I recently got a grizzly g0555lx band saw. The tires are basically new, the blades I have are new but for some reason the blades slips off either to the back or the front of the wheel. I rotate top wheel by hand and adjust the tilt knob till the blade tracks in the center(or as close to center as possible) like your supposed to and position guide barrings a papers width away. I lock the tilt knob and turn the saw on and immediately the blade takes off typically to the front and makes a horrible sounds and kinks the brand new blade. Iv gone through three blades now and frankly losing my patience with this thing. I'm using a 3/16" blade. Iv tried coplanning the wheels and that seems to make it worse, iv plumbed the top wheel which helps but the blade still takes off, I have the tension set to what the blade requires and still nothing. Iv taken the tension and blade off and noticed the top wheel has a little wiggle room in it, is this the problem? Iv tightened the top wheel as much I can and it still has a little play. Either way o could use some help as iv had this basically new saw and haven't been able to even try and cut a piece of wood.

I recently got a Grizzly g0555lx band saw. The tires are basically new, the blades I have are new but for some reason the blade slips off either to the back or the front of the wheel. I rotate top wheel by hand and adjust the tilt knob till the blade tracks in the center  (or as close to center as possible) like you're supposed to and position guide bearings a paper's width away. I lock the tilt knob and turn the saw on and immediately the blade takes off, typically to the front, makes a horrible sound and kinks the brand new blade. I've gone through three blades now and am frankly losing my patience with this thing. I'm using a 3/16" blade. I've tried co-planing the wheels and that seems to make it worse. I've plumbed the top wheel which helps but the blade still takes off. I have the tension set to what the blade requires and still nothing. I've taken the tension and blade off and noticed the top wheel has a little wiggle room in it. Is this the problem? I've tightened the top wheel as much I can and it still has a little play. Either way I could use some help as I've had this basically new saw and haven't been able to even try and cut a piece of wood.

I recently got a grizzly g0555lx band saw. The tires are basically new, the blades I have are new but for some reason the blades slips off either to the back or the front of the wheel. I rotate top wheel by hand and adjust the tilt knob till the blade tracks in the center(or as close to center as possible) like your supposed to and position guide barrings a papers width away. I lock the tilt knob and turn the saw on and immediately the blade takes off typically to the front and makes a horrible sounds and kinks the brand new blade. Iv gone through three blades now and frankly losing my patience with this thing. I'm using a 3/16" blade. Iv tried coplanning the wheels and that seems to make it worse, iv plumbed the top wheel which helps but the blade still takes off, I have the tension set to what the blade requires and still nothing. Iv taken the tension and blade off and noticed the top wheel has a little wiggle room in it, is this the problem? Iv tightened the top wheel as much I can and it still has a little play. Either way o could use some help as iv had this basically new saw and haven't been able to even try and cut a piece of wood.

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I recently got a grizzly g0555lx band saw. The tires are basically new, the blades I have are new but for some reason the blades slips off either to the back or the front of the wheel. I rotate top wheel by hand and adjust the tilt knob till the blade tracks in the center(or as close to center as possible) like your supposed to and position guide barrings a papers width away. I lock the tilt knob and turn the saw on and immediately the blade takes off typically to the front and makes a horrible sounds and kinks the brand new blade. Iv gone through three blades now and frankly losing my patience with this thing. I'm using a 3/16" blade. Iv tried coplanning the wheels and that seems to make it worse, iv plumbed the top wheel which helps but the blade still takes off, I have the tension set to what the blade requires and still nothing. Iv taken the tension and blade off and noticed the top wheel has a little wiggle room in it, is this the problem? Iv tightened the top wheel as much I can and it still has a little play. Either way o could use some help as iv had this basically new saw and haven't been able to even try and cut a piece of wood.