Home Made Band Saw

glens5

Registered
Registered
Joined
Aug 13, 2016
Messages
16
P1060090.JPG
P1060095.JPG
P1060241.JPG
P1060500.JPG
P1060501.JPG
P1060925.JPG
P1070264.JPG
tensioner.JPG
coplaner.JPG
frame.png
guide mod.png
guide.png
plumbing-4.png
 
Brilliant!

Are the wheels cut from a large diameter pipe?
What's the blade length?

Thanks for sharing it!
-brino
 
Built about four years ago. Some of the pictures are from modifications since. Designed mostly from pictures of commercial units. It was pretty much a leap of faith as to whether it would be a worthwhile endeavor but it it actually works very well. The original home made hydraulic lowering cylinder was replaced with a store bought unit. The main arm pivoting shaft bushings where replaced with 6203 bearings and the vice counter balance was modified. Since the unit is quite heavy I added a crank down dolly with pivoting wheels on the front.
 
wheels.png The wheels where made from 1/4" x 1" flat iron, bent on a home made ring roller. Spokes and the hubs where welded in and then turned on my South Bend 9" lathe. Tires where made from 1/4" x 1" tarp strap vulcanized together and glued on to the hubs. At that point they where to large to fit in the lathe and where just trued up with a Dremel rotary tool. The top wheel has two 6203 bearings and the bottom keyed for the 1" output shaft on the worm drive.
 
Last edited:
The blade length is adjustable roughly between 84" and 88". There is a solenoid wired in parallel with the motor and has a snap action type switch for the auto shut off. I found a regular switch would shut the unit off before it was all the way into the off position and the saw would restart when the arm was manually lifted. The solenoid allows the oil to flow from the hydraulic cylinder when the unit is powered up. There is a needle valve for controlling the lowering rate as well as a bypass ball valve for manually lowering the arm. There is also a graduated adjustment to set the cutting force on the blade.
 
on a home made ring roller

I think I see a trend with you!
I don't suppose you have any shots of that machine to share?

Thanks,
-brino
 
I think I have some snaps of it. I'll post them in the appropriate area.
 
Back
Top