Saw not cutting stright

[Paul Jones]

Home Engineer,
Good advice and am now curious about the accuracy of my Enco 4X6 bandsaw. I tend to take it for granted that it would remain very close to being in alignment after my initial setup. I checked this morning and the bandsaw blade was not perfectly aligned relative to the saw vise table and as you can see below. I checked by clamping a stiff 6" rule to the saw blade with a Kant Twist clamp and compared the 6" rule gap with a combination square. There was a significant gap at the top and had to be corrected.



I now fixed the errors in the blade vertical alignment and also the right angle to the stationary vise jaws. Periodically checking is the best approach rather than wasting metal stock.

Thank you,
Paul