Setting up your band saw

[@giuliofavara]

*Perfect band saw for the hobby enthusiast **MyBest.Tools** Easy to set up and square. Had it running in 10 to 15 minutes. Quality of cuts will depend on the quality of the blades.*

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

I am so happy that this video has been helpful to so many. Thanks for all the comments!

[@eatgluedrnkpaint]

Nelsons Guitars I was under the impression the blade was supposed to ride on the bearing wheels hahah! It all makes sense now! Thank you so much.

[@graethom]

Thank you! Great video and clear instructions. Exactly what I needed in 2020!

[@ronin6044]

Just got bandsaw yesterday, and I really needed this. Great explained and detailed.

[@blazemanchannel477]

This little band saw has turned out to be the best tool purchase I've ever made kzbin.infoUgkx5ZrqmYO2uJq_nuU8TopyWxVzn8vqmPUL Once doing the set-up as per the included suggestions, this table top tool has been my go-to saw ever since (8 months as of this review). There are few things I wouldn't attempt with this saw. It takes up much less space than my table saw yet delivers twice as much punch. I've used it to create slices of wood no thicker than an 1/16th of inch by using the POWERTEC BS900RF Rip Fence. For small shop projects this tool can't be beat.

[@EEEZSolutionS]

I am only two years into my woodworking journey and have NEVER used a band saw, but it has been a bucket list tool. A week ago I purchased this exact same model, the Ridgid BS14000, despite reading some very mixed reviews on some of the other 14" Ridgid saws. This saw ran smoothly and had virtually no vibration so I decided to take a chance! I have watched your video several times as there are no longer available instruction manuals or other guidance documents to be had. I took the tool apart, did a thorough clean-up, replaced the bearings and guide blocks and purchased a Kreg fence - I have not yet set up the fence as I just got the machine reassembled last night. Your video provided excellent advice and gave me the only chance I have had to learn about this saw. My first impressions of this new tool are very positive. Thanks very much for this very educational video, Larry

[@blanchae]

9 years later and you are still helping people out. I picked up a generic 3 wheel bandsaw without a manual. I used a wheelbarrow inner tube to make the tires for it! I had everything figured out except the thrust bearing setup - I was right out to lunch with how they were supposed to work. Thanks for sharing this.

[@gregnelson3486]

Glad this is still being useful for people. Will likely outlast me!

[@kevloon22]

Awesome video! 4 and a half years later and it still helping people like me! Thanks again.

[@harley1969chuco]

one of the better adjustment Video I seed thanks for sharing ,,, and the behind the blade rounding tip thanks for sharing

[@mijodo2008]

One of the best Bandsaw Setting Up Procedures out there. Well presented with excellent tips and camera shots. Very professional and easy to understand. The cool and almost casual imparting of knowledge, is just like having you here with me in my workshop. Many thanks for making this great video.

[@JoeConlin]

Just finishing up restoring an old Delta 28-303 and this was exactly what I needed to get it correctly setup. Thanks for an excellent tutorial!

[@ArtCrouse]

Thank you. Straight to the point no useless fluff. Bandsaw cuts like it should now. Post may be old but it still applies.

[@paulescott]

Just bought a hobbyist bandsaw from Bunnings. The set up instructions were pretty incomprehensible. This helped a lot, many thanks :-)

[@loskop100]

Yep me too but mine didn't even have instructions, just drawings but now I know how to set it up, great video thanks.

[@TimKollat]

great video and explanation. One thing I learned from a band saw maniac is that you don't actually want the blade in the center of the top wheel but the deepest part of the gullet to be dead center. So the blade will be just a bit off to the right. This helps keep the blade from wandering in a cut.

[@stevetrubilla755]

This is an absolutely outstanding instructional video. The best I have seen for the basics of setting up a bandsaw. Great guitar music as well!

[@trucker-paramedic7547]

This was the best video I have found on band saw setting. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. Awesome.

[@JPToto]

Greg, this was enormously helpful. I just picked up an old Craftsman bandsaw and didn't know much about getting it into shape. This video was perfect. My saw has just about the exact same knobs and adjustments so it translated very easily. Well done!

[@Skimoab]

This has to be one of the best explanation videos I've ever seen. Thank you!

[@fredsadjadi]

Thank you very much for showing this video, just bought a small band saw to build my self bows and your comment and procedures are definitely helpful.

[@LelandPD]

Wow, this video is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for! Your timing and level of detail is perfectly succinct - not flying past things too quickly, or lingering too long anywhere. You'd make a great teacher sir (this coming from a teacher).

[@mistylarrison2884]

Thanks for the band saw guide set up! The craftsman 3 wheel bandsaw was giving me fits without the manual. Now it's running like butter! Thanks again.

[@tyreveen7898]

I was just about to work on my band saw and I noticed your video out of the blue, learned a few things too! Thanks!

