[TheForge] bandsaw design question- weight

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

I was tired of the uneven feed on my 100,000 mile Rong Fu el cheapo 
bandsaw so...... I took a tired shock absorber from my small car for it. 
The shock no longer offered any resistance to elongating ( upstroke) and 
with the addition of a small spring for tuning, works well.

Gladish Family wrote:

>Somebody who really wanted to have a weight set on a saw could mount them on
>a slider bar and slide them up or down for more or less pressure.
>Sometimes when I'm cutting something really large in diameter I have to hang
>a weight on the saw for the first part of a cut- this would accomplish the
>same thing, only infinitely adjustable.
>Andy g.
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>>On Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at 11:52 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
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>>>This recent thread on bandsaws made me wonder about the mechanism for
>>>lowering the saw against the material.  I've seen pneumatic devices.  I
>>>understand some sort of springs may be used.
>>>
>>>However, wouldn't it  make more sense simply to balance the weight of
>>>the saw with a counterbalancing arm?  Then weights could be removed
>>>corresponding to the amount of pressure you want to exert on the piece
>>>being cut.
>>>
>>>Is such a device in use on any saws?  If not, why not?  Am I missing
>>>something?
>>>
>>>Bruce
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