose in the vise.
3. The feed or cut speed is wrong.
4. The blade TPI is too great, or the
material is too coarse.
5. The blade is rubbing on the wheel
flange.
6. The bandsaw is being started with
the blade resting on the workpiece.
7. The guide bearings are
misaligned, or the blade is rubbing
on the wheel flange.
8. The blade is too thick, or the
blades are of low quality.
1. Check to see that blade is not excessively tight or
too loose.
2. Clamp the workpiece tighter, or use a jig to hold the
workpiece.
3. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 25, or Blade Speed
on Page
23, and adjust as required.
4. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 23, and adjust
as required.
5. Refer to Blade Squaring on Page 40, and adjust
as required.
6. Start bandsaw and then slowly lower the headstock
by setting the feed rate.
7. Refer to Blade Squaring on Page 40, or Blade
Guides on Page 34, and adjust as required.
8. Use a higher quality blade.
Blade dulls prematurely.
1. The cutting speed is too fast.
2. The blade TPI is too coarse.
3. The blade feed pressure is too
light.
4. The workpiece has hard spots,
welds, or scale.
5. The blade is twisted.
6. The blade is slipping on the
wheels.
1. Refer to Blade Speed on Page 23, and adjust as
required.
2. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 23, and adjust
as required.
3. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 25, and adjust as
required.
4. Increase the feed pressure, and reduce the cutting
speed.
5. Replace the blade.
6. Refer to Blade Tension on Page 33, and adjust as
required.
Blade wears on one side.
1. The blade guides are worn.
2. The blade guide slide bracket is
loose.
3. The wheels are out of alignment.
1. Refer to Blade Guides on Page 34 and replace or
adjust.
2. Tighten the blade guide bracket.
3. Refer to Blade Squaring on Page 40, and adjust
as required.
Teeth are ripping from the
blade.
1. The feed pressure is too heavy
and the blade speed is too slow; or
the blade TPI is too coarse for the
workpiece.
2. The workpiece is vibrating in the
vise.
3. The blade gullets are loading up
with chips.
1. Refer to Blade Selection on Page 23 and decrease
the feed pressure. Refer to Feed Rate on Page
25,
and adjust as required.
2. Re-clamp the workpiece in the vise, and use a jig if
required.
3. Use a coarser-tooth blade.
The cuts are crooked.
1. The feed pressure is too high.
2. The guide bearings are out of
adjustment, or too far away from
the workpiece.
3. The blade tension is low.
4. The blade is dull.
5. The blade speed is wrong.
1. Refer to Feed Rate on Page 25, and adjust as
required.
2. Refer to Blade Guides on Page 34 and replace or
adjust.
3. Refer to Blade Tension on Page 33, and adjust as
required.
4. Refer to Blade Change on Page 32 and replace
the blade.
5. Refer to Blade Speed on Page 23, and adjust as
required.
Bandsaw Operations