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| John Hill:
We visited an old friend today and fortunately the ute was not filled to overflowing as he offered me his little Taiwanese metal cutting bandsaw. We are not home yet (two days drive to go) so I have not got to check it out but I did notice it was made in 1988 and is one of those horizontal types that flip up to have a plate attached for vertical use, he gave me a couple of blades to go with it. Fortunately it was easily unbolted from its very flimsy stand with the wonky wheels and unfortunately he made me take the stand too! What are the special things I must know to use this new toy? :) |
| Darren:
Before you get home loose the stand ..... The rest of it is actually not a bad little machine ... |
| trevoratxtal:
The stand is down right dangerous, build one from 25mm box with four lockable wheels then you will have a friend for many years, blades are fairly standard, the vice can be improved but is serviceable, the switch assemble needs checking regular as swarf can get in with nasty results. The three speed belt drive gives a top speed that is probable to high for ferrous cutting without cooling. It you would like a photo of a replacement frame/stand I can supply___see below___ Trev The day after this post I caught a cold or something, while sneezing I slipped a disk, So much of my time I have to lay flat in bed. The moral of this story is do not promise photos until you have taken them. I will post them as soon as I can, but at the moment standing is agony and moving the saw for photos is out of the question.6th Dec |
| Darren:
--- Quote from: trevatxtal on November 29, 2009, 06:43:03 AM --- It you would like a photo of a replacement frame/stand I can supply Trev --- End quote --- Yes please, be interesting to see what you came up with ... :thumbup: |
| John Hill:
Roger roger on the stand guys! :thumbup: (it is fairly obvious really). I was thinking there might be some tricks to know about aligning the blade etc :scratch: This could be a nice companion to my cold saw which is actually quite useless for aluminium as the teeth clog up first revolution then I need the wire brush to clear them. |
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