08-22-2012, 03:59 PM
Hello Steve,
What HP are you using on your Bandsaw? I'm just curious, I hadn't considered building my own larger Horizontal Saw but I miss my old 9x12 that I used to have when I had the R&D shop, the little 6x4 is OK but there is no substitute for size, when you need to cut some 8" stock the 6x4 just won't do it.
I remember seeing a Vertical Bandsaw made using Alloy car wheel Centres for wheels and trailer hubs and stubs for the top wheel bearings and an IRS hub for the bottom drive bearing, it was one of those really cobbled together jobs that just should never have worked, It was in a scrap yard/ car wrecking yard in Rural Tasmania, I regretted not getting a photo minutes after leaving and this was 18 years ago, I asked the old timer how he machined the wheels into the right shape having started with "Mag" Wheels and he said that first of all he cut most of the rim off with a hack saw, then after making the drive gears up for the bottom wheel he bolted each wheel centre on in turn and skimmed them up using a 1/4" wood chisel and a rest clamped onto the frame, It could have looked awsome if done right but instead it looked like a collection of scrap car parts all covered in muck, but it was ingenious and I've never forgotton it.
Rick
What HP are you using on your Bandsaw? I'm just curious, I hadn't considered building my own larger Horizontal Saw but I miss my old 9x12 that I used to have when I had the R&D shop, the little 6x4 is OK but there is no substitute for size, when you need to cut some 8" stock the 6x4 just won't do it.
I remember seeing a Vertical Bandsaw made using Alloy car wheel Centres for wheels and trailer hubs and stubs for the top wheel bearings and an IRS hub for the bottom drive bearing, it was one of those really cobbled together jobs that just should never have worked, It was in a scrap yard/ car wrecking yard in Rural Tasmania, I regretted not getting a photo minutes after leaving and this was 18 years ago, I asked the old timer how he machined the wheels into the right shape having started with "Mag" Wheels and he said that first of all he cut most of the rim off with a hack saw, then after making the drive gears up for the bottom wheel he bolted each wheel centre on in turn and skimmed them up using a 1/4" wood chisel and a rest clamped onto the frame, It could have looked awsome if done right but instead it looked like a collection of scrap car parts all covered in muck, but it was ingenious and I've never forgotton it.
Rick
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