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Startrite 352 Bandsaw mods
AdeV:
--- Quote from: PekkaNF on April 10, 2017, 03:53:35 AM ---About the guides....the material should not be plastic. It might of fiber material, sintered metal, bronze or that sort of stuff.
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I don't know if this is true of all StartRite saws, but the ones I've seen had ball bearings for blade guides - one either side & one at the rear positioned in such a way that pressure from the blade caused the bearing to rotate - minimum wear on both blade & guide.
velocette:
Hi Jo
Go for it a metal cutting band saw is a great asset in the workshop.
Aim for 30 to 60 metres a minute band speed for metal cutting or around 700 metres minute for wood.
As you can see even with a variable speed drive it will be difficult to achieve with a single gear ratio
"Polly Vee" belts and pulleys will give excellent drive at slow speeds and wider ratios over normal Vee Belts.
Eric
Jo:
Thanks Eric, that looks nice.
Andrew: looked into that gearbox thingy. Seems like it is an epicyclical arrangement which is as rare as rocking horse do-das (the expression used to describe finding one included "W - hore house" and "virgin in a" :bugeye: ) Their recommendation was that it would be cheaper to sell this machine on and buy a real metal working band saw.
The machines still have not landed: They are being delivered Saturday :thumbup: Lathe and Planer already has a new home so I won't have to dirty my hands cleaning them up :clap:
Jo
Jasonb:
Nothing wrong with the solid guides Jo so I would leave them as is for now. As you know I use my old small vertical bandsaw for metal cutting and that had graphite impregnated plastic guides though a good oily hardwood also works well too.
Can't really complain about the cut it gives and very straight too, this is 3" sq 6082
awemawson:
Solid guides are supposed to be more accurate - not sure why :scratch: But they are the type fitted to my Startrite.
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