Bandsaw 17 - Upper guides

Taking a break from the larger components and onto something more intricate - the upper blade guide assembly (wooden leggo).

Once again using clamps to mock up so I get a feel for how things might pan out, It's starting to look like a bandsaw.

Bandsaw 16 – Lower wheel dodgy tire

Lower wheel - this clearly shows how I stuffed up cutting out around the valve base of the tube.

 It's OK for now but will likely stretch at that weak point. I will buy another 12” tube from Kmart and replace.

Bandsaw 15 - 12" bike tubes

Popped into Kmart on the way back home from the horse paddocks to buy a couple of those 12" inner tubes that will become tyres for the bandsaw wheels.

First task is to cut around the inside of the tube.

Bandsaw 14 - Wheel tire video clip

I used my aging Kodak Z730 camera and for some reason there is no audio - never mind.

Bandsaw 13 - Faulty bike tube

As per my last post continued on to put a "tire" on the upper wheel but when I pulled the second tube out of it's box discovered it had been packaged with a funny kink - bugger.

Back to Kmart to exchange that one. Keen to push on and see a "blade" running on the wheels I fashioned one from banding tape held together with masking tape - it works!

Bandsaw 12 - banding tape blade

Video clip below of the bandsaw running with a banding tape blade.

Bandsaw 11 - improved motor pulley

I pre-cut the groove on the router table with a V-bit and then mounted the pulley on the motor shaft to finish turning with my "V-groove file" and yeah it runs quite true.

The shaft has two flats so I drilled and tapped the pulley to accept two grub screws.