Post by phoenix1967 on Mar 6, 2009 23:46:50 GMT -5
In my continuous search for cheap tools, I came across this the other day for 5 bucks.
Now this seemed a bit too good to be true, so I asked if it worked... yep it worked. seems the problem the guy had was that no where around here sells blades for this off the wall sized bandsaw. So I bought it....
I took a trip to Lowe's, and asked the guy for the cheapes, most common sized bandsaw blade in stock. 9 bucks got me one abou 63" long.
I took the blade home (about 2 foot longer than I needed for this bandsaw. then I cut the bandsaw in half!! a quick trip to my junkpile netted me a 24 inch piece of "C" channel
I mocked it up with C clamps...
Put the blade on.....
Perfect!
The back of this is 1/8 stamped steel, and so is the C channel, so I drilled it and bolted it while the clamps were on
Now the original depth of cut was a limited 4 inches, but since I raised the head 14 inches, I decided to "Raise the roof, and Make it 8 inches. To do this, I needed to extend the upper guide bar. I grabbed some key stock (3/8 square bar) drilled and tapped it to extend its reach 12 inches.
i194.photobucket.com/albums/z249/Blinkies_by_Lori/Phoenix%20Knives/bandsawmod009.jpg
OK, Now I have to drop the "Head" down to someplace reasonable... which meant another trip to the junkpile! I came back with a couple of old chainsaw bars...
After mocking up where I wanted everything (This included putting the blade back on for alignment) I drilled the holes to hold it all together, and for the adjustment clamp for the upper guide. I didn't have much luck with drilling, it seems these chainsaw bars are hardened and tempered high carbon steel! So I broke out the torch to temper it back far enough I could drill it.
I cut the excess off of the horizontal bar
I put the blade on, tightened everything up, and stood at a safe distance to poke the on button with a stick!
Woo Hoo! It didn't explode! Not only that, the crazy thing worked!
Now to do something about that exposed blade... Some metal stud makes for a good safety cover...
Now wifey wandered out about this time, and informed me that the Sanford and Son look is definitely OUT this year, so I slapped a quick coat of BBQ black on it.
I still need to make a guard for the blade on the right, but for now, it looks and works pretty good.
Now this seemed a bit too good to be true, so I asked if it worked... yep it worked. seems the problem the guy had was that no where around here sells blades for this off the wall sized bandsaw. So I bought it....
I took a trip to Lowe's, and asked the guy for the cheapes, most common sized bandsaw blade in stock. 9 bucks got me one abou 63" long.
I took the blade home (about 2 foot longer than I needed for this bandsaw. then I cut the bandsaw in half!! a quick trip to my junkpile netted me a 24 inch piece of "C" channel
I mocked it up with C clamps...
Put the blade on.....
Perfect!
The back of this is 1/8 stamped steel, and so is the C channel, so I drilled it and bolted it while the clamps were on
Now the original depth of cut was a limited 4 inches, but since I raised the head 14 inches, I decided to "Raise the roof, and Make it 8 inches. To do this, I needed to extend the upper guide bar. I grabbed some key stock (3/8 square bar) drilled and tapped it to extend its reach 12 inches.
i194.photobucket.com/albums/z249/Blinkies_by_Lori/Phoenix%20Knives/bandsawmod009.jpg
OK, Now I have to drop the "Head" down to someplace reasonable... which meant another trip to the junkpile! I came back with a couple of old chainsaw bars...
After mocking up where I wanted everything (This included putting the blade back on for alignment) I drilled the holes to hold it all together, and for the adjustment clamp for the upper guide. I didn't have much luck with drilling, it seems these chainsaw bars are hardened and tempered high carbon steel! So I broke out the torch to temper it back far enough I could drill it.
I cut the excess off of the horizontal bar
I put the blade on, tightened everything up, and stood at a safe distance to poke the on button with a stick!
Woo Hoo! It didn't explode! Not only that, the crazy thing worked!
Now to do something about that exposed blade... Some metal stud makes for a good safety cover...
Now wifey wandered out about this time, and informed me that the Sanford and Son look is definitely OUT this year, so I slapped a quick coat of BBQ black on it.
I still need to make a guard for the blade on the right, but for now, it looks and works pretty good.