Jobber j200

[JesseA]

Dad and I went halfsies on a j200 some time ago after doing lots of inefficient milling with an Alaskan. 
And it's been a bunch of trouble. Mostly related to breaking blades.  Anyone have one of these to suggest pointers?

[hamish]

How or at what point are your bands breaking (ie comming off the bandwheels? in the cut? out of the cut?).

[JesseA]

It's been a while since I used it but it seems like they break in the cut at random and are not being thrown off.  I wonder if what's happening is we're compensating for not great alignment with too much blade tension. 

[Southside]

How dull are your bands when they break? Running high tension, no lube, and dull bands will cause a lot of heat and stress cracks in the band, which will result in breaking. 

[barbender]

We need way more specific info to help you diagnose this problem. There's lots of things that can break blades, from running them dull to a bad band wheel bearing and everything in between.

[hamish]

It's been a while since I used it but it seems like they break in the cut at random and are not being thrown off.  I wonder if what's happening is we're compensating for not great alignment with too much blade tension.

Get your alignment in order and adjust your tension accordingly. I have seen J200's produce alot of bf of lumber so the lack of band lubrication on the mill is a non issue.