muddstopper
Veteran Member
Been fighting my elcheapo Carolina bandsaw for 2 days now. Havent had much problems with it cutting small metal, but I cant get it to cut straight on 8in stuff at all. Cutting a 1x8 piece of steel, steel turned edge up, It gets about a blade width out of square by the time it cuts thru. Watching the saw arm while sawing, I noticed the bed flexing and I believe this is the cause of the the angle cuts. As the arm goes down thru the metal, it looks like the bed is twisting, the lower the saw, the more weight on the blade and the more flex. Any ideals on the best way to stiffen the bed.