Band Saw Mods

[Arbo]

I bought one of those "Quality product" band saws recently. I picked it up used at the right price, so I put some money in mods. This first pic shows the on-board tools for adjusting the vise, and the pan which I mounted to catch the chips. And, of course I made a sturdier stand for it.

[Arbo]

Here, I added hydraulic downfeed, and the big red handle holds the nut on the bottom of the vise when adjusting angles. That way, I don't have to get up there with a wrench to make adjustments. The cylinder is the one sold on ebay, and I replaced the cheap round knob that came with it. It is a home made handle that mounts to the valve with a set screw.

[Arbo]

This last one is a piece of wire that is perfectly aligned with the blade. I can align my work piece without lowering the saw head.

[jgor]

Arbo,

That alignment wire is a great idea. I'm going to have to add that to my power hacksaw.

John

[Bobby]

I too really like that alignment wire. I have a saw very similar to that and get tired of lowering it to align the cut.

good tip THANKS!

[deere_x475guy]

Hi Arbo..some great work as usual. If you check back to my thread on the mods I made you will see that I used a one way popet valve. With this I can lower the saw to just about my material to be cut and screw the valve in to hold the saw in a fixed position. I then align my steel to the blade, start the saw and loosen the valve so I start to feed. Works great. Will got these valves on ebay for around 8 to 10 dollars.

Just and Idea....

Thanks




Bob