[@robertthomas7176]

Thank you for doing this video. I bought an old Rockwell 10 inch band that is probably 50 years old saw at a yard sale for 25 dollars a couple weeks ago. The fellow selling it, it was an estate sale, said it didn't work right. Of course it was somewhat disheveled so I have been having a hard time figuring out what is wrong with it. Watching this video I realize the problem rests with the square guides. I'm missing two. Need a blade as well. My good deal has just turned into a great one.

[@gregnelson7168]

I am glad this helped. Bandsaws are very straight forward in how they work but knowing the basics makes them all the better.

[@pamhein5897]

I have a Craftsman Band Saw that is quite loose and flexible and I didn't know how to adjust it as the owner's never left a manual for it. This helped a great deal! Thank you!!

[@kathifournier6664]

Thank you!!! I have a new to me Craftsman Bandsaw and could not install a new blade with the users manual. I was able to change the blade after watching your video, and so easy to make all the adjustments. Thank you!

[@richardnoel3141]

Just got a cheap, second hand band saw and boy, am i glad i found your video!! Massive help in setting up!! excellent presentation!! thanks!!

[@clamoss1]

Great video! Time spent on each part and the delivery are spot on. Thank you for the lesson. This is exactly the video I was looking for.

[@myboyteo9]

I want to thank you sir! This absolutely helped me do it and do it right. I'm new at the woodshop practice and I'm thrilled to get going. Replacing this blade was on my to do list. Done.

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

So glad this helped.

[@tehgyb]

The blade drift part while setting up a fence is something I never even thought about. I thought I just sucked at running along the fence. HUGE help man, thanks!

[@gregaltenhofel7326]

How fortunate. I bought a new band saw. Well new to me, it was new in 1955 but I got this 20” not just because I have to resaw some cypress for some cabinets but I want to start building guitars. And look who I found. Thank you sir

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

Do you know how to make a small fortune making guitars? Start with a large one. ;) I hope my other videos are helpful in some way but none of it is the best or only way. Just my way. Enjoy your journey and remember that any day that ends with your feet covered in wood shavings was a day well spent.

[@drewby613]

That was terrific. Super helpful. The tip about the kerfs--💯!! That will be very helpful. Saving this one!!

[@adamjackson82]

Thanks mate, I've recently gotten a made in Taiwan Universal 14" bandsaw from 1985 and have been trying to figure out the guides as the newer bandsaws use bearings for the side and back guides. The guides on yours are almost identical to mine, so very helpful video. Cheers

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

Nothing wrong with block style guides. They actually run quieter than the bearings and do the job.

[@michaelbillups3706]

Great video! softening the back edges of the blade and marking blade drift were ones I'd never seen before. Thanks!

[@oldb-1kenobi]

Well, here it is 07 Feb 2022 and your video is still helping people like me. Thank you.

[@misterGpei]

Really enjoyed the video. I am a shop teacher here in Ontario Canada and used it with the image I hand out to my grade 9s. Nicely done.

[@stevenmason1674]

One of the better videos i've seen about band saw set up. Thanks

[@splash5974]

Thank you This is exactly what i needed.... Had no idea how to properly set up the bandsaw... Especially the thrust bearing

[@Zerostar369]

Thank you Nelson. Your video is one of the best out there on set up for this saw.

[@harmonicamans]

Thank you so much for helping us out here who are new at this stuff. This is a great video that has helped me to understand why my band saw is not cutting like it should be. Again I say thanks and may God Bless.

[@sunaJH]

Great video, what an amazing tool the bandsaw is, jumping into changing this blade and setting it up on this 14002, good tune for the video

[@redalertcraftworks1325]

just snapped a blade on my gsale band saw same model as in video and I really needed the help getting mine back in working order. thanks!

[@ianturner6062]

Me too, that was EXACTLY what I was hoping to find. Thank you. Your saw looks almost identical to mine as well.

[@seandyne2200]

Thank you so much for making this. I bought a second hand band saw and has no idea how to set it up. I am excited to try it out now!!!!!!!

[@steveo3012]

Excellent video! Bookmarked and subscribed. Appreciate your details and easy flow.

[@3dmade934]

This was an amazing video and saved me from intense frustration! Thanks!!!

[@mrtrek64]

No question, you're the coolest band saw instructor on the tube.

[@ward459]

I agree with all comments to date....very useful video, direct and to the point. Though I wish you had offered some tips on determining tension when your saw doesn't have a tension index

[@TheAngryMushroom]

Appreciate the time spent on this. Very helpful. I have a 10" Craftsman with 3 wheels. Will get it tuned up.

[@danstephensen9902]

We would imagine that you know our old musical buddy Rich Prenkert who is also a Luthier like yourself. Great information here. Fascinating!!

