The Hafco BS5V is a really good little Metal Cutting Bandsaw with High accuracy & great capabilities.
One of those capabilities is accurate angle cutting, unfortunately to achieve this the manufacturer positioned the front Blade Guide very close to the drive wheel.
This forces the Blade to go through a Significant Stress moment Transitioning from the vertical cutting position, to the horizontal drive wheel position, over a very short distance.
This Rapidly causes Stress Fractures in the Bandsaw Blade, leading to a very short blade life & has earned this saw the nickname of "The Blade Breaker".
This action is particulary hard on Bi-Metal Blades, due to their slightly less flexable nature.
This situation can be rectified with the use of this "Blade Life Extender Kit"
The Kit uses a Machined Billet Aluminium 6061 T6 Spacer to move the front Blade guide as far away as possible from the Drive wheel to maximise the Blade transition distance.
The Downside to this, is it will need to be removed to once again cut angles.
This however is quite a quick & easy process involving only 2 bolts.
The Extender Kit typically Triples Blade Life
New Extended 12.9 Hardware is supplied in the kit including detailed fitting instructions.
 
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