Carter Band Saw Bearing Guides

Transform your ordinary band saw into an extraordinary resaw machine! Here is an easy-to-install way to optimize your band saw without a major investment of time or money. The Carter Band Saw Guide lets you perform re-saws with a high degree of effectiveness. Your blades will track more consistently and with less friction than ever before! Adjustable from 1/8'' to 1'' blade width. Fully sealed and lubricated. The kit includes all required mounting hardware plus complete instructions for mounting.

Available in two models for either Jet or Delta band saws:

• 39360 - Fits Jet 14" Band Saws (does not fit Jet Hex Shaft).
• 39373 - Fits Delta 14" Band Saws

Carter Instructions for Delta 39373 Carter Instructions for Jet 39360

Customer Reviews and Photos for: Carter Band Saw Bearing Guides Average Rating: 4.6 (10 customer reviews) $179.00 Add your review...

1) Submitted by John, from Maryville, TENNESSEE on 6/19/2011 Customer Rating: Great item. Installed the guides on my Jet saw in less than an hour. It took more time to disassemble the old parts than to install the new parts. Guide adjustment was a piece of cake.

2) Submitted by Kathryn F Giles, from Chandler, AZ on 2/28/2009 Customer Rating: Great product! Guide to install is well written and easy to follow. Husband will use it to build a mission style sofa for our living room.

3) Submitted by JD, from Marysville , WA on 4/3/2008 Customer Rating: Excellent product! I own a Grizzly 14" band saw and it is definitely worth the upgrade. Blade runs true and smooth with much less twisting than the original equipment. The Jet and Grizzly guide kit is the same and I ran into the same problem with the blade guard being too short with the riser block installed. To solve the problem I modified my old blade guard. I used the top blade guard mounting slot and drilled the bottom mounting whole to match the new blade guard holder. The modification works great.

4) Submitted by Don Clemons, from Redlands, CA on 7/20/2009 Customer Rating: I have just got the guides installed and they look fantastic. I did think for the price Carter could have sent color pictures with better close ups to assist with installation instead of the black and white ones. But anyone who is mechanical enough to try changing their own guides will be smart enough to figure it out. One problem I did encounter is that on a 14" Delta/Rockwell bandsaw with a riser block installed - the new blade guard leaves alot of blade showing on the top side when the guides are lowered down to a nornal setting. Caution should be used when operating that way. Just raising and lowering the guides may be cause for re-adjusting them for perfect alignment. The are well made and pretty easy to install - but pricey!

5) Submitted by Jan Alter, from Elkins Park, PA on 11/21/2009 Customer Rating: This guide set is well designed and heads above the standard Delta guides that came with the 14" (1973) bandsaw I've had for 36 years. The blade tracks very true and clearly has much more back support with less wander and friction generated to the blade. This guide set brings the Delta up to the level of a Powermatic bandsaw, which has the same kind of bearing support design used by Carter. Photos are barely acceptable and directions could be written a little more clearly with more illustrations, arrows and directional captions. Installing the top support guide onto the round travel bar that comes with the saw needs to be done with patient care as the fit is very tight. At one point I even considered heating the Carter top guide collar to expand the hole, but decided against it since no one else in their reviews apparently needed to go to that degree. Make sure the bar is placed on something solid before evenly taping the Carter support onto the bottom end of the bar or it will be difficult to swivel.

6) Submitted by Leland L. Carey, from Bennington, NE on 12/8/2010 Customer Rating: I purchased these to add to my 1976 Delta Rockwell Band saw but they would not fit. The ability to adjust these guides is hard and the current system on my saw works better. I have a hexigon columum on my saw. I had a local machinest turn about an inch round to fit the guides but they would not line up with the blade and there was no way to make them work.

7) Submitted by Bob Britt, from Denver, CO on 12/22/2010 Customer Rating: Great Product. Carter does make a model for bandsaws with a riser block installed. It contains a longer blade guard and costs about $15 more than the standard kit.

8) Submitted by Robert H, from Delmar, NY on 1/17/2011 Customer Rating: I purchased these for my circa 92 Delta BS and installed them in about an hour, including adjustments for cutting.Removing the old guides was the hardest part. You do have to fuss a little with the side bearings to get them as close as possible to the blade without touching. They work as advertised - I get drift free resawing and flexible curve cutting much better than the factory guide system. It is also important to set the blade gullet as near as possible to the center of the wheels. The install pictures could be a little better and the safety shield could be redesigned to cover more of the blade above the guides, but there is no inherent safety issue I can see with what is provided.

9) Submitted by Alan Falk, from Raleigh, NC on 2/17/2011 Customer Rating: The directions are, yes, sparse, but they convey the basic replacement process. I would agree that one 8.5x11" page with close-ups and more text might help. I completed the swap-out in about an hour. A good portion of which was taken up by nearly having to chisel out the screws holding the Delta's lower guide mounting bar to the table. I needed a hammer and an old screwdriver to break the slotted-head screws loose. Delta... you might consider hex-head bolts some day... One small gripe with the Carter guides is that it would be wonderful if they could include the TWO different-sized hex-head wrenches needed to install and adjust the bearing guides. And/or just tell us what sizes will be needed. Overall, installation was straightforward and lots cleaner, neater and simpler than the original guides. Very nicely engineered and machined. anyone need any slightly-used Delta 14" blade guide hardware with almost-new alumina blocks? : Also, the bearing faces seem to pick up sticky residue from wet wood. How about some cleaning and "care and feeding" directions, Carter? Overall: Excellent!

10) Submitted by Arthur Pennington, from Richland, WA on 8/16/2007 Guide kit installs easily and works great. However, the saw blade guard is not long enough for the Jet 14" when the riser block is installed.