McClellan Made Blades
Well-Known Member
Hey Dawgs,
I thought this was going to be a routine changing of the blade, took off the old blade and went to put the other blade on and it came up about a 1/2 inch or so short...so I'm thinking I bought the wrong one, so I checked it, nope it's the right blade length, started looking for other places to make adjustments and found one that is like a fine tuner for the blade length (that I'd never had to touch), adjusted it down to as low as the top pulley would go down, still can't get the blade on and it is at this point that I get the blade about a 1/2 inch to going on, and if it did go on it would be incredibly tight! Another issue I had going on is that I've been having trouble with my hands for a while now, finally went ahead and had to have surgery on my left hand and wrist, (Trigger Finger is a seriously painful problem!) so I was also thinking this was a weakness issues as well. This bandsaw is a 12" Craftsman, the blade length is 89 1/2", the model number is 22400 .
I've always used craftsman blades on it, only because they've worked well, are inexpensive and convenient. I swear if I didn't know any better, I'd say they were made short, but I know me, and in knowing me, I have to take the blame first, thinking I must have done something wrong, but for the life of me I have no idea what I could have done.
If any of you Dawgs out there have experienced anything like this, please send me some advice! I've got to check my paper work, I'm not sure if I have any warranty on it, heck I can't remember when I bought it, for sure. Until then and if I have to fix it myself, some help would be greatly apppreciated!
Thanks Guys, it's much appreciated, Rex
I thought this was going to be a routine changing of the blade, took off the old blade and went to put the other blade on and it came up about a 1/2 inch or so short...so I'm thinking I bought the wrong one, so I checked it, nope it's the right blade length, started looking for other places to make adjustments and found one that is like a fine tuner for the blade length (that I'd never had to touch), adjusted it down to as low as the top pulley would go down, still can't get the blade on and it is at this point that I get the blade about a 1/2 inch to going on, and if it did go on it would be incredibly tight! Another issue I had going on is that I've been having trouble with my hands for a while now, finally went ahead and had to have surgery on my left hand and wrist, (Trigger Finger is a seriously painful problem!) so I was also thinking this was a weakness issues as well. This bandsaw is a 12" Craftsman, the blade length is 89 1/2", the model number is 22400 .
I've always used craftsman blades on it, only because they've worked well, are inexpensive and convenient. I swear if I didn't know any better, I'd say they were made short, but I know me, and in knowing me, I have to take the blame first, thinking I must have done something wrong, but for the life of me I have no idea what I could have done.
If any of you Dawgs out there have experienced anything like this, please send me some advice! I've got to check my paper work, I'm not sure if I have any warranty on it, heck I can't remember when I bought it, for sure. Until then and if I have to fix it myself, some help would be greatly apppreciated!
Thanks Guys, it's much appreciated, Rex