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Shortly after this photo was taken (actually a cropped area of a photo I took displaying some woodwork I was doing), my bandsaw exploded with a loud noise as a chunk of wood was sucked down this hole. The blade snapped off in 2 places.

Fortunately, the machine still works and the cover prevented the blade from injuring me.

Is there supposed to be some sort of covering on this hole? It didn't come with one. This explosion is sometimes also what happens on my large table saw. I mostly solved the problem with the table saw by building a cover. Is this the sort of solution that needs to be done on a bandsaw?


Thanks in advance.

 

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Sorry, forgot to post photo. The "explosion" is what it sounded like when the wood chunk hurled into the bandsaw. Nothing was damaged except the blade, 2 clean cuts produced a 3 inch blade and a longer 56.5 inch blade, blade not damaged other than being cut like that

 

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thanks; which leads to the next question:

how do you know when the tightness is correct?

 

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Thanks, Les (again)

 

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Les,

That was great advice about the twang sound of the guitar. Sure enough, you get different pitches as you tighten. Advice not found in owner's manuals.

I'm on my way to becoming an expert sawyer.

And great stories, all.

 

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Twanging a loose blade has an off note or off pitch. Just a little bit of tightening and the pitch or frequency goes up and it just sounds right to my tin ear.