36" Towsley bandsaw rebuild finished

[Gary Herrmann]

Beautiful restoration, Dave. Bandsaw as art. Makes my MM16 look sadly utilitarian.

[Stephen Edwards]

It's a piece of Art. Period.

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

It is a piece of ART!!!

[Norman Pyles]

Sweet looking bandsaw!!!

[Rick Fisher]

Fantastic job ... What a beautiful saw.. If I where a batchelor, I would put it in the den..

[Bill Huber]

Man that is one nice looking saw, and one great restoration.

I like to have it to put on the living room, now I am sure the wife would disagree.

[Rick Fisher]

Man that is one nice looking saw, and one great restoration.

I like to have it to put on the living room, now I am sure the wife would disagree.

Bill, they just dont get it.. lol..

[Dan Forman]

Now that's a curvaceous saw! Looks great.

Dan

[Rod Sheridan]

Dave, that's a very nice restoration indeed.

Did you have to replace the babbit bearings?

Regards, Rod.

[Dave Bureau]

Dave, that's a very nice restoration indeed.

Did you have to replace the babbit bearings?

Regards, Rod.

No I didn't. They were in mint condition and still have plenty of room for adjustment. I have done babbit bearing replacemant before and was ready to do these but it wasnt necessary. I have everything to do babbit replacement left over from the last job.

[Doug Shepard]

I love it. All except for the cyclone fence safety wheel guards. It just looks out of period somehow. I'm thinking some nice wooden lattice covers to go with those wooden wheels.

[Josh Reid]

Dangggggg. Thats awesome. Just a tad bit jealous.

[Dave Bureau]

I love it. All except for the cyclone fence safety wheel guards. It just looks out of period somehow. I'm thinking some nice wooden lattice covers to go with those wooden wheels.

They do look a little strange but they are the original guards.

[Kirk Poore]

Excellent job on the restoration - what a great old machine! I wonder why old bandsaws (in particular) attract so much attention and admiration when they get rescued? Seems like my favorite type of rebuild story of all.

Who wouldn't rather look at this:
than this?

Nice job, Dave. I agree that your 330 rpm is too slow--it will be much better at 600 rpm. Oh, as a second data point, the upper guard on my H&B 30" saw (circa 1915) is mesh too, though I have a cast iron door for the bottom wheel.

Kirk

[Garth Keel]

and very satisfying when done.