Spent a whole shift fighting a bad bandsaw blade, only to realize it was on backwards

Man, I was at the shop in Austin last Tuesday and this big primal of beef comes in, right? I'm trying to break it down on the bandsaw and it's just fighting me every step. The blade kept drifting, cuts were jagged, took me like 45 minutes to get through one rack of ribs. I was cussing at the machine, thinking the tension was off or the guides were shot. Finally my apprentice walks over, looks at it for two seconds, and points out I had the teeth facing the wrong direction. Had to be on there for at least two weeks from the last guy who used it. Felt like a total idiot but dang that cut like butter after I flipped it. Anyone else ever do something that dumb that just ate up your whole day?

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oscarb7718d ago

Wait, a whole shift ruined over a backwards blade? That's like an hour tops to figure out. Maybe two if you're being real particular about it.

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hayden70918d ago

Read somewhere that some saws have reversed threads that mess with people.