Sneak preview of next stage of the build process.
Before I go any further I need to go find in the downstairs rumpus room (store room) the low sturdy table that I used to stand the first bandsaw on, that one turned out to be 6'8" high - and I am 6'2".
Doing some layout planning for the upper wheel support arm to find where it needs to be located on the vertical post. I have a length of timber clamped the lower wheel to measure the wheel centres – see next photo.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
