Blade Tensioning Step By Step

Two Guys Timberframing
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Oct 20, 2026
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Video Summary
AI GeneratedThis video provides a practical guide on how to properly tension and track a blade, emphasizing a tactile approach over the use of a torque wrench to achieve the ideal \"snug\" fit.
I've had problems before.
I know a lot of guys want to use a torque wrench.
The blade wants to be tensioned, it wants to be tracked right,
and everybody wants to know where snug is.
I call that snug,
when I can no longer move it with just one of my hands.
Your best bet is to do your first turns, rotate the blade two
and a half, which is the minimum that they suggest,
and then I check my tracking perfectly at the edge of our gullet.
I'm right at the edge. So now we're perfect.
We know that the blade is tensioned.
