Some workshop sessions are more rewarding than others, this is one of them.
With the horizontal support arm and the upper wheel mount assembly all setup and test run with the blade we can start thinking about the blade guide arm. Measured and cut off flush the end of the support arm.
As posted last week picked up this saw from Waverley Gardens for $49 marked down from $99. They came around in October for $140 so I was happy with the purchase.
During this session generally added more bracing to make the main vertical support and the upper wheel assembly horizontal arm more robust, to minimise shaking and vibration.
More pine and a bracing board on the side.
With the saw now clamped down on the low table with just the lower wheel the shaking has been reduced to an acceptable level.
A big problem!
Everything going along nicely until we got to a interesting stage, in fact a milestone for this bandsaw build. With tyres fitted to each wheel and mounted on the saw, motor assembly aligned and V-belt tensioned it’s time to fit the blade and test run the saw!
Fitted the blade and while turning the upper wheel adjusted the tracking so the blade was running on the crown of each wheel, then wound up the blade tension and again checked the tracking – all OK. Time to turn on power and yes…she works!!!
After hooking up the Xfinity 20V sliding mitre saw to two car batteries so I can use the thing while waiting for the battery to arrive – guess what?
The phone order that I placed with Action Spares on Saturday 6th for a Xfinity 20V / 4.0Ah battery - has arrived this morning.
