Glad to be remembered! I have continued to work at the saw but i got a new job and the pandemic actually causes my work days to be longer. At least I have work.
I joined this wonderful forum several years ago but haven't been active for the past couple. life happens and somethings must fall by the way side and spending time on a computer took the hit. Any ways I have returned and see this site is as full of good people and wonderful information as before my hiatus. Thank you for not changing.
Thank you all for your kind words, my folks were very happy to get it. Then my dad asked if the coo coo was supposed to have any significance. I guess anybody married for 50 years has to be a little coo coo.
I needed a special project to help celebrate my parents 50th anniversary, and found this on scroller.com. It is made with red oak, Peruvian walnut, and poplar. It was a great project to work on and recall time spent with my folks.
Assuming the bandsaw blade is set up properly and not making contact with the new blocks, I would try a different blade to determine weather or not the broken blade was faulty. I have used timber wolf blades in the past with no issues.