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Title: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: wheeltapper on July 17, 2011, 02:40:06 PM

Hi
I saw this in the latest issue of MEW and thought " what a good idea "
so here's my attempt at it.
heres the base with some clamps. the fence comes off for wider parts.
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm72/wheeltapper_2008/model%20engineering%20stuff/bandsawsubbasewithclamps.jpg)

heres a small item clamped up.
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm72/wheeltapper_2008/model%20engineering%20stuff/setuptocutsmallpiece.jpg)
and now the base is held in the saw vice.
(http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm72/wheeltapper_2008/model%20engineering%20stuff/setupinbandsaw.jpg)

the base will go to within 1/2 a mil of the blade.

Roy

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: Brass_Machine on July 17, 2011, 06:57:44 PM

Roy...

I bet that is a handy tool to have. I have thought about doing one myself. I cut a lot of stock on my bandsaw and some of it is small. I made a couple of adapter type things to accomplish what I want... but those are for specific things. This looks a lot more useful.

Eric

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: DaveH on July 17, 2011, 07:21:30 PM

Roy,

Thats a good mod, looks very versatile. :)

Always tricky cutting small parts, this looks to help alot :thumbup:

 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: jim on July 18, 2011, 12:57:59 AM

easy to make and great, i'm going to knock one of these up (would have been useful yesterday :lol:) i'll be adding a "v" slot to hold round stuff

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: Mike Cole on July 23, 2011, 03:34:39 PM

I have been waiting for a good short piece vice for the bandsaw for a while. This is one I will be making very soon. :) :)

Mike

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: mklotz on July 23, 2011, 03:39:29 PM

Here's another approach to the problem...

http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/index.php?topic=896.msg6012#msg6012

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: Lew_Merrick_PE on July 24, 2011, 11:40:26 AM

Several years ago (while my 14 inch bandsaw was in storage) I made a plywood insert table for my "horizontal/vertical" 6 inch "drop" bandsaw.  The table itself is a box construct that attaches to the screws that normally hold the insert-chip guard in place.  It has two component parts supporting it: (1) a (10 inch long) rip fence and (2) a cross-cut bridge that spans the "box."  I use a 6 inch stroke 1/2 inch bore pneumatic cylinder to feed material either (1) along the rip fence or (2) with the cross-cut bridge unit.  A couple of adjustable stops keeps the air cylinder from pushing key components into the blade.

It takes me about 10 minutes to install and set-up the unit on my "drop" bandsaw.  In terms of sawing through 1 inch thick material, that's about 1/4 inch of cut pushing by hand (which determines when it is "cost effective" for me to take the time to make the set-up).  The adjustable stop mates up with a contact on the air cylinder feed system so that a light (blue light bulb) turns ON when the cut has finished.  This allows me to do other things while waiting for my small (and slow) saw to munch through material.

Title: Re: sub table for holding small parts in a bandsaw. appears in M.E.W 179
Post by: Bernd on July 24, 2011, 08:37:21 PM

Nice use of the brown suff.  :thumbup:

Might even try something like that on my bandsaw.

Bernd