How to Adjust for Drift on the Bandsaw

[iclark]

Dave,

with the iron table, had you considered the Magswitch products:
either the Mag Jig to attach the fence to the table or one of their mag fences instead of the Kreig?

http://magswitch.com.au/aus/component/content/article/3-australia-pages/15-woodworking

I haven't tried them with the aluminum tables (of course) but they seem like an interesting option.

not made in USA, but not China either. I've seen some of the line at Woodcraft. there is a distributors list on the website.

Ivan

[Len]

Wow! I was wondering if it were possible to slice wood paper thin on this saw. I saw it done on a $3000 Laguna with their driftmaster fence and wanted one, but can't get it into my budget just yet. I don't need paper thin veneers, just that consistency of cut. Now to attempt it with my SS.

It was a 1/32" piece of pine from a band saw I watched Rick Davis cut in November 2007. I kept it just to make sure, brought it home and showed SWMBO. Within a year I had a band saw. One could see light though it! Now one-ten-thousandths? Seeing is believing.

[rkh2]

calver

In response to your question about the Kreg Bandsaw Fence. Yes, I purchased it over a year ago and have been very satisfied with it. It can me mounted to the aluminum table with out any issues. There is no problem with making blade changes and they can be done with everything mounted to the table. If you have the older cast iron table, like cincinnati10 mentioned, there is modifications that need to be done. Like Len mentioned, I also watched Mike Cobb, one of the ex-TA instructors cut a piece of wood thin enough to see light come through it. It's probably not a necessity to have but sure is nice and right now I see it is on sale, but there may be a waiting period for it. I will give it a thumbs up.