I hate it when that happens.

[DR Buck]

Blade dives and stalls saw motor.  Can't restart to go forward and won't back out.   



A few plastic wedges, a piece of  broken blade to clean the kerf, and 20 minutes work and you're back in business.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Ever since I got my mill, every now and again this has happened.
My Dad told me....just take it in stride, it's just one of those things.

So when it happens now, I don't flinch. Just fix it and get back to sawing. 

Thanks for the picture Doc. I love pics. And from what I can see, looks like a cozy place to mill.

[Magicman]

You must have hit metal to make it dive.  I also use your withdrawal recipe; plastic wedges, a section of old sawblade, and time.

[davey duck]

I just had that happen the other day,cutting 2x6s out of a 6x26 slab about half way down in the heartwood the blade did a nose dive,stalled the motor,burned out the capacitors,before I could get it shut off.About 2 1/2 hours to change to my new motor,I figured if was a hard spot that caused the blade to dive,changed to a new blade the new motor is a 3450 rpm went into the same cut with no problems,it sure sings now. David

[Chuck White]

Wow, that was quite a dive Doc.

I've (knock-on-wood) only had that happen in a large log/cant once!

[bandmiller2]

Curse of the bandmill,usally after you hit tramp.I inspect the band wile its still stuck if beyond repair just snap and pull out.Outherwise its wedge and push.Frank C.