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05-01-2012, 08:25 PM
I was going to build another bandsaw but got hooked on some you tube vids of power hacksaws. This one for example looks simple enough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvl_GwnKQ...re=related Now to find some blades on ebay. Prob will make it for an 18" blade or so. I got a FREE 28" chunk of 6" round bar and need to cut it. The guy that rides to work with me found one in a scrapyard and got it for 11 bucks with 3 blades. I have a few extra gear boxes one 27:1 and one 40:1 as well as my 60:1 but i think that will be too slow...Bob
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05-01-2012, 10:41 PM (This post was last modified: 05-02-2012, 06:16 AM by EdK.)
Bob,
I too will build a power hack saw and have some parts, just looking for some more scrap to make it happen. I am making it from a rehap bike that has a gear box and a motor and has a couple of speeds and seems to be the right speed. I am using some plans that I found and altering them to my design.
Paul


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05-02-2012, 06:40 AM
What's a "rehap bike"?
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05-02-2012, 10:13 AM
A rehab bike does all the work, no effort required since all movement is controlled by motor and gear box.
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05-02-2012, 01:30 PM
Oh, rehab, I get it, thanks.
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05-02-2012, 03:17 PM
Hi
I once built one using a old wiper motorRotflRotfl
It was totally uslessBashBashBash
Well it would cut wood (just)
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05-02-2012, 05:59 PM
I started to build the Gingery power hack saw years ago and then read about the problems with the design so I aborted the build. I'll be watching this thread to see how a well designed power hack saw should be built. 6820

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05-04-2012, 10:09 PM
(05-02-2012, 05:59 PM)EdAK Wrote: I started to build the Gingery power hack saw years ago and then read about the problems with the design so I aborted the build. I'll be watching this thread to see how a well designed power hack saw should be built. 6820

Ed

I have some paid lathe jobs this weekend that have to get done then the hacksaw build. Found some good 18" blades at http://www.mcmaster.com ...Bob
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05-05-2012, 05:56 AM
you like the gangsta rap more than the saw.

i somehow got hooked on Russian video, they have interesting equipment.
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11-30-2013, 11:15 AM
(05-01-2012, 08:25 PM)aametalmaster Wrote: I was going to build another bandsaw but got hooked on some you tube vids of power hacksaws. This one for example looks simple enough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvl_GwnKQ...re=related Now to find some blades on ebay. Prob will make it for an 18" blade or so. I got a FREE 28" chunk of 6" round bar and need to cut it. The guy that rides to work with me found one in a scrapyard and got it for 11 bucks with 3 blades. I have a few extra gear boxes one 27:1 and one 40:1 as well as my 60:1 but i think that will be too slow...Bob

Hi, aametalmaster.

The power hacksaw linked by pjf134 looks interesting.

The link below shows a saw based on this design in operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-8dhbs_LYQ



Good luck with the project

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