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My bandsaw has a bad cylinder. I've got one ordered finally, because I've been through three blades in as many months. My first blade lasted a couple years. So let me try to describe the problem, and you all can tell me if I'm on the right track. When it's cutting, the blade seems to skip/slip on the drive wheel. It was fairly well built up with chips, so I cleaned all that out. I make the blade as tight as my hands will endure. So when the blade meets the work, I get this strange sort of vibration/shaking throughout the whole saw. Holding up the descending end, and lowering it manually at a ridiculously slow rate, will keep it from going crazy. So... ordered the cylinder, ordered a new blade, went through the whole saw and tightened any and all bolts I could find. Tried to establish if there was any play in the pivot rod. It seems solid. Am I on the right track? I cut mostly 2" hot rolled bar stock, cast iron, and some 1" aluminum plate. All big stuff. I cut sub one inch stuff by hand hack saw usually.