[@garrysmythe]

I would like to say a big thanks for posting this very helpful video.I have just bought a cheap DIY bandsaw here in the UK, and after reading the setup guide I was even more confused than I would have been just guessing lol, but after watching your video, evereything now makes perfect sense, my machines big failing is the ability to be able to see the blade on the wheels ( or rollers ) as this company calls them, so trying to see if they are running true is somewhat difficult but I will do it if it kills me lol, once again big thanks and as a guitar player ( my Martin is worth more than my wife) I'm going to start looking for any videos you post, cheers from Garry from the UK ,

[@daviddaddy]

Great Video! Thank you Very Much! i just bought my first Bandsaw used and had no idea how to adjust it, until watching this so Thank You very Much!!!

[@baileysbootstraps8170]

Wife is getting me one next week for my birthday !! Great vid you have dispelled a few fears. Nice little touches on safety too.

[@Eric_Shaun]

Thanks alot for this greatly and patiently explained guide. I just bought an Elektra Beckum BAS 315 with no Manual or such at all.

[@Floodtide100]

Extremely informative, and well put over in an uncomplicated way. I have a German built machine that I find excellent, and does a good job. However I leant a couple of things from your video thank you.

[@SmallGameHunter]

Informative and the guitar playing in excellent as well. Thanks!

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

I will let my brother know. He's actually a banjo picker but did an excellent job on that song!

[@richardderfler7729]

Good job this helped since I have a hand me down B&D that is much more primitive and no manual and thanks for the tips at the end of video for alignment for straight cuts.

[@kentmorris829]

I am a beginner and this video was perfect. The information was very helpful

[@Sundude150]

Great video, thanks for the simple but thorough guide!

[@johnjay5143]

Good job . I have a 89 delta 28-203 and it is basically the same guide and tensioner design . Take care of a good bandsaw and it'll be good for a long time . :)

[@yves6268]

Hello from France, thank you very mutch. Happy new year😉

[@mrbenmall]

Thanks very much. I have an old cheap bandsaw I inherited from my father and was about to get rid of it. But I followed your instructions and now it works decently, anyway. Thanks very much.

[@TomaszDobrucki]

Nelson, its been ten years now buddy, still doing good job here. Thanks for advices, all the best 👍

[@randallshular5362]

Good instructional video. This will be helpful for the first time band saw owner.

[@marykedykhuizen6902]

Thankyou so much for your video. It seems that being female it takes me a little bit of learning before I try adjustments on my own. I think this will help me a lot. I also need to know how to change planer blades and jointer blades, so hope this will encourage someone to put up video for that

[@JhunM69]

Wow, I really like the way how you explained every steps... you should be a Teacher ... thank you

[@OneMoreDecision]

Thanks for the video. I just got a used 14 inch craftsman and this was a good intro into the setup for it.

[@kcw3204]

Found this video very helpful, finally able to get my bandsaw to cut properly after following. Thanks for posting

[@137bob3d]

7 29 23 one biggie i learned was how to position the 2 side glide-blocks with respect to the teeth gullet. my old blade had been running with them both back too far and with a 1mm gap total of slop for the blade to flex side to side. also overall the time it takes for these adjustmtnts is only a matter of minutes once the allen wrenches are found and set out. my '70's sears 12" bandsaw has an inside indicator of tension level for 1/4" to 1/2" widths. very handy. but so far my newer '22 delta 12" one does not. ??? unless i just havent found one yet . so guessing is called for when it comes to twisting that top 4" black knob kudos too for the good lighting and focus of the camera work. plus the nice bk-gnd music. one mistake often made is accidentally applying pressure on the blade from the back-side forward. with the blade then coming off the wheels. and usually causing a crease or two in the metal of the blade. the creases are bent straight by hand and peened a bit to rid the 'bump' . this pressure is via mis - handling tree branches 1/2" +/- squeezed into a 4" bundle by hand to cut them into 8" lengths for easier filling of the 95gal gbg toter. trimming the yard trees goes on weekly during the warm months. every one is a lance-leaf cottonwood variety. they do well here in colorado. providing great shade during these hotter-than-ever summers. they get their water from leakage of a ditch up the street a block. the ditch has dirt banks. and leaks into the adjacent soil and spreads out sideways too by gravity. this variety does not turn into the monster-size cw trees that are native to this country. nor do they make a mess via 'rain' those feather-light 'snow - seeds. and has the habit of putting up root suckers to spread the way aspen trees do. and come late fall can be carefully dug up and re-planted elsewhere in the yard to increase the shade.

[@ChrystianGuy]

Thank you so much. I'm a beginner and I bought a second hand bandsaw and I can tell now why it wasn't working fine! :)

[@tonyprice5726]

Now try ...Alex Snodgrass on U/T..he's the cats whisker on bandsaws

[@ΑλκηςΑλεξανδρής]

My friend you helped me very much.Thanks from Greece

[@Aussieuke]

Nice. Not going back to the shop for a couple of days but now have task number one for the morning before anymore cutting.

