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Graham Stabler:
I started looking in to this and then saw a not so well advertised unit on Ebay and won it for just under £200 quid, it's one of the older blue cylindrical types with some blades although mostly big flat ones. But I will share what I found and my ideas because who knows how long it will last and it's all good fun anyway. What's inside a Biax: Biax 7EL assembly/repair: For some pictures of the assembly. And here is the patent for the variable stroke drive: https://patents.google.com/patent/US2940324A/en It's a relatively simple mechanism, the adjustment changes the angle of bearing with respect to the axis and a connecting rod with bearings couples this to the output which is constrained suitably with a linear bearing or way. Fundamentally you need a motor, gearbox and this mechanism. Inspired by this angle drill which is clearly an add on:Makita angle drill I suggest a geared drill with metal body, remove the chuck and clamp scraping doodad where the handle normally goes. Something like: Makita rotary drill It has a max rpm of 1200 which is lower than a biax but OK I think and the weight leaves some overhead for the mechanism, ergonomics might not be ideal but not sure. I imagine a DIYer could live with it or get the saw out. Cheers, Graham |
Joules:
Or build it just like a shaper bull wheel, perhaps using a cross shaft with right and left hand threads so you can wind a counterbalance out with the stroke adjuster. |
Peter Cordell:
I did see a post some time back about converting a sawzall I bought reciprocating saw just not had time to try and mod it |
Graham Stabler:
The nice thing about Biax's invention is that it is compact in length and everything that moves has a bearing, no rubbing scotch yokes etc. Mini-shaper is OK but ends up being longer I think, also needs that direction change, so bevel gears or an angle drill. There are some converted saw videos on Youtube. They seem to work. I'd rather come up with a design that can be modified and fitted onto the rotary power source of the builders choice. Cheers, Graham |
Joules:
Why not go the whole hog and make it pneumatic. Adjustable end stops, one moving part other than valve components. You could almost build it into a hand scraper sized device. The engraving world has had these devices for years. |
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