Let's see your bandsaw
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Nice one Jerry SmileSmileSmile
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Here's one of my bandsaws, the homemade 9x19.
   

I had to stretch things a bit to handle these curved pieces I used to build my rear blade for my old Allis-Chalmers tractor. There almost 20" so I moved the rear jaw further back about an inch.
Here's the completed blade.
   
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.
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Steve,

Wow Jawdrop

That is some bandsaw Smiley-signs107 What size blade do you use?
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I had to go out to the shop to measure the blade, it's 3/4"x .060" x 106". While there I took another pic.
   

The base is channel iron and the screw for the vise is from an old tripod car jack.
Of course the screw is right hand so I decided to use gears between the handle and the screw. I then decided to use different size gears and the handle slides in to select mechanical advantage for tightening and out to speed it up for rapid travel.
I had two gears the same size and made two smaller ones out of brass on my shaper (actually I made one wide one and parted it into two gears on the lathe).
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.
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Heres one of my 3 4x6 tawaiin jobs. They are really great little saws and i usually get a few hundred thousand cuts from one cutting production parts for my ceilingtrains.com bridges all the way up to 4" round bar for my custom pulleys that i make and sell plus my wrought iron work...Bob


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Bob Wright
Metal Master Fab
Salem Ohio
Birthplace of the Silver and Deming drill bit.
5 Lathes, SBL Shaper, Lewis Mill, 7 drill presses, 5 welders...
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Bob,

They are fabulous little saws.WorthyWorthyWorthy

Had a quick look at your web site (cause I'm nosey)Big Grin

So what is ceiling trains all about. I think a new thread would be better.
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Those 4x6 bandsaws are definitely one of the best bargains in metalworking power tools. Great bang for the buck.

Ed
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(03-22-2012, 08:13 PM)EdAK Wrote: Those 4x6 bandsaws are definitely one of the best bargains in metalworking power tools. Great bang for the buck.
Ed

Absolutely,.......... and no more aching arms. (And it is cut straight Big Grin )
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Here's my copy of the ubiquitous Harbor Freight 4x6. Mine set me back $159. I built a new stand after it tipped over and almost hit me while I was trying to move it.

   
   
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Henry,

I really like your stand, very little surface to collect debris and still very stable. Drool Thumbsup Smiley-signs107


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