First Real Project for MM16

[FRITZ STOOP]

These shots are of three brackets I made for someone out of clear, straight grain, air dried Western Red Cedar. They all came out of a 20' beam that measured 6-1/8" x 12-1/4". The three pieces used all of it less 5' of 4x6. The diagonals were cut from 6x8s. Despite its daunting size, it was remarkably light.....and expensive. So the saw had to perform or it was going to cost me dearly.
Using a 1/2" Timber Wolf blade, the MM performed flawlessly. Makes the $ spent on the MM16 well worth it!

[Lance Norris]

Fritz, isnt it nice having a quality bandsaw in your shop? Im lucky, I have 2. Its a great feeling when you finish a project and all went well. I think the money I spent on my 2 bandsaws was the best investment I made in power tools. Nice work and enjoy that saw.

[Phil Thien]

Those came out beautifully, I hope you charged accordingly.

[Larry Fox]

Very nice - I bet the shop smelled very nice after cutting all that cedar.

[Don Bullock]

Frits, that's some mighty impressive work. Thanks for sharing.

67 days and counting.:cool:

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Way cool. I have one of those I have to build.

I like your design.

[Jim Becker]

Those brackets look great, Fritz!

[FRITZ STOOP]

The customer liked them so much he wants to add 4 more of the smaller size!
Viva Minimax!:eek:

[Dewey Torres]

What is an MM-16:confused: They look great but what are these for.
Dewey

[FRITZ STOOP]

the wood thingies are large brackets which are a right-angled supports attached to and projecting from a wall for holding up eaves, beams, or whatever needs holding up. These three are both functional and decorative. The wood is dry, clear western red cedar and the larger of the two sizes' vertical member is 60" long to give you an idea about how large they are.

The curves were accomplished on my MiniMax MM-16 that is pictured below:
Cheers!:eek:

[FRITZ STOOP]

The customer liked them so much he wants to add 4 more of the smaller size!
Viva Minimax!:eek:

Make that 8!

nice work, if you can get it.:D

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Nicely done Fritz! Glad to hear you are happy with MM-16.

[FRITZ STOOP]

The customer liked them so much he wants to add 4 more of the smaller size!
Viva Minimax!:eek:

Make that 8!

nice work, if you can get it.:D

[Bruce Page]

Beautiful work Fritz. The MM16 is a sweet BS.

[Charles Shenk]

Frtiz, Nice work. I too have an MM16 and I just love it. I've resawn some hardwood up to 13" inches and it was a breaze. Even with a non carbide blade. I'm on the other side of the Bay near Palo Alto.

[Chris Padilla]

Makes me long to have spent more time locating some clear WRC for my gate project!!! Waaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=81446 Oh well, I guess mine will have LOTTSA character...especially since the builder is quite the character himself! :D :rolleyes:

[Peter Quinn]

Wow those are Great!

[Jules Dominguez]

Nice wood, and nice work.