[@ajrikli]

This is very helpful to a new rookie band saw user. Thanks!

[@belindamanning9851]

Tips in this video I haven’t seen before. Glad I found it. Thanks for the video

[@nelsonsguitars4656]

You are welcome

[@ExtantFrodo2]

Great video! Subscribed! Don't forget squaring the blade. Use a square while adjusting the top dead center angle adjustment. Visual assessment of TDC is probably not enough. A light weight length of balsa with a cut that fits snugly on the blade but allows you to spin the wheels can be used as an indicator of square. Just insert it on the back side of the blade. You will see it swing left or right as you make your adjustment. Lift the upper blade guide to the top and use a square to set the table angle square with respect to the blade. Done right, you should have no drift from true on your fencing. Cheers.

[@SuperBardley]

Good suggestion. Surprisingly, drift isn't well understood by many well known commentators, but it's obviously simple: The centerline of the must be exactly aligned over the centerline of the crowned wheels, otherwise the resulting eccentricity will yield a blade plane that's at a bias to the miter track (drift). Of course, the detail of drift matters most with deeper blades that get used for ripping/resawing exercises, otherwise I don't think a minor drift is a big deal because no matter what that cut face is a rough cut and must be dressed.

[@davidstamp6376]

What a wonderful video. So beautifully explained. Perfect. Thank you.

[@Ivorymandingo]

Thanks for taking the time to do this video it has been extremly helpful for me. John

[@Kaunas-rx3qv]

Thank you for this. Really helpful and nicely presented too.

[@robertrios4885]

this will definitely help me adjust the blade and guides. thanks for sharing....

[@kellerbaum]

Thanks for all the detail. Really helped me get going.

[@katieoneil-stratton7361]

Very informative ,same band saw I have , thanks for helping me out !!

[@fabe202]

Great video- clear and concise presentation. Ron Hazleton, Pa

[@NorthwestCraftsman]

A few years late to the video but this was very helpful. Thank you for laying out all of the details in a clear and articulate manner.

[@mystifiedpodcast9746]

Great informative video. Keep up the good work!

[@ytbillybob]

BEST setup I've seen!

[@mirage3rd]

I was given an old bandsaw and adjusting it was a struggle. Thank you for the explanation

[@chrisgrayling7584]

Wow what an amazing video! Thank you for posting.

[@stevefromlondon9175]

Hi Many thanks for making this video it's been a great help & easy to follow Regards Steve UK

[@rockereb]

Fantastic video! Answered all my question!

[@captdan7876]

GREAT Video....learned a lot!! I Just set mine up... lets go make something!!!

[@dennydenns4670]

thank you for such explicite instruction for my ridgid saw.. i just worked on mine yesterday and now my hands look like raw meat. i needed this the day before yesterday , badley... ouch///. a very decent le i aso plat ba ss in a band so i appreciate a gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood luthoier indeed.

[@mauribraun9972]

Thanks a lot for the video, i can't find it a video in spanish, but u explain so simply. Thanks from Salta-Argentina

[@bufford14]

Great tutorial, with some really great music in the background.

[@ragrat14]

Thank you so much nelson. I've been looking for instruction about that bearing guide at the back of the blade. I thought it wasnt suppose to be there so I removed it. Thing is my Blade keeps breaking so I thought the friction from the blade and the bearing is causing it.

[@sacc198]

thank you for taking the time to make this video. helped me out a ton. regards.

[@denisefrantz7110]

Awesome video! Thank you for the great information

[@podluthier5451]

Awesome video! Thanks, Greg. I tend to get carried away with the instruction manual and adjust to those specs. Not only is it frustrating, but my band saw doesn't perform nearly as well as when I view your video (each time I change the blade).

[@waltersguitars3336]

Thanks Mr. Nelson you’re the man. I’d love to contact you one day and talk about Guitar building I’ve been building for several years.

[@etolsengmail]

Having recently purchased a Rockwell 14" built in the '70s I found this very helpful. Thank you for contributing to my education. But my bandsaw didn't include a thrust bearing worm, is that an important part? Nearly three years and 170+K views and no one commented on the worm?? I'm disappointed KZbinrs.

[@carv504]

This video is great. Thank you for taking the time to make it.

[@timrennick9740]

Thanks much! fixing up an older crapsman band saw. I wasn't remembering from shop class how to. This helped a LOT! I had it wrong. You probably saved me a blade and some blood?..lol

[@laurenfarrell1250]

thanks for making this, found it super useful

[@glankman]

Thanks. Helpful video. Restoring early 80's Rockwell 14 inch.