taraanderson•1mo agoMost Upvoted

Took me 45 minutes to fix a clipper blade that should have taken 5

I was swapping blades on my Oster 76 and the new one wouldn't cut right. Kept pulling and skipping. I thought it was a bad blade so I tried another one. Same problem. After messing with it for nearly an hour I realized I had the tension screw way too tight. Backed it off a quarter turn and it cut smooth as butter. Has anyone else spent way too long on a simple adjustment like that?

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sanchez.pat1mo ago

Wait, are you saying the tension screw was the issue the whole time? I used to be one of those guys who cranked everything down tight thinking tighter meant better cutting, but I had a similar wakeup call with my Andis clippers a few years back. I literally stripped a screw trying to fix a pulling problem and had to buy a whole new housing. Now I barely tighten tension screws at all, just enough to hold the blade on, and it cuts way cleaner. It's crazy how something so small can make you feel like an idiot for an hour.

the_linda28d ago

Gotta disagree - a loose blade will definitely jack up your fade lines.

seth_harris361mo ago

But a loose blade can slip mid-cut and mess up your whole line.