[TheForge] re-new topic- tools for journeyman.

[RIES NIEMI]

Bob- if your bandsaw tracks badly- it probably can be fixed. Try this
website- http://www.tinyisland.com/4x6bsFAQ.html
It tells how to tune up the little bandsaws so they work right.
As I said, the reason I buy Jet tools is they usually work the best of all
the taiwanese tools- you can have 3 different bandsaws that all look alike,
castings made in the same foundry, that work completely differently, because
of the quality of the parts on each one.

I found the bandsaw page on my favorite links page-
http://www.stagesmith.com/Metal-links.html
this is the greatest metalworking links page I have ever seen- tons of
categories and all kinds of web pages you were looking for, but couldnt
find.
I really recommend checking out this page. And no, they dont pay me, I dont
even know whose page it is.

Ries


on 7/28/03 8:30 PM, Bob Ehrenberger at eforge@marktwain.net wrote:

> I like "The Blacksmith Craft"  for beginners.  It takes you through a series
> of lessions of increasing difficulty.  I think it was designed for a shop
> class, back when they did real stuff in school.  I got mine from Norm Larson
> several years ago, I think that it is still in print.
> 
> BTW:  We have 5 angle grinders, 4- 4.5" and 1- 7".  We had only one for
> several years but it was a pain to keep changing them over.
> 
> We also have a chop saw and a horz band saw.  But we almost never use the
> band saw because it tracks so bad the blades won't stay on.
> 
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
>