Horizontal Band Saw small Piece Shelf

[rbertalotto]

Some one on here was talking about cutting small pieces on a horizontal bandsaw. Here's my solution:


Two holes were drilled and tapped on the front of the machine.


A piece of Aluminum angle was drilled for the two bolts


Here is the "shelf" mounted


The piece to be cut is simply clamped to the shelf.

[Willy Victor]

For every problem, there is always a solution. Nice job Roy.



Willy

[ZINOM]

Yeah Roy, thanks for sharing....a lot of times folks think about holding solutions from the other side of the blade....this looks pretty novel.

John

[Hotfoot]

That's a good one, Roy!, and' because its a bolt-on, another "V" piece dould be made up for short tubing and round stock cuts! You could also make this with alittle upright shelf to directly align with the front shelf on the other side of the blade to help assure that that shelf is perfectly aligned! Slick little idea!

[whateg0]

Nice solution! Sure is a better use of that spot than the stop that is provided with the cheaper models.

Dave

[Chuck U&R]

Great idea - Thanks !

[Pat]

Roy,

Great Idea you have there. What size of drill and tap did you use for the mounting holes, and because you are drilling and tapping cast, do you need to use any special drills, taps, or cutting fluid.............thanks

[rbertalotto]

5/16" bolts.............Tapping Cast Iron is VERY easy. I used regular TapMagic cutting fluid, but anything, even WD40 would work.

I like the suggestions of making a 90 degree fence. If I have lots of cuts to make I usually simply clamp a piece of angle iron to the shelf as a stop. But stay tuned.....I feel a modification coming on!

[uncrichie]

I lost a blade using a similar setup. The fix was to add another clamp just ahead of the peice being cut to keep it from swiveling and catching the blade.

[Tackweld]

D & T Cast Iron

Cast iron is generally machined (including hand drilled/tapped) dry. I've had a far amount of fun with this stuff over the years and as long as it is not A special variety, it's easy to work because of the graphite in it.

[MichaelP]

http://www.mini-lathe.com/Bandsaw/Bandsaw.htm#extension

[vicegrip]

Cast iron is generally machined (including hand drilled/tapped) dry.

I know they taught us that in school, But.
I can reassure you all, that;
Profesionally speaking,
Cast period, Cast-Iron / Ductile-Iron / Maluable-Iron / what-ever,
does bennfit from just about any light-thin fluid......
being used for drilling & tapping.
The difference is not night-&-day, but at the very least, the crumbly
waste, metal comes free out of the hole better with fluid.

After a few hundred of the same hole you will see the difference in ware
on your tooling.

VG

[rbertalotto]

Now THIS is a great idea!!!!!!!!!!

[fl70]

Now THIS is a great idea!!!!!!!!!!

I like it, really good support.