8” Bandsaw – Make safe

The saw is safe to use now

Left side hinged blade cover.

The blade guide arm also has a cover. Still need to cut some tracks with the router for a fence and mitre gauge.

Running out of scrap plywood to finish the motor cover.

8” Bandsaw – Guard covers

With the new table aligned and fixed with screws moved onto some other things like designing a blade guard cover and a motor cover.

Clamping up the bits that make up the front blade guard cover.

8” Bandsaw – Saw table

Back tracked a bit to do some tidying up before making a proper table for the saw.

The bearing flange blocks still need to be glued so took the wheels off to do that and then screwed them back on with the same orientation as before. With the wheels off washed the inside of the 'truck inner tube' tyres.

8” Bandsaw – Electrical wiring

All the electrical wiring and motor start capacitor is now housed in the base of the saw.

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.