jussi Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 I was watching Marc's video with Alex Snodgras on bs setup and he puts the blade so that the gullet is on the center of the wheel. I have a 16" bs with a 1" blade and if I do it that way a large portion of the blade is no longer on the wheel. Didn't measure but I'd say 1/4" is off the wheel. Is that normal / safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 The wheels are crowned? If so, you never have the whole blade on contact. Spin it by hand to make sure it does not contact anything then have at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 For Euro saws with flat wheels, the gullet hangs over the front of the wheels a little, and the cutting part of the teeth are completely out in front of the wheel. If it's a 1" blade on a MM16, I expect that's the way it's supposed to work. That's the way I run a 1" blade on my 24" Centauro, that has flat wheels. There will be some "experts" that say this is not right, but it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jussi Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 It’s a laguna lt 16hd. Also for clarification when I say it doesn’t make contact I mean the wheel is no longer under the blade anymore. That portion of the blade that is. Not that the crown of the wheel is pushing the blade up so it doesn’t make contact. Ill take a pic of it and post. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, jussi said: It’s a laguna lt 16hd. Also for clarification when I say it doesn’t make contact I mean the wheel is no longer under the blade anymore. That portion of the blade that is. Not that the crown of the wheel is pushing the blade up so it doesn’t make contact. Ill take a pic of it and post. Thanks No need. I understood. Read both posts and you will see I addressed a crowned wheel and Tom a Euro wheel. My only point is that a crowned wheel focuses support on a narrow path. I have only seen Snodgrass present on crowned tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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