You may want to wait for one of the really experienced wood workers to post (such as Rhed), since my experience with the bandsaw is relatively limited (I have a 10 inch which has served me well for several years. Just cutting some red oak for my SOF ribs with it).

the issues I would check are:

-are you using a wide enough blade? The wider the blade the better. The stock blade which comes with the saw was probably only about 1/4 of an inch. Try and get 1/2 inch or more.
-is the blade tension tight enough?
-are the blade guides in tight enough (ie minimal slack)? The blade guides which came with my Delta saw appeared to be plastic. The deteriorate pretty quickly. I got some aftermarket guides which are some type of composite. That really helped.

good luck

: Hi,

: I am having real trouble cutting 1 x 4 's into 1/4" strips to make the
: stem laminations. I am using clear ash and a 9" band saw. The band
: saw blade tends to track with the wood grain and I can't for the life of
: me figure out how to keep it going strait. Any ideas?

: The last time I did this, I used a friends table saw and had fairly good
: results, but I don't own a table saw and was thinking I should be able to
: do it with the band saw.

: Thanks,
: Stephan