Did I mess up my bandsaw blade?

[TheFatBaron]

Somewhere along the way, I messed up on my Laguna 1412 (those things multiply like rabbits around here!) and accidentally bumped the ceramic guides too far forward. While cutting, the blade began to cut into the top left-hand (as you face towards the front of the saw) ceramic guide. Not too bad, the guide is still functional, but there's a nice gouge in it. Unfortunately, I didn't notice this on the first cut.

Here's what my cuts look like right now: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1qjh2qlyupkqbzf/2015-12-07 23.36.42.jpg?dl=0 That's a 1.25" thick piece of red oak - nothing fancy. I've made similar cuts in poplar. It still cuts easily, but there's burning, and the blade wanders off to the right (I haven't been able to correct via the fence, yet). When I cut harder woods (hickory, jatoba, black locust), both get worse. I recall my first cuts being nice and clean, and about as straight as I can cut by hand (which isn't saying much, I admit).

Does that sound like blade damage? Obviously, the easiest thing to do is to change the blade... which I can do this weekend, though I expect a difference between the 5/8" and 1/4" blades. In the meantime... any suggestions? Is there something else on my saw I should check (for the wandering, at least? Assuming it is, in fact the blade, is this likely something repairable, or should I consign myself to a new blade?

[Pete Staehling]

Ceramic is hard, blade wandering is likely to be from teeth on one side being damaged, I'd bet on the blade being toast.

[wdwerker]

Try a new blade and see the difference in the cut.  I save blades like that to use when cutting wood that might have small brads in it.

[TheFatBaron]

Yep, I switched to the 1/4" blade over the weekend and no burning, and insignificant wandering - 2 or 3 passes with a hand plane and the edge was straight.

I'll fold the old blade up and probably just toss it. Oh well. At least bandsaw blades aren't that expensive. Could've been a much worse lesson.