Vic Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Hey all, I just installed the Drift Master on my Rikon 325 deluxe 14" band saw and find that it has dropped corner. Specifically it is flat on the front and rear edges left to right and diagonally from front right to rear left. The drop shows in the diagonal from front left to the right rear. Any idea for leveling? I've thought about putting self adhesive sand paper on the bottom of my hand plane jointer and going at it. Sounds like a huge amount of work. Btw, at it's worst it's .030 out on that corner. On what I think is the positive side, I'm thinking if the fence is parallel to the blade at all times, I should still get good quality veneers. Anyway, any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sac Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hey Vic, to be perfectly honestly, I dont think that you are really going to notice it. I cant off the top of my head, think of a reason that I would need a perfectly flat BS table top. I could be mistaken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Well...on the positive side, I'm getting great veneer cuts, so the blade being equidistant from the blade at any point is the most important aspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 If you are getting great veneer cuts, and square cuts when making regular cuts with your bandsaw, then I would say that the deviation doesn't matter, especially if it's the right rear corner that's down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yea, I know Wilbur. It still bugs me, though. But, as long as I can do what I need to, it'll stay on the low priority list, which doesn't ever seem to get done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburpan Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 If it's any consolation, removing 0.30" (= 1/32") of metal, especially over the surface area of a bandsaw table, is not going to be anyone's idea of fun, so you're not missing much by never getting it off of your to do list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger T Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Vic, Have you ever had the table off of your BS? The reason I ask, is, when I bought mine, I had to remove as much weight from it as possible to get it into the basement. Motor, table, wheels. When I put the table back on, I had a heck of a time getting it flat, as soon as you would tighten one bolt, it would cause the CI table to deform in one way or another, it took a few hours to get the table dialed back in. You could look at your attachment points for the table and see if you could mess with them some. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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