14” Bandsaw – Making the arm lock 1

The bearing guide arm slides up and down and needs to be locked at the desired height.

This is where we left the last session and we now need to make the arm lock.

14” Bandsaw – blade guide arm 2

Afternoon session to continue with the blade guide arm construction.

Screwing down the MDF pieces that clamp the sliding arm.

14” Bandsaw – started blade guide arm

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.

ALDI – 20V sliding mitre saw update

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.

Was in the Wellington Park store this afternoon and came across the mitre saw again – check the price!

14” Bandsaw – additional saw bracing

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.

14” Bandsaw – back on track

With the saw now clamped down on the low table with just the lower wheel the shaking has been reduced to an acceptable level.

14” Bandsaw - we have a problem (2)

From the previous post removed the lower wheel to check again for run-out, wobble and balance etc.  Went through each one again, trimmed the rim a bit for run-out, cleaned up the crown and rebalanced the wheel again. Hmm nothing here to cause that amount of shaking. Put the wheel back on, hooked up the drive belt and turned on the motor - still shaking !!!