[TheForge] bandsaw alignment

Sat Apr 24 01:42:00 2004

Thankyou Michael..that's just what i wanted.

Andy: this is a horizontal metal cutting saw and has  3 guide bearings 
instead of blocks, but, as you say..pretty similar mechanisms.

Rowland: gosh..we're  darn near saw-buddies!  That aside..thank you for 
the info..it's about what with the smaller saws. No, there is no 
reminant of the original brushes left...thought i'd fake it with  
worn-short wire wheel set on the diagonal on an axle just above the 
bottom pulley.

Last, in the realm of  of perhaps dumb ideas ( Linus Pauling said that 
one needed to have a lot of ideas, cause most of them would be 
wrong).........I want to convert this saw so that I can also use it 
upright  with a clamp on table. It'll involve some sort of quick 
disconnect for the hydraulic cyl   and a  vertical stop to hold the  
swinging part.
Anyone inclined to discourage me on this?.....don't shove getting in 
line here.................Pete F

Michael Horgan wrote:

> Pete, pick up a copy of Mark Duginske's "The Bandsaw Handbook." 
> Available darn near everywhere, it'll help you make all the right moves.
>
> At 12:17 AM 4/23/2004, you wrote:
>
>> Howdy:
>> I just bought my first nearly adult bandsaw at the CBA's tailgate 
>> sales....It's a stout old cast iron,  kalamazoo horizontal saw that 
>> runs a 12'X3/4" blade and is old enough to sport grey hairs. 
>> Kalamazoo won't even admit to making bandsaws anymore.
>> Now that the hydraulic feed is tamed and there are shiny new guide 
>> bearings it's going to need alignment...I assume. Yes, when the 
>> blades come I'll test it out first before twisting it's old parts out 
>> of line.
>> But given it's age ( it isn't too sloppy surprisingly)  it'll 
>> probably need some,,mmmm,,guidance; and so will i.  Having done major 
>> reworking on my 2 smaller bandsaws, i have a vague idea of what needs 
>> to be done but i've never seen it done right. Can anyone refer me to 
>> a website or a company that gives out booklets detailing the 
>> specifics? My google searches weren't all that helpful......Thanks 
>> all....Pete F
>>
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