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I'm working on a little Baimbridge 101 bandsaw. It's an early American made 4x6. Eldest son gave it to youngest son, as a Christmas present years ago. I'll fix it up and get it out of here. It was in the shed and I was tripping over it. I don't restore, I'm not a museum curator, I'm a retired millwright, I fix and modify. Like other 4x6s, the stationary jaw of the vise pivots for angle cuts. Being an inexpensive saw, the angle iron was held in place by 2 bolts. I loath having to get a wrench under things to tighten. I've seen too much of that in my working life. In this case a carriage bolt with their wide heads and square shanks should work in the slot. So that's the picture.
1) the slot is wide, over 3/8" for a 5/16" bolt. When they made it, they didn't have to worry too much about fits with the aluminum casting. A 7/16" bolt almost fits, a few passes with a half round file and it did. The bolt was shiny so it was likely a bumper bolt, same sort of thing.
2) to get the square shank to the end of the slots, I used a square file to square the ends.
3) I drilled the angle iron out to 7/16" from 3/8" . They had also used 3/8' hole for the 5/16" pivot bolt. Of course it didn't line up with slot, I did say it was inexpensive didn't I. So with a round bastard I slotted the hole a touch.
There, I used three files. It was just a few minutes work.
1) the slot is wide, over 3/8" for a 5/16" bolt. When they made it, they didn't have to worry too much about fits with the aluminum casting. A 7/16" bolt almost fits, a few passes with a half round file and it did. The bolt was shiny so it was likely a bumper bolt, same sort of thing.
2) to get the square shank to the end of the slots, I used a square file to square the ends.
3) I drilled the angle iron out to 7/16" from 3/8" . They had also used 3/8' hole for the 5/16" pivot bolt. Of course it didn't line up with slot, I did say it was inexpensive didn't I. So with a round bastard I slotted the hole a touch.
There, I used three files. It was just a few minutes work.
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