Wednesday, January 3, 2018

14" Bandsaw – Part 2 020118

The standard fence will not move far enough back so I removed that and setup a length of pine timber with clamps.

14" Bandsaw - Upper wheel block

From the last session where we finished installing the motor unit the next job was to bolt the main vertical post to the base box but...I'll put that on hold and build the upper wheel mount assembly which will make it easier to measure and cut the vertical post to ensure I have 70mm between the wheel centers, with the sliding wheel mounting block sitting on the bottom of its frame - more on this later.

This lump of wood will be the upper wheel mounting block, cut to 200mm.

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

14" Bandsaw project – Motor mount

To reiterate gave up with the hinged motor mount and went for a similar setup like the 8" bandsaw, simply sit the motor base on the floor of the base box. When the motor is positioned correctly for front to back belt alignment and belt tension the pine strip 'clamps' are screwed down to secure the motor.

To further secure the heavy motor fashioned and added a metal strap around the motor body that is screwed down onto mounting posts.

Monday, January 1, 2018

Holly soaking up the sun

ALDI – 20V Sliding Mitre Saw

ALDI - a lucky tool purchase. Why lucky...was waiting for ET at Waverley Gardens and while guarding the trolley this nice elderly ethnic (maybe Italian) couple came strolling past me. The gentleman was pushing a trolley with a big box on top - a mitre saw.


Sunday, December 31, 2017

14” Bandsaw – Mounting the motor

14" Bandsaw project - as mentioned in previous posts I gave up with the idea of a hinged motor mount, put that aside and carried on with balancing the lower wheel. With that done we are now back to mounting the motor assembly.

Decided to take the same approach as I did with the 8" bandsaw, the motor base will just sit on the bottom of the base box with allowance to move in both directions for belt tension (left to right) and belt alignment (front to back).

Here I glued and screwed a pine block to the motor base, then drilled and tapped a 3/8" hole for the threaded rod (belt tension). Smeared the tapped hole with Araldite before screwing in the threaded rod.


14" Bandsaw - wheel balancing video



Another new toy for kitties.