New bathroom door stopper

Desk chair – new castors

Road test.

Al's tip of the week

Mudguard washers - very handy in the workshop and currently needed for my 8” band saw project.

Basically like normal washers but have a wider outside diameter which distributes the load and prevents from pulling into soft material.

8" Bandsaw 5 – blade tracking setup video clip.

The video clip shows how the hinged upper wheel block tilts the wheel a few degrees either side of vertical for blade tracking adjustment.

8” Bandsaw 4 – Buying more bits

After dropping ET off to her Tai-Chi class this morning it was back to Bunnings to get some hardware stuff for the bandsaw build like mudguard washers (very handy), M8 Teflon nuts, M6 insert nuts plus some other things.

Took a while to work out how to mount the wheels in particular the top one which has to move/slide vertically for blade tension and pivot for blade tracking.

8” Bandsaw 3 - Upper wheel mount assembly.

As mentioned in the previous post the main frame consists of four 17mm Melamine panels sandwiched together – 68mm total.

On the left is 1 & 4 (front & back) and on the right inside panels 2 & 3.

8” Bandsaw 2 - Wheel bearings

As mentioned worked out how to mount the skateboard bearings (with those bloody flanges) onto the Melamine bandsaw wheels. We can now get started actually building the thing.

Made some laminate flooring washers that have been recessed to house the outside of the bearings.

8” Bandsaw 1 – New project

Decided to build a 8" bandsaw so let's start collecting the bits.

Eight bearings for $10.

Skateboards are a source for bearings, two per wheel gives you eight 608 bearings - 22mm OD/8mm ID

Bought two skateboards from Kmart for $10 each and when I pulled one apart discovered that they have a bloody flange on them! I'll return the other one for a refund and try one of the other stores.

Holly to vet

At the vet again this time with Holly for regular stuff.

All OK.

Pixie to vet

Pixie to Rowville vet for regular stuff.

Tonight we take Holly to Boronia vet.