8” Bandsaw – Base for saw

Made a base for the saw and redesigned the motor mount assembly which can now bee easily adjusted for pulley alignment and belt tension adjustment.

The motor assembly can slide left or right for belt tension and move front to back for pulley alignment.

8” Bandsaw – First test run

Follow-up video clip of the saw finally running for the first time with a blade on and tracking well.

8” Bandsaw – Upgraded wheels

As previously posted the wheels now have larger bearings pressed into flange blocks. The wheels are now mounted on larger 10mm shafts – runs nice and smooth.

The 608 skateboard bearings could not handle the load.

8” Bandsaw – Some updates

Having upgraded the bearings from Skateboard 608's to 6200 2RS (30/10mm) I also now need to upsize the upper wheel mount block. As it turned out I ended up completely redesigning the upper wheel mount.

8” Bandsaw – Replacing lower wheel bearings

Having completed the upper wheel, we now need to dismantled some stuff around the bottom of the saw to gain access and remove the lower wheel.

When I removed the lower wheel I noticed the bearings, like the upper lot...were completely stuffed.

8” Bandsaw – Bearing flanges continued

When making bandsaw wheels there are three basic things to keep in mind; wobble, run-out and lastly wheel balancing.

Continuing on from the last session I bored four holes (each side of the flange) to allow for  quick clamps to be passed through to clamp the flanges to the wheel - for wobble alignment.

8” Bandsaw – Upper wheel bearing flanges

Mounting the bearing flanges on the upper wheel.

Pressed in the bearings and pre drilled the flanges.