Andrew Howe
05-23-2011, 2:16 PM
Hi All,
Just thought I would post a bit on my band saw rebuild project. (comments/recommendations welcome)
History: My Dad pulled this out of the junk pile of a machine shop somewhere in the 1960s and lightly cleaned and painted it black and used it for many years
THe motor is a 1/4hp century motor running at 1725 RPM.
It is very heavy.
My Dad gave it to me back in the late 1980s.
I did not know much about the saw except if was likely a delta 10" and I needed band saw tires. Even putting them on in the early 1990s, it ran poorly and tracked worse than a drunk snake...
Well, I had to set wood working aside for school and gave it back to my Dad till he passed away.
So fast forward to 2010 as I am working to create a basic wood working shop in basement and I decide to rebuild it as my shop is about 15x20.
I do not have any pictures of it when it was together, all in pieces now.
Here are my starting pictures.
I used electrolysis to get the rust of the sheet metal and a mix of wire wheel and phosphoric acid on the cast pieces. THere were a few grind out spots on the casting, but nothing bad.
Worst part was the cast iron table as it was modestly pitted.
Below are a few picts.
195501195502195500
Just thought I would post a bit on my band saw rebuild project. (comments/recommendations welcome)
History: My Dad pulled this out of the junk pile of a machine shop somewhere in the 1960s and lightly cleaned and painted it black and used it for many years
THe motor is a 1/4hp century motor running at 1725 RPM.
It is very heavy.
My Dad gave it to me back in the late 1980s.
I did not know much about the saw except if was likely a delta 10" and I needed band saw tires. Even putting them on in the early 1990s, it ran poorly and tracked worse than a drunk snake...
Well, I had to set wood working aside for school and gave it back to my Dad till he passed away.
So fast forward to 2010 as I am working to create a basic wood working shop in basement and I decide to rebuild it as my shop is about 15x20.
I do not have any pictures of it when it was together, all in pieces now.
Here are my starting pictures.
I used electrolysis to get the rust of the sheet metal and a mix of wire wheel and phosphoric acid on the cast pieces. THere were a few grind out spots on the casting, but nothing bad.
Worst part was the cast iron table as it was modestly pitted.
Below are a few picts.
195501195